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Practical household cookery

1891

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Presented as published in 1891. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Prepare and boil two nice cauliflowers as previously de- scribed, fry in butter ; dish them up and pour half a pint of Genoise sauce over them (No. 207), to which four boned and chopped anchoviesCauliflower à la Genoise have been added, and serve. 786. CAULIFLOWER A LA BECHAMEL. Trim, wash, boil, and fry in butter two cauliflowers as above; dish them up and pour over some Bdchamel sauceCauliflower à la Béchamel (No. 154), and serve. 787. BOILED BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Select one pound of light-green and hard Brussels sprouts, cut the stalks and pare off the outside leaves; wash, drain, and throw them in three quarts of boiling water with a teaspoonful of saltBoiled Brussels Sprouts. Boil fast for a quarter of an hour, drain them on a clean cloth, and serve. 788. BRUSSELS SPROUTS WITH BUTTER. Pick and boil a pound of nice Brussels spi*out8 as in the foi-egoing ; drain and fry them in a frying-pan with half an ounce of butter for five minutes, taking cai*e to toss them to prevent burning. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and grated nutmeg, toss up, and serve. PRACTICAL HOUSEHOLD COOKERY. 367 739, TURNIPS WITH GRAVY. Select six tender and medium-sized turnips, peel and wash them well, then blanch in boiling water with a tea- spoonful of salt for five minutes ; drain, and cut into four. Melt one ounce of fresh butter in a saut6-pan, add the pieces of turnips, frj them to a nice light brown, season with saltBrussels Sprouts with Butter, pepper, and nutmeg, moisten with a pint of good stock or gravy, sprinkle in a teaspoonful of jiowdered sugar, cover the pan and simmer for about twenty minutes. When done, which can be ascertained by trying them with a trussing-needle, dish them up, pour the gravy over, and serve. 740. TURNIPS A LA SAVOISIENNE. Choofie, peel, and blanch six nice tender turnips for five minutes ; then drain and let them get cold ; after which cut them in slices the eighth of an inch thick and fry with an oimce of fresh butter to a nice golden colour, taking care to season them with salt and grated nutmeg. Put a layer of these at the bottom of a buttered gratin-dish, sprinkle on them a tablespoonful of grated cheese with a similar quantity of gravy or good stock, then another layer of turnips, and so on, finishing with grated cheese and rasp- ings mixed with an ounce of melted butter. Bake this in a hot oven to a nice brown colour, then add two or three tablespoonfuls of gravy over, and serve. 74L MASHED TURNIPS. Peel, cut in eight parts, and blanch in the usual way half a dozen turnips ; then drain and fry in a stewpan with, an ounce of butter for five minutes ; season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg ; moisten with a gill of good white stock. Simmer gently with the lid on, and when well done rub 368 PRACTICAL HOUSEHOLD COOKERY. through a fine wire sieve iato the stewpan again; add an ounce of fresh butterTurnips à la Savoisienne, a tablespoonful of powdered sugar, and half a pint of good white stock or milk, mix well to- gether over the fire with a wooden spoon, and when nicely smooth and hot, serve. 742. CARROTS A LTTAUENNE. Young carrots only should be used for this dish. Cut off the the green part of a bunch of new carrots, blanch in boiling water for about ten minutes, drain, and when cool peel off the skin with a knife or rub it off with a cloth ; put them in a stewpan with an ounce of fresh butter, a tablespoonful of powdered sugar, and a pint of good broth. Boil on a brisk fire for about twenty minutes or till they are well glazed. Season with salt, pepper, and a tablespoonful of finely chopped parsley, add half an ounce of f i-esh butter, toss them over the fire, and when the butter is properly melted, dish up and serve. 748. CARROTS, HOUSEWIFE STYLE. Carrots, Housewife Style