Turned and Grooved Mushrooms for Garnishing

Ingredients

• some very fresh mushrooms
• one-sixth pint of water
• one-third oz. of salt
• two oz. of butter
• the juice of one and one-half lemons

Method

1. 1

   Wash and drain the mushrooms quickly.

2. 2

   Suppress their stalks flush with their heads, turn or groove the heads with a small knife, and throw them into a boiling liquor prepared with water, salt, butter, and lemon juice.

3. 3

   Boil and cook for five minutes.

4. 4

   Transfer to a bowl and cover with buttered paper.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A guide to modern cookery (1909) by A. Escoffier, page 364. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TURNED AND GROOVED MUSHROOMS FOR GARNISHING Take some very fresh mushrooms; wash and drain them quickly. Suppress. their stalks flush with their heads; turn or groove the latter with the point of a small knife, and throw them, one by one, into a boiling liquor prepared as follows :— For two lbs. of mushrooms, put one-sixth pint of water, one-third oz. of salt, two oz. of butter, and the juice of one and one-half lemons

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