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The Swedish, French, American cook book

1918

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Presented as published in 1918. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
tablespoons capers [if very large they be can cut in halves for this sauce]. Serve with boiled meat — such as lamb — and also with different kinds of entrees, calf’s head, etc. White Caper Sauce ( Sauce blanche aux Capres ) Put one tablespoon butter in a saucepan; add two tablespoons flour, one and a half cups hot milk; beat the sauce and make it very smooth; flavor with the juice from the capers and before serving add three tablespoons capers✪ Brown Caper Sauce (Beurre noir aux Capres), then add some rich cream. Serve with veal and boiled meat. Shrimp Sauce ( Sauce aux Crevettes) a la Ericsson Hammond Quarter pound shrimps, one and a half cups milk, one tablespoon flour, one tablespoon butter, yolk of one egg, two tablespoons sherry, pepper, salt, and three tablespoons cream. Put butter in a saucepan; add flour, then the hot milk; beat well; add sherry, the yolk of egg, pepper, and salt, then the cooked shrimps — part of them ground and part cut in small pieces; color with a little orange coloring; add the cream just before serving. Serve with any different kinds of fish. Chateaubriand Sauce ( Sauce a la Chateaubriand) Put a tablespoon good butter in a frying pan; add a pinch of flour, one cup of rich jellied stock, three tablespoons sherry, pepper, salt, and squeeze of an onion; color with kitchen bouquet; strain through a fine sieve; add one tablespoon finely chopped parsley. Serve with different birds and entree dishes. Chevreuil Sauce ( Sauce a la Chevreuil ) Put one and a half cups of rich beef stock on stove; add to it a tablespoon Harvey’s sauce and four tablespoons currant jelly; let simmer until jelly is well dissolved, then thicken with a table¬ spoon cornstarch; add half teaspoonful anchovy paste; flavor with sherry✪ Chevreuil Sauce (Sauce a la Chevreuil); let it simmer again; skim well. Just before serving add a tablespoon chopped parsley. Serve with any kind of meat — such as lamb, chicken, and ducks. Court-bouillon Sauce ( Court-bouillon ) Make a rich bouillon from veal, beef, or chicken; flavor it strongly with vegetables, add some wine✪ Court-bouillon Sauce (Court-bouillon) and vinegar. Put it in a jar and use it for different sauces when cooked and for glazes of meat and fish. AMERICAN COOK BOOK 309 Shrimp Sauce (Sauce aux Crevettes ) a la Cardinal Put a tablespoon butter on stove; when dissolved add a heaping tablespoon flour and one and a half cups hot milk; make it nice and smooth — not too thick. Cut six anchovies, one sour pickle, and some cooked shrimps julienne style (in fine strips), and add them to the sauce; then add four tablespoons rich cream✪ Shrimp Sauce (Sauce aux Crevettes) a la Cardinal. Serve with any kind of fish dish. Czarina Sauce ( Sauce a la Czarina ) Put one and a half cups rich stock on stove with two tablespoons butter; color with kitchen bouquet and beef extract. When boil¬ ing, thicken with one tablespoon cornstarch. Skim, then add half cup washed sultana raisins, some sweet gherkins (cut in dices), four tablespoons port wine, pepper and salt to taste✪ Czarina Sauce (Sauce a la Czarina). Serve with veal, chicken, and lamb. Port Wine Sauce ( Sauce au Vin d’Oporto) Put one cup stock on stove, and a dozen small shallots; let cook until the shallots are well done; then add half cup port wine, a tablespoon Harvey’s sauce, pepper and salt; thicken with a table¬ spoon cornstarch dissolved in half cup water. When done, serve with duck or boiled ham. Madeira Sauce ( Sauce Madere ) ✪ Port Wine Sauce (Sauce au Vin d’Oporto)