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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.
Put in a stewpan a quarter of a pound of fresh butter with an onion shred fine ; brown this nicely ; then add four tomatoes cut in small slices, previously peeled, together with half a pound of ham cut in small dice ; fry the lot for a few minutes ; then pour over one quart of good broth and one pint of riceRisotto a la Chartreuse; boil on a good fire and cover the stewpan for ten minutes ; after which, add half a pint of green peas and the same quantity of asparagus, cut in points and blanched in the usual way ; boil for fifteen minutes longer, giving it an occasional stir to prevent burning, and serve with grated cheese on a plate apart^ as well as some boiling broth in a soup-tureen, if wished for. 118. RISOTTO A LA PORTUOAISE. Cook the rice apart in water, strain, and put it into a soup-tureen; pour over a quart of good boiling broth, mixed with three spoonfuls of tomato sauce and the breast of a cooked chickenRisotto a la Portuoise cut in small dice; and serve with grated cheese on a plate apail^ 114. RISOTTO A LA TURQUE. Put three ounces of fresh butter in a stewpan with a few slices of fat bacon cut in small dice and an onion split across ; fry till the onion has taken a brown, when it must be taken out, and a nice tender fowl cut in quarters put in its place ; season well with salt ; cover the stewpan and let it simmer for forty minutes, giving it an occasional stir ; then moisten it with three pints of broth, and when boiling add one pound of riceRisotto a la Turque ; stir well, replace the lid, and boil slowly for half an hour ; after which, dress it on a hot dish, and serve with grated cheese on a plate apart* PRACTICAL HOUSEHOLD COOKERY. 67 115. RISOTTO A LA PONIATOWSKY. Fry in a stewpan with an ounce of bufcter a quarter of a pound of gammon cut in small slices ; then add one pint of rice and three pints of broth ; boil on a brisk fire for twenty- five minutes and stir often ; take the slices of bacon out, add two dozen oysters with two spoonfuls of their liquor to it, miz well together, melt'an ounce of butterRisotto a la Poniatowsky in a frying-pan apart, pour the rice in a hot dish and the melted butter over it ; then serve with a quart of boiling broth in a soup-tureen apart, if desired. 116. CB£AM RICE A LA R^ALR Put a fowl and half a knuckle of veal into a stewpan with a carrot ; add half an onion, the quarter of a celery- head, one leek, and two quarts of broth ; boil for an hour and a half, take the meat out, skim and strain the broth through a fine cloth; pour the half of it into a stewpan of medium size with half a pound of rice, washed in two or three different waters and blanched apart for a few minutes; let it boil for an hour, stir occasionally with a wooden spoon ; after which, pour in the remainder of the broth; mix well, and pass it through a wire sieve, then through a tammy and back into the stewpan on a good fire till nearly boiling. Meanwhile miz in a basin three spoon- fuls of chicken purde with the same quantity of rice cream ; add gradually to it half a pint more of the cream, stirring the while ; then pour it back to the stewpan with the other rice cream, stir and miz properly before serving with croQtons fried in butter. 117. CREAM RICE A LA FRANpAISE. Proceed for this as in No. 11 6, but add to the vegetables before named a little parsley, which must be taken out 68 PRACTICAL HOUSEHOLD COOKERY. when cooked ; and just before serving, add half a pint of good cream with an ounce of fresh butterRice Cream a la Francaise; mix all well together, and when nearly boiling pour it into a soup- tureen in which a few small quenelles of chicken, properly poached, have already been put. Stir, and serve. 118. RICE CREAM A LA CHASSEUR. Rice Cream a la Chasseur