Boiled Fowl with Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 fowl.
• 1 slice smoked beef.
• 1 lemon.
• Salt.
• 1 onion stuck with cloves.
• 1 onion sliced.
• 1 bunch of herbs.
• A few peppercorns.
• White sauce (page 87).

Method

1. 1

   Have a fowl trussed for boiling, place a piece of fat smoked beef on the breast, and rub the fowl over with lemon juice.

2. 2

   Put it in a stew-pan with enough boiling water to cover it, an onion stuck with cloves and a sliced onion, a bunch of herbs, a few peppercorns, and a pinch of salt.

3. 3

   Let it simmer gently on the side of the stove for 1 to 1.5 hours, place on a hot dish, remove the strings and skewers and pour a good white sauce over it.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Dainty dinners and dishes for Jewish families (1907) by May Henry, Kate Halford, page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BOILED FOWL WITH SAUCE. Poidct Bouilli. 1 fowl. 1 slice smoked beef. 1 lemon. Salt. 1 onion stuck with cloves. 1 onion sliced. 1 bunch of herbs. A few peppercorns. White sauce (page 87).

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