Fillet of Beef Saute, Balzag
From The Hotel St. Francis cook book, 1919
Serves 4
Presented as published in 1919. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The Hotel St. Francis cook book (1919) by Hirtzler, Victor., page 142. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Fillet of beef saute, Balzag. Season four small tenderloin steaks with salt and pepper, and saute in butter. Then place on a platter. Make a pint of sauce Madere, and add to it one dozen small chicken dumplings, one dozen stuffed olives and two sliced truffles. Pour over the fillets. 184 THE HOTEL ST. FRANCIS COOK BOOK JUNE 27 BREAKFAST LUNCHEON Strawberries with cream Cold Virginia ham Scrambled eggs with chives Bretonne salad Crescents and rolls Lillian Russell Cocoa Macaroons Coffee DINNER Chicken soup, Bresilienne Celery Striped bass, Buena Vista Chicken fricassee, a 1'ancienne Asparagus, sauce mousseline Pate de foie gras, a la gelee Lettuce salad Pancakes, Lieb Coffee Salad Bretonne. Soak one pound of white beans in cold water over night. Then put on fire in two quarts of water, add a little salt, one carrot, one onion, and a bouquet garni. Cover, and boil until soft. Then remove the vegetables, drain off the water, and set the beans in a cool place. When cold put them in a salad bowl, and in the center place two tomatoes peeled and cut in small squares. Sprinkle with one teaspoonful of salt, one-half tea- spoonful of fresh-ground black pepper, one-third cup of white wine vinegar, two-thirds of a cup of olive oil, and a little chopped parsley. Some chopped chives may also be added if desired. Mix on the table. Chicken soup, Bresilienne. One pint of consomme tapioca, one pint of thick consomme brunoise, and the breast of a fowl cut in small squares. Bring to a boil, and serve. Striped bass, Buena Vista. Put in a wide copper fish pan one cup of olive oil, two sliced onions, two sliced green peppers, and then fry. When done add four cloves of chopped garlic and let it set in the hot oil for a second; then add a pint of claret, one dozen sliced fresh mushrooms, six peeled and sliced tomatoes, and one-half canful of sliced pimentos. Bring to a boil, and then add five pounds of striped bass cut in slices two inches thick. Season with salt, pepper, and a little paprika ; cover, and simmer for thirty minutes. Cut eight slices of bread the same thickness as for toasting, and fry in hot oil. Rub the fried bread with a piece of garlic, lay on a deep platter, put the fish on top of the toast, pour sauce over the fish, and sprinkle with chopped parsley. Chicken fricassee, a 1'ancienne. Cut a young roasting chicken in eight pieces, wash well, and put in a pot in one quart of cold water. Season with salt, bring to a boil, and skim. Then add one-half pint of small peeled white onions, one pint of small round raw Parisian potatoes, one pound of parboiled salt pork cut in small dices, and one bouquet garni. Boil until done; then remove the bouquet garni, and take off the fat on top of the broth. Mix in a bowl two spoonfuls of flour and one-half cup of water, and let it run into the boiling fricassee. Boil for five minutes ; then bind with the yolks of two eggs and one-half cup of cream. When serving sprinkle with chopped parsley. THE HOTEL ST. FRANCIS COOK BOOK 185 JUNE 28 BREAKFAST LUNCHEON Crab apple marmalade Cantaloupe Shirred eggs, plain Omelette Argentine Melba toast Turkey hash, Chateau de Madrid Coffee Julienne potatoes Brie cheese and crackers Coffee DINNER Consomme Bohemienne Queen olives and salted almonds Baked lobster, Lincoln Roast Imperial squab Baked potatoes Cold artichokes, mustard sauce Baked huckleberry roll Coffee Omelette Argentine. Cut one-quarter pound of egg plant in one-half inch squares. Put in omelet pan with one ounce of butter and fry until cooked. Then add eight beaten eggs, season with salt and pepper
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