One and a half cups crab meat chopped very fine, two
tablespoons dissolved Cox’s gelatine, four tablespoons whipped
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THE SWEDISH, FRENCH
cream, mayonnaise dressing, one round slice of bread for each
person.
How to Make It. Add gelatine to the one cup crab meat that
has been chopped; then add the whipped cream; flavor with lemon
juice, pepper, and salt. Butter round slices of bread; make a heavy
border of the mixture through a fancy tube around the bread; fill
the centre with the crab filling; one half cup crab meat mixed with
two tablespoons of mayonnaise dressing✪ Crab with Mayonnaise (Mayonnaise au Crabe) a la Bregitta; spread with mayonnaise
dressing on the top; decorate with truffles; garnish with parsley
and crab claws. Serve as an appetizer.
CAVIAR ( Caviar )
Caviar a 1’ Oskar, for Four Persons
One cup whipped cream, three tablespoons dissolved Cox’s
gelatine, two tablespoons caviar, cayenne pepper and salt to taste✪ Caviar a l’Oskar.
How to Make It. Take small individual ring moulds; put on
ice; glaze with uncolored tomato aspic; decorate on a bias with
narrow strips of Spanish pepper; then glaze again, when the aspic
has settled; fill; leave on the ice until ready to serve; dip in luke¬
warm water; turn out on round slices of buttered bread the same
size as the caviar; place in the centre of each ring a teaspoon of
fresh caviar. Garnish with parsley. Serve before the soup.
Filling. Put one half cup of the cream in a saucepan on the ice;
add the gelatine, pepper, salt, caviar; last add carefully the rest of
the cream.
Caviar ( Caviar ) a la Charlotte
One cup whipped cream, three tablespoons dissolved Cox’s gela¬
tine, two tablespoons milk.
How to Make It. Mix gelatine and milk together; pour it care¬
fully into the cream. Line with the cream charlotte moulds that
have been glazed with aspic; fill with caviar; cover with cream.
Leave on ice; when cold, turn out on buttered bread spread with
caviar. Put on the top a diamond of truffle glazed with a trifle
of aspic. Garnish with parsley. Serve for luncheon or dinner,
before the soup.
Caviar ( Caviar ) a la Victoria
One cup whipped cream, three tablespoons dissolved Cox’s
gelatine✪ Caviar a la Charlotte, pepper, salt, two teaspoons caviar.
How to Make It. Glaze butterfly moulds with aspic; decorate
with Spanish pepper, truffles, and some chopped parsley. Mix the
AMERICAN COOK BOOK
cream, gelatine, and caviar together and fill; turn out on bread that
has been spread with thick caviar. Garnish with parsley. Serve
before the soup.
Caviar in Tomatoes ( Caviar en Tomates ) a la Prince Carl
Select very tiny tomatoes; put in hot water and peel; cut a little
hole at the top and scoop out, leaving just a thin shell. Roll in
parsley; fill with caviar; serve on round slices of buttered bread or
toast. Put in a handle of green pepper or lemon with a bow of
white ribbon. Garnish with parsley. Serve before the soup.
Caviar in Aspic ( Caviar en Aspic ) a la Hammond
Glaze little ring moulds with aspic and sprinkle with chopped
parsley; fill with aspic; spread a round piece of bread with butter
and caviar; put another piece on top. Turn out a ring of aspic
on each piece with caviar in the centre. Garnish with parsley and
serve before the soup.
Iced Caviar ( Caviar glace) a la New York ✪ Caviar with Eggs a la Walde
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
One and a half cups crab meat chopped very fine, two tablespoons dissolved Cox’s gelatine, four tablespoons whipped
cream, mayonnaise dressing, one round slice of bread for each person.
How to Make It. Add gelatine to the one cup crab meat that has been chopped; then add the whipped cream; flavor with lemon juice, pepper, and salt. Butter round slices of bread; make a heavy border of the mixture through a fancy tube around the bread; fill the centre with the crab filling; one half cup crab meat mixed with two tablespoons of mayonnaise dressing; spread with mayonnaise dressing on the top; decorate with truffles; garnish with parsley and crab claws. Serve as an appetizer.
CAVIAR ( Caviar )
Caviar a 1’ Oskar, for Four Persons
One cup whipped cream, three tablespoons dissolved Cox’s gelatine, two tablespoons caviar, cayenne pepper and salt to taste.
How to Make It. Take small individual ring moulds; put on ice; glaze with uncolored tomato aspic; decorate on a bias with narrow strips of Spanish pepper; then glaze again, when the aspic has settled; fill; leave on the ice until ready to serve; dip in luke¬ warm water; turn out on round slices of buttered bread the same size as the caviar; place in the centre of each ring a teaspoon of fresh caviar. Garnish with parsley. Serve before the soup.
Filling. Put one half cup of the cream in a saucepan on the ice; add the gelatine, pepper, salt, caviar; last add carefully the rest of the cream.
Caviar ( Caviar ) a la Charlotte
One cup whipped cream, three tablespoons dissolved Cox’s gelatine, two tablespoons milk.
How to Make It. Mix gelatine and milk together; pour it care¬ fully into the cream. Line with the cream charlotte moulds that have been glazed with aspic; fill with caviar; cover with cream. Leave on ice; when cold, turn out on buttered bread spread with caviar. Put on the top a diamond of truffle glazed with a trifle of aspic. Garnish with parsley. Serve for luncheon or dinner, before the soup.
Caviar ( Caviar ) a la Victoria
One cup whipped cream, three tablespoons dissolved Cox’s gelatine, pepper, salt, two teaspoons caviar.
How to Make It. Glaze butterfly moulds with aspic; decorate with Spanish pepper, truffles, and some chopped parsley. Mix the
cream, gelatine, and caviar together and fill; turn out on bread that has been spread with thick caviar. Garnish with parsley. Serve before the soup.
Caviar in Tomatoes ( Caviar en Tomates ) a la Prince Carl
Select very tiny tomatoes; put in hot water and peel; cut a little hole at the top and scoop out, leaving just a thin shell. Roll in parsley; fill with caviar; serve on round slices of buttered bread or toast. Put in a handle of green pepper or lemon with a bow of white ribbon. Garnish with parsley. Serve before the soup.
Caviar in Aspic ( Caviar en Aspic ) a la Hammond
Glaze little ring moulds with aspic and sprinkle with chopped parsley; fill with aspic; spread a round piece of bread with butter and caviar; put another piece on top. Turn out a ring of aspic on each piece with caviar in the centre. Garnish with parsley and serve before the soup.
Iced Caviar ( Caviar glace) a la New York
Records on this page
Crab with Mayonnaise (Mayonnaise au Crabe) a la BregittaCaviar a l’OskarCaviar a la CharlotteCaviar a la VictoriaCaviar a la VictoriaCaviar in Snow a la Ericsson HammondCaviar with Eggs a la WaldeCaviar in Tomatoes a la Prince CarlCaviar in Aspic a la Hammond