Mushrooms, Au Gratin

Ingredients

• Chop up four shalots
• two ounces of fat bacon
• a little lean ham grated, or chopped very fine
• season with salt and pepper
• season with salt and pepper
• a little chopped thyme
• mix in the yolks of four eggs
• shake some raspings of bread over them

Method

1. 1

   Prepare mushrooms, fry shallots, bacon, and ham.

2. 2

   Mix in egg yolks, fill mushrooms, top with bread crumbs, bake in buttered pan for 15 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Twentieth century home cook book (1905) by Francis Carruthers, page 98. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MUSHROOMS, AU GRATIN. Large mushrooms must be used for this purpose. Cut the stalks, trim the edges and remove the skin, filling each mushroom with the following preparation : Chop up four shalots, two ounces of fat bacon, a little lean ham grated, or chopped very fine ; put these into a stewpan, season with 184 TWENTIETH CENTURY HOME COOK BOOK. salt and pepper, also a little chopped thyme. Fry over the fire about five' minutes ; then mix in the yolks of four eggs, fill the mushrooms with this preparation, shake some raspings of bread over them, place in a pan thickly spread with butter ; then put into the oven for about one-quarte-r of an hour and then dish them up in a pyramidal form ; pour some brown sauce round them and serve. JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES, A LA SAUCE. Wash well in plenty of water, peel or turn them in the form of large olives or small pears ; boil them in water, with a piece of butter and a little salt, for fifteen minutes ; when done drain them upon a cloth, dish them up carefully, pour some butter sauce over them, and serve. OKRA. Pick tender okra and boil in salted water. Drain well, add a large table- spoonful of butter, half cup of cream, salt and pepper to the taste, and serve hot. TURNIPS. Turnips are a very watery vegetable. They should be put into boiling water and boiled thoroughly until well done, adding a little salt to the water. Then drain off water, mash fine through a colander, season with cream, butter, black pepper, and more salt, if necessary. Keep them very hot until you dish your dinner. PORK AND TURNIPS. Boil the turnips until done ; mash well ; season with salt and pepper

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