Partridges with Onion Puree

Ingredients

• partridges
• a chopped Bombay onion
• a slice of boiled bacon
• a slice of lean bacon
• an onion cut into quarters
• a few pepper corns
• a seasoning of salt and pepper
• four large Bombay onions
• a spoonful of cream

Method

1. 1

   Prepare the partridges for roasting and fill with chopped onion seasoned with spiced pepper and bacon.

2. 2

   Make broth with giblets, bacon, onion, pepper, and salt.

3. 3

   Simmer partridges in broth until tender (about 45 minutes).

4. 4

   Strain the cooking liquor and make a rich onion puree with boiled onions, melted butter, and stock.

5. 5

   Serve the birds with the puree and garnish with fried bacon curls.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Culinary jottings (1885) by A. R. Kenney-Herbert, page 252. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

partridges as for roasting : fill each of them with a chopped Bombay onion (previously boiled in milk) seasoned with spiced pepper, salt, and rolled in a slice of boiled bacon. Make a broth with the giblets of the birds, any scraps you may have, a MENU FOR A LITTLE HOME DINNER. 455 slice of lean bacon, an onion cut into quarters, a few pepper corns, and a seasoning of salt and pepper : when you have got a broth to your mind, simmer the partridges therein until perfectly tender. When done, (they will take three- quarters of an hour) take them out, and drain them, replacing them in the hot pan in which they were done, with the cover on. N'ow strain the liquor in which the birds have been cooked, and with it make a rich souhise sauce as follows : — Simmer four large Bombay onions in milk till tender, drain them, chop them up very fine, pass them through the sieve, and proceed with melted butter, and the stock aforesaid, to make a rich puree ; when boiling hot, dish the birds, pour the onion puree over them, and serve, garnished with curls of crisply fried bacon. The onions should, of course, be prepared beforehand to prevent delay : the yuree ought not to occupy more than ten minutes in preparation. A spoonful of cream

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