FoodNetArchive

The Swedish, French, American cook book

1918

Page 413 · 5 recipe records on this page

Presented as published in 1918. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Cook the spinach about eight minutes [see recipe: How to Cook Spinach]. Skim up from the water, put in a colander, then in a saucepan; put half cup melted butter over a quart of cooked spinach, pepper and salt to tasteSpinach with Butter (Epinards au Beurre); let simmer on stove from eight to ten minutes in the butter. Serve as a vegetable. Can also be served around boiled smoked tongue and ham. 4 Creamed Spinach ( Epinards a la Creme ) a la Walde Cook the spinach [see recipe: How to Cook Spinach]. Pass it through the machine two or three times. To one quart of cooked spinach add one and a half cups cream sauce, pepper and salt to taste; let come to a boil. Dish up in a vegetable dish; garnish with slices of hard-boiled egg and cooked beets alternately. Serve with any kind of meat. Spinach Mousse ( Mousse d’ Epinards) Cook the spinach [see recipe: How to Cook Spinach]. Pass it through the machine about three times. To each cup of cooked ground spinach take three tablespoons cream sauce, one egg, pep¬ per, and more salt if needed. Beat well. Butter a ring mould well, decorate around with Spanish pepperSpinach Mousse (Mousse d’ Epinards), daisies and branches from cooked white of egg, then fill. Put in hot water and cook AMERICAN COOK BOOK from twenty to twenty-five minutes — uncovered. Turn out on a platter. Serve with a cream or hollandaise sauce in the centre as a vegetable. Can also be served as an entree. 4 Spinach Foundation (Base d’ Epinards) Cook and prepare the spinach [see recipe: Spinach Mousse]. Butter and decorate a cake plate, form a ring of spinach all around. Cook in hot water — uncovered — from fifteen to twenty minutes. Turn out on a platter. Foundation for any kind of fish or entree. 4 Spinach Timbales (Timbales d’ Epinards) Cook and prepare the spinach [see recipe: Spinach Mousse]. Butter timbale cups, decorate with Spanish pepper and cooked white of egg, then fill. Cook in hot water from fifteen to eighteen minutes — uncovered. Turn out and serve around the ham as a garnishing. y CAULIFLOWER (Chou-fleur) Cauliflower with Butter (Chou-fleur au Beurre) Take a nice white cauliflower; trim all the stem leaves — leaving a little of the green sprout around; put in cold water, sufficient to cover it, and cook about twenty minutes. Then add a little salt and again cook from eight to ten minutes after the salt is added; pour the water off. To a cauliflower of ordinary size add half cup melted butterCauliflower with Butter (Chou-fleur au Beurre), let simmer in the butter for a little while. Place in a vegetable dish — put the rose up and the stem down. Serve as a vegetable. Cauliflower (Chou-fleur) a la Hollandaise Cook the cauliflower [see recipe: Cauliflower with Butter]. When ready to serve make a rich hollandaise sauce and pour it over the cauliflower. Serve as a vegetable. Can also be served as an entree after the roast. Cauliflower with Cream Sauce ( Chou-fleur , a la Bechamel) Follow directions for Cauliflower (Chou-fleur) a la Hollandaise [see recipe], using a rich cream sauce instead of the hollandaise sauce. THE SWEDISH, FRENCH, Cauliflower {Chou-fleur) au Gratin Cauliflower au Gratin