FoodNetArchive

Practical gastronomy and culinary dictionary

1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Croquettes de pommes de terre. Potato puree, seasoned, mixed with yolk of &gg, shaped into balls, or any other shapes, egged, crumbed, and fried in clarified butter. Beignets de pommes de terre. Fried potatoes, dumplings, or fritters. Puree de pommes de terre a la creme. Mashed potatoes with cream. Pommes de terre a la Parisienne. Small ball-shaped potatoes, scooped out when peeled, blanched, and fried in clarified butter. Pomvies de terre a la Strasbourg. Shced stewed potatoes in white sauce, dished up, and baked in the oven. LEGUMES — VEGETABLES 273 Pommes de terre att jtis. Stewed potatoes in gravy. Pommes de terre d la Chateauhriand. Peeled potatoes cut in parts, pared to the size and shape of olives, parboiled in salt water, drained, fried in butter, dished up and served with a few bits of parsley- butter on the top. Pommes de terre d la Bretonne. Cold boiled potatoes, peeled, cut m squares, broiled in butter, mixed with finely chopped fried onions, chopped parsley, and a little brown sauce. Pomme de terre d la Worlitz. Potato puree prepared as for croquets, shaped into squares, egged, crumbed in grated parmesan cheese, on one side only, adding a small piece of lobster butter on centre of each, and baked in a very hot oven. Pommes de terre d la or erne. Stewed potatoes in white cream sauce. Pommes de terre d la Turque. Potato puree prepared as for croquets, made into small half-moon shapes filled with anchovy paste, egged, crumbed, and baked in clarified butter. Cotelettes de joommes de terre. Potato puree as above shaped into cutlet shapes, egged, crumbed, and fried in clarified butter. Pommes de terre au gratin. Potato puree prepared with cream, seasoned, dressed on a gratin dish well buttered, covered with bread crumbs and grated parmesan cheese a few pieces of fresh butter, and baked in the oven. 274 PRACTICAL GASTRONOMY Pommes de terre chdteau. Oval shapes of potatoes, blanched, drained, and fried a light colour in clarified butter. Pommes pailles. Straw potatoes. Very thin strips of potatoes, shape and size of matches, fried a light brown colour in clarified butter. Pommes de terre d la Bignon. Boiled peeled potatoes, inside scooped out, filled with well- seasoned sausage meat, opening closed with a piece of potato, and baked in clarified butter. Poynmes de terre d la Beitz. Peeled potatoes cut into small thin strips and fried crisp in butter. Pommes coupeauts. Potato ribbons. Potatoes peeled, cut similar to sugar loaves ; peeled thickly, in order that the peeling of each potato may remain whole ; and fried in very hot dripping. Pommes de terre d la Madeleine. Small even-shaped kidney potatoes, washed, peeled, placed in a well-buttered saute pan, seasoned, and baked in the oven. Pommes de terre a la bdchaviel. Stewed potatoes in white sauce. Pommes de terre rissolees. Very small shapes of balls, cut out of potatoes, par- boiled, drained, and broiled in hot butter until done. LEGUMES — VEGETABLES 275 Pommes de terre d la maitre dliotel. Stewed sliced potatoes in white sauce, with chopped parsley. Pommes de terre persillees. Peeled potatoes cut into shapes of walnuts, boiled in salt water, drained, broiled in fresh butter, sprinkled with chopped parsley. Pommes de terre a la Garfield. Potatoes cut into small discs, parboiled, and finished in clarified butter.