Consomme Duchess

Ingredients

• Beat the whites of eggs
• finely chopped parsley
• milk heated to the scalding point

Method

1. 1

   Beat the whites of eggs very stiff and drop by heaping tablespoons into scalding milk in a shallow vessel.

2. 2

   Turn each spoonful until it sets.

3. 3

   Place one meringue on top of each serving of consomme and sprinkle with parsley.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Fifty-two Sunday dinners (1913) by Elizabeth O. Hiller, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Consomme Duchess — Imperial Sticks Crab Meat in Timbale Cases "Green" Goose Roasted — Potato and Nut Stuffing Chantilly Apple Sauce Onions au Gratin Endive, Celery and Green Pepper Salab Vanilla Ice Cream — Chocolate Sauce CocoANUT Cubes — Chocolate Nut Cake Fruit Raisins Nuts Roquefort Cheese — Water Biscuit Cafe Noir 4 ^ ,. OYSTERS ON THE HALF SHELL 3 dozen oysters. Salt, pepper, Tobasco, horse- 2 lemons cut in quarters. radish and Tomato catsup. Process: If possible, have the little Blue Points. Open, loosen, and leave them on the lower shell. Fill soup plates with shaved ice and arrange shell on ice having the small end of shells point toward center of the plate. Wash lemons, cut in quarters, remove seeds and serve one-quarter in center of each plate. Garnish with sprays of parsley arranged between the shells. Pass remaining ingredients on a small silver tray, or a cocktail dressing may be made and served in a small glass dish and passed to each guest. iZTsL^ay 52 Sunday Dinners 15 CONSOMME DUCHESS Consomme served with a meringue, prepared as follows: Beat the whites of eggs very stiff and drop by heaping tablespoonsful into milk heated to the scalding point in a shallow vessel (a dripping pan is the best), using care that milk does not scorch. Turn each spoon- ful, allowing it to cook, until it sets. Place one of these individual meringues on the top of each service of consomme, and sprinkle with finely chopped parsley

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.