331.Ragoût of Venison.Cut into pieces three pounds of a breast of venison, which put on the fire in a saucepan, with half a pound of bacon cut in small pieces, and a little salt, pepper, and nutmeg, for fifteen minutes; mix well with your ingredients two tablespoonfuls of flour, add half a pint of consommé (stock), and the same of red wine; also several branches of parsley, inclosing three cloves, three pepper-corns, two branches of thyme, two bay-leaves, a clove of garlic, and tie all together. Boil three quarters of an hour. Peel two dozen white onions, color them in a frying-pan on the fire, with a little butter, and then add them to your stew; boil fifteen minutes longer, add a dozen mushrooms cut in quarters, and serve.
332.Braised Fillets of Venison.Put four fillets of venison in an earthen jar, with half a pint of oil, a little salt, pepper, and nutmeg, for four hours; drain them and put them in a saucepan on the fire, with two cloves, two pepper-corns, two bay-leaves, two branches of thyme, a pinch of salt and pepper, and a sliced onion. Moisten with an equal quantity of consommé (stock,Art. 1) and whitewine, so as to almost cover your fillets. Simmer gently for an hour and a half; drain them, and serve with a sauce piquante (Art. 86).
333.Broiled Plover.Clean eight plovers, split them down the back without separating the two parts; chop the livers very fine, add half of their quantity of butter, as much bread-crumbs which you have pressed through a sieve, a little salt, pepper, nutmeg, a pinch of thyme, either powdered or chopped very fine, the white of an egg, and a tablespoonful of parsley chopped very fine. Mix all thoroughly together, toast eight pieces of bread without the crust, spread your mixture upon them; broil the plovers, place them on top of your toast, and serve garnished with water-cresses.
334.Roast Plover.Prepare and clean eight plovers for roasting; tie on top of each a thin piece of pork; and roast them twenty minutes. Remove the strings and place the plovers on a dish; take the liquid from the pan in which the birds were roasted, add a wineglass of consommé (Art. 1), boil for a moment, strain, and pour it on the dish with the plovers; serve garnished with water-cresses.
335.Broiled Woodcock.Prepare eight woodcocks for broiling; preserve the insides, except the gizzard, chop them, finish as for the toast described in broiled plover (Art. 333), and serve garnished with slices of lemon.
336.Roast Woodcock.Prepare as for roast plover. Roast them twelve to fifteen minutes.
337.Snipe.Snipe are prepared as woodcocks, robins, and other small birds.
338.Reed-Birds.Take two dozen reed-birds and put them in a saucepan, with two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt and pepper, toss them in the pan, on a quick fire, for about three minutes. Put them on a dish on which you have placed pieces of toast; add a wineglass of consommé (Art. 1) to the butter in your saucepan. Boil a moment, strain, add the juice of a lemon, and pour over the reed-birds. Reed-birds are also roasted, served on toast, with sometimes a silver skewer passed through them. Four to five minutes, on a good fire, will be sufficient to roast them.
339.Roast Canvas-Back Ducks.Prepare and clean four canvas-back ducks, pass them over some lighted alcohol to singe the hair; wash them well, and do not cut off the heads. Pass a skewer through the thighs and under the wings, and put them before the fire for fifteen minutes to roast. Take out the skewers, garnish with water-cresses, and serve some currant jelly separately.
340.Red-Head Ducks.Prepare and cook as the foregoing.
341.Broiled Red-Head Ducks.After having cleaned and washed three red-head ducks, split them in two for broiling, and, when well-colored on both sides, serve them with a sauce poivrade (Art. 95), sauce piquante (Art. 86), or other sharp, highly-seasoned sauces.
342.Salmi of Red-Head Ducks.Take theremains of three red-head ducks, or two whole red-head, cold, cut up in pieces, and finish as for salmi of partridge (Art. 308). Mallard, teal, and other wild ducks are prepared as described in the foregoing articles on ducks; the time necessary to roast them depending on their size.
343.Green Peas à l'Anglaise.Put a quart of water in a saucepan with a pinch of salt; when boiling, add three pints of green peas, and boil them for twenty-five minutes; take one out and see if thoroughly done, if so, drain them, and put them in a saucepan with two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt and sugar, and serve them very hot.
344.Green Peas à la Française.Put three pints of green peas in a saucepan, with ten branches of parsley tied together, a whole onion peeled, a pinch of salt and sugar, and a pint of water. Boil for twenty-five minutes, and, if sufficiently done, take out the onion and parsley. Mix on a table an ounce of butter with a teaspoonful of flour, which add to your peas on the fire, stir gently with a spoon, and, when thoroughly mixed and the butter dissolved, serve very hot.
345.Green Peas with Bacon.Cut the rind from a quarter of a pound of bacon, which cut in small pieces and place in a saucepan on the fire, when beginning to color add a tablespoonful of flour, a little pepper and nutmeg, and ten branches of parsley tied together; moisten with a glass ofwater; add three pints of green peas, and boil about thirty minutes; if sufficiently done, remove the bunch of parsley, and serve. Peas cooked in this way are often used as a garnish for different kinds of meat.
346.Green Peas à la Paysanne.Put three pints of green peas in a saucepan, with an ounce of butter, ten branches of parsley tied together, a whole onion peeled, a pinch of sugar, a little salt, half a glass of water, a lettuce cut in pieces (as for Julienne soup). Simmer very gently, and, when the peas are sufficiently done, mix three yolks of eggs with three tablespoonfuls of cream, and, having removed your parsley and onion, add the eggs to your peas; mix all well together, and serve.
347.String-Beans à l'Anglaise.Take three pints of string-beans, string them, and put them in nearly two quarts of boiling water, in which you have put a little salt; when the beans are sufficiently cooked, drain them and put them in a saucepan with two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, a very little chopped parsley, the juice of a lemon, and serve them very hot.
348.String-Beans Sautés.Prepare and cook your beans as the foregoing. Put in a saucepan three ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, the juice of a lemon, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, and six tablespoonfuls of sauce Allemande (Art. 81); mix all well together, pour over your beans, and serve hot.
349.Beans Panachés.Prepare a pint and a half of string-beans, as the preceding; put in a saucepan two quarts of water, a good pinch of salt,and boil them until tender. Take the same of white beans, which boil; drain them both and put them in a saucepan together, adding a pinch of salt, three ounces of butter, the juice of a lemon, and a tablespoonful of chopped parsley; when very hot, serve.
350.White Beans Sautés.Boil three pints of beans as the foregoing, and, when they are thoroughly done, drain them and put them in a saucepan with three ounces of butter, a pinch of salt and pepper, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, and the juice of half a lemon; serve very hot. You may also add, after removing your saucepan from the fire, the yolks of two eggs well mixed in two tablespoonfuls of milk or cream.
351.Dried Beans.Soak, the night before they are required to use, three pints of dried beans, and proceed as for the preceding. The time required to cook them depends on the quality of your beans.
352.Purée of Dried Beans.Soak in water for twelve hours a quart of dried beans, drain them, and put them in a saucepan with boiling water and a little salt. When thoroughly cooked, press them through a sieve, and then put them in a saucepan with three ounces of butter; when very hot, serve.
353.Red Beans.Soak in water for twelve hours three pints of red beans; then boil them in two quarts of water, with an onion, a carrot, a pinch of sugar and pepper, several branches of parsley, inclosing two cloves, two branches of thyme, tied all together, half a pound of bacon, and half a pint of red wine; when your beans have absorbed all moisture,remove your carrot, onion, and branch of parsley, add two ounces of butter, and serve, with the bacon cut in slices, around your beans.
354.Windsor Beans.Put three pints of very small Windsor beans in two quarts of boiling water, a good pinch of salt, and a branch of savory herb. When your beans are thoroughly cooked, drain them and put them in a saucepan, with a pinch of salt, pepper, sugar, nutmeg, and a tablespoonful of savory herb chopped very fine. Mix two eggs in two tablespoonfuls of milk or cream, and add them to your beans, after having taken them off the fire. If, instead of small beans, you have large ones, the skin or peel must be removed.
355.Windsor Beans à l'Anglaise.Prepare and cook your beans as the foregoing, and, just before serving, add a tablespoonful of mint chopped very fine.
356.Purée of Windsor Beans.Boil three quarts of Windsor beans in consommé (Art. 1), with a bunch of savory herb, and a little salt; when thoroughly done, press them through a sieve, and then put them in a saucepan on the fire with three ounces of butter, a pinch of sugar, and two wineglasses of good cream. Serve very hot, garnished with pieces of bread fried in butter.
357.Asparagus with French Rolls.Cut off the tops of eight oval, soft, French rolls, remove the inside, in which put a little butter, and send to the oven for three or four minutes to color lightly. Fill them with the green ends of about three bunchesof asparagus, which you have previously boiled, and about half a pint of sauce Allemande (Art. 81), well mixed with the asparagus ends. Serve very hot.
358.Asparagus with Butter Sauce.Scrape and wash two bunches of asparagus, cut them in equal lengths, and put them in two quarts of boiling water, with a little salt. Boil them until perfectly tender, drain and serve them very hot, with a white sauce (Art. 84), or with melted butter.
359.Pointes d'Asperges au Veloutée.Cut the green ends, about an inch in length, of three bunches of asparagus, and put them in three pints of boiling water, with two pinches of salt. Boil rapidly for about ten minutes, and, when thoroughly done, drain them, and put them in a saucepan with two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, pepper, nutmeg, two pinches of sugar, and about six tablespoonfuls of sauce veloutée (Art. 82). Mix all well together, and serve very hot.
360.Asperges en Petits Pois.Cut off in pieces about the size of a pea the green ends of four bunches of asparagus, which put in two quarts of boiling water, and half an ounce of salt. Boil them rapidly, and, when thoroughly cooked, drain them, and put them in a saucepan with two ounces of butter, a little nutmeg, two pinches of sugar, and six tablespoonfuls of béchamel sauce (Art. 83). Mix all well together, and serve garnished with pieces of bread fried in butter.
361.Lentils.Clean and wash two quarts of lentils, and boil them in two quarts of boiling water,and a little salt. When thoroughly cooked, drain them, and finish as for white beans (Art. 350).
362.Cauliflower with Butter Sauce.Take some cauliflowers, in quantity according to size, wash them, trim off the leaves, and put them in two quarts of boiling water on the fire, adding half an ounce of salt, half an ounce of butter, and the juice of a lemon. Boil rapidly until quite tender, drain, and serve them with a white sauce (Art. 84).
363.Cauliflower au Gratin.Boil your cauliflowers as the foregoing, then put them in a deep dish, add half a pint of sauce Allemande (Art. 81), in which you have mixed four ounces of grated cheese. Sprinkle thickly with bread-crumbs, and a little melted butter, and send to the oven until colored a light brown.
364.Cauliflower au Veloutée.Prepare as for cauliflowers with butter sauce (Art. 362), and serve with a sauce veloutée (Art. 82).
365.Artichokes with Butter Sauce.Take eight artichokes, cut off the stalks, and also about half an inch off the leaves; then place them in three quarts of boiling water and half an ounce of salt, and boil about half an hour; pass the point of a knife through the bottom of one, and, if soft, the artichoke is sufficiently done. Drain, and serve with a white or butter sauce (Art. 84).
366.Fonds d'Artichauts à l'Italienne.Cut off the stalks, remove the leaves and the furze in the inside of eight artichokes, boil them as the foregoing, and serve with an Italian sauce (Art. 93).
367.Fonds d'Artichauts à la Macédoine.Cut off the stalks, remove all the leaves from eight artichokes, and also the furze which adheres to the bottom. Trim them perfectly round, and put them in three pints of boiling water, with a little salt, and, when thoroughly done, drain them, fill them with a macédoine of vegetables (Art. 416), and serve them very hot.
368.Fried Artichokes.Take eight artichokes, cut off the stalks and the ends of the leaves, and put them in a bowl for an hour, with half a glass of vinegar, and a little salt and pepper. Break three eggs in a bowl, to which add two ounces of flour, a pinch of pepper and salt; drain off your artichokes, dip them in your eggs and flour, and fry them one by one in hot lard; drain them, and serve very hot.
369.Artichokes à la Barrigoule.Prepare and boil eight artichokes; when done, drain them and remove the leaves in the middle, also the furze which adheres to the bottom of the artichokes; let them dry thoroughly; cover a frying-pan about half an inch deep with oil; when very hot, add your artichokes, the tips of the leaves touching the oil; when a fine color, drain them. Chop fine four ounces of fat fresh pork, two shallots, a tablespoonful of parsley, and a dozen mushrooms; add a pinch of salt, pepper, and nutmeg, and a wineglass of sherry; mix all well together, and with this mixture fill the center of your artichokes. Tie a strip of thin pork on each and put them in a saucepan, on top of an onion and a carrot sliced extremely fine; moisten with aglass of consommé (Art. 1) and a claret-glass of white wine, heat them for a moment on the fire, send them to the oven for three quarters of an hour, remove the strips of pork, and fill the artichokes up to the top with Italian sauce (Art. 93).
370.Raw Artichokes à la Vinaigrette.Cut eight artichokes in thin slices; mix well together eight tablespoonfuls of oil, three tablespoonfuls of vinegar, a pinch of salt and pepper, and serve with your artichokes. Artichokes to be eaten raw must be very fresh.
371.Jerusalem Artichokes.Peel two dozen Jerusalem artichokes, boil them in two or three quarts of boiling water, with a pinch of salt; when thoroughly done, pour over them a sauce béchamel (Art. 83).
372.Spinach à l'Anglaise.Pick three quarts of spinach, wash it very carefully, changing the water several times; then put it in four quarts of boiling water, adding half an ounce of salt. Boil your spinach on a very hot fire, taking care to press it down into the saucepan from time to time; boil it for about ten minutes, then put it in cold water for a moment, and press the water from it; chop it rather fine and put it in a saucepan with six ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, a nutmeg, and serve very hot.
373.Spinach à l'Espagnole.Boil your spinach as the foregoing, and, after chopping it extremely fine, put it in a saucepan with four ounces of butter, a little salt and nutmeg, and an eighth of a pintof Spanish sauce (Art. 80); serve it very hot, garnished with pieces of bread fried in butter.
374.Spinach with Cream.Boil your spinach as the foregoing, chop it extremely fine. Put in a saucepan on the fire four ounces of butter, a tablespoonful of flour, a little salt, nutmeg, half a teaspoonful of sugar, and half a pint of cream. Stir all well together until boiling, add your spinach, and, when hot, serve, garnished with pieces of bread fried in butter.
375.Salsify with Butter Sauce.Scrape three bunches of salsify, dip them in three quarts of water and two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, to prevent their turning black, then cut them three inches in length. Put two tablespoonfuls of flour in a saucepan, add, by degrees, some water, stirring constantly, until two quarts have been added, then a tablespoonful of vinegar, a little salt, and your salsify. Boil about an hour, or until it is perfectly tender; drain, and serve with a white or butter sauce (Art. 84). Instead of butter sauce, you may serve with them a Spanish sauce (Art. 80), veloutée (Art. 82), or béchamel sauce (Art. 83).
376.Fried Salsify.Prepare and boil your salsify as above, cut them two inches in length, and when very tender drain them. Put in a bowl half a pound of flour, two eggs, and some water. Mix well together until you have a soft, smooth paste, thin enough to pour from a spoon. Cover each piece of salsify with the paste, and fry one by one in very hot lard, drain them, and serve them on a dish, piled one on top of the other.
377.Stewed Tomatoes.Put a can of tomatoes in a saucepan, with four ounces of butter, a little salt and pepper, a pinch of sugar, and two tablespoonfuls of bread-crumbs. Boil five minutes, and serve.
378.Broiled Tomatoes.Slice eight tomatoes, sprinkle them thickly with bread-crumbs and a little butter, broil them on a moderate fire, and, when a bright yellow color on top, serve them on a dish in a circle, one on top of the other.
379.Farcied Tomatoes.Take eight medium-sized, firm tomatoes, cut a hole on top of each, and scoop out the inside of the tomato, chop an onion, put it in a saucepan on the fire, with an ounce of butter, to simmer gently. When slightly colored, add six ounces of bread-crumbs, which you have soaked in water, and then pressed out nearly all the moisture, a dozen chopped mushrooms, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, a pinch of salt, pepper, and thyme chopped fine, a little red pepper, and four tablespoonfuls of tomato sauce (Art. 90); mix all well together, and then fill the inside of your tomatoes. Sprinkle the tops of each with bread-crumbs and a little melted butter. Send them to the oven, and, when colored a light brown on top, serve, with a tomato sauce around them.
380.Boiled Onions.Peel a dozen medium-sized white onions, boil them in a quart of water with a little salt. When very tender, drain them, and serve with a butter sauce (Art. 84), or a sauce béchamel (Art. 83).
381.Fried Onions.Peel eight medium-sized onions, cut them in slices across the top, roll them in flour, fry them in hot lard, drain, and serve.
382.Onions Glacés.Peel a dozen small onions, color them lightly in a frying-pan on the fire with a little lard. Then put them in a saucepan with half a pint of consommé (stock,Art. 1), a pinch of salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Simmer very gently until the consommé is reduced three quarters, then pour it on a dish, your onions placed on top, and serve.
383.Fried Egg-Plant.Peel an egg-plant, cut it in slices about a third of an inch thick, dip them in three beaten eggs, to which you have added a pinch of salt and pepper. Sprinkle them with bread-crumbs, and fry them in very hot lard, drain, and serve them.
384.Egg-Plant farcied.Take four small egg-plants, peel them and separate them in two, scoop out the inside, which fill with a chicken farce (Art. 11), and sprinkle a few bread-crumbs on top. Cut an onion and a carrot in slices, and put them in a saucepan, with a branch of thyme, a bay-leaf, two cloves, and a clove of garlic. Place your egg-plants on top. Moisten within three quarters of their height with consommé (stock,Art. 1), and a claret-glass of white wine. Put them in the oven for an hour, pouring over them, from time to time, some of the liquid in the pan. Pour over them half a pint of Spanish sauce (Art. 80), to which you have added a wineglass of sherry, and serve.
385.Cucumbers farcied.Divide four medium-sizedcucumbers in two, after having pared them. Scoop out the inside and fill with a chicken farce (Art. 11). Put a sliced onion in a saucepan on the fire, with three slices of ham cut thin, place your cucumbers on top, moisten with a claret-glass of white wine, and the same of Spanish sauce (Art. 80). Then send them to the oven, pouring over them, from time to time, the liquid in the pan, which, when the cucumbers are sufficiently done, strain, pour over your cucumbers on a dish, and serve.
386.Cucumbers with Cream.Peel half a dozen cucumbers, cut them in medium-sized square pieces, soak them for two hours in some vinegar, and a pinch of salt. Turn them over from time to time, drain them, and dry them on a cloth, pressing the moisture from them. Put them in a saucepan on the fire, with an ounce of butter, half a pint of consommé (stock,Art. 1), several branches of parsley, inclosing two cloves, two branches of thyme, a clove of garlic, and tie all together, add a pinch of salt. When they are cooked, drain them, add them to half a pint of béchamel sauce (Art. 83), the juice of half a lemon, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, and serve very hot.
387.Lentils à la Maître d'Hôtel.Wash three pints of lentils, put them in a saucepan with two quarts of water and a pinch of salt. Boil them very slowly for an hour, or until perfectly tender, then drain them, put them in a saucepan on the fire for a moment, with four ounces of butter, a little salt, a pinch of pepper, nutmeg, and a tablespoonfulof chopped parsley. Remove your saucepan from the fire, mix the yolks of two eggs in two tablespoonfuls of water, add them to your lentils, mixing all well together, and serve.
388.Purée of Lentils.Prepare and boil as the foregoing, press them through a sieve, add about three ounces of butter, salt, pepper, and a very little nutmeg. Heat them on the fire for a few moments, and serve.
389.Celery with Marrow.Remove the green leaves from a bunch of celery, scrape the roots, cut the celery in pieces of about five inches long, wash them well, and put them in a saucepan, with plenty of water, and a little salt, and boil them ten minutes. Then put them in cold water for a moment. Cover the bottom of a saucepan with thin pieces of pork, a sliced onion and carrot, and several branches of parsley, inclosing three cloves, three pepper-corns, two bay-leaves, two branches of thyme, a clove of garlic, and tie all together, and then put your celery on top, nearly cover with consommé (stock,Art. 1), add the juice of a lemon, and place a buttered paper on top. Simmer gently for an hour and a half. Heat half a pint of Spanish sauce (Art. 80), with a glass of sherry, pour over your celery, and place on top some beef marrow, which you have previously soaked in water for four hours, then boiled ten minutes, and cut in round pieces the size of a fifty-cent piece.
390.Celery with White Sauce.Clean and wash a bunch of celery, which boil until tender, inplenty of water and a little salt, drain, and serve with a white or butter sauce (Art. 84), or a sauce Allemande (Art. 81).
391.Fried Celery, Tomato Sauce.Prepare and boil a bunch of celery as the foregoing; then drain it. Put in a bowl half a pound of flour, two eggs, and a little water. Mix well together until you have a soft, smooth paste, thin enough to pour from a spoon. Cut your celery into pieces about five inches long, cover them with your paste, fry them in hot lard until a light brown; drain, and serve with a tomato sauce (Art. 90).
392.Purée of Celery.Wash and clean two bunches of celery, cut them in pieces, and boil them in three quarts of water, with a little salt; when boiled thoroughly tender, drain, and add them to half a pint of béchamel sauce (Art. 83), a pinch of salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Boil ten minutes, press through a sieve, put back in the saucepan to heat again, and serve.
393.Horse-Radish Sauce (cold).Grate four ounces of horse-radish, to which add four ounces of bread-crumbs, and press through a sieve; add a glass of cream, a pinch of salt, and a tablespoonful of vinegar; mix all well together, and serve.
394.Horse-Radish Sauce (hot).Prepare the same as the above, adding two ounces of bread-crumbs, instead of four; heat all together in a saucepan, and serve.
395.Braised Lettuce, Madeira Sauce.Wash eight lettuce, blanch them ten minutes in boiling water,then put them for a moment in cold water, and press out all the moisture. Spread thin pieces of pork on the bottom of a saucepan, a sliced carrot and onion, several branches of parsley, a little pepper, salt, and nutmeg, and the lettuce on top. Moisten three quarters of their height with consommé (stock,Art. 1), cover with a buttered paper, simmer gently two hours, drain them well, and serve them with half a pint of very hot Spanish sauce (Art. 80), to which you have added a wineglass of sherry or madeira.
396.Farcied Lettuce.Boil eight lettuce as the foregoing, and, after you have put them in cold water for a moment, dry them with a cloth and press out all the moisture; divide them partly in two, without allowing them to fall apart; place in each lettuce about two ounces of chicken farce (Art. 11), which cover with the leaves of your lettuce; shape them neatly, wrap them and tie them up in thin pieces of pork, and finish cooking as the foregoing; remove the pieces of pork, and serve with a Spanish sauce (Art. 80).
397.Turnips with Cream.Peel and boil in plenty of water and a little salt, ten white turnips; when very tender, drain them and pour over them half a pint of béchamel sauce (Art. 83), to which you have added two tablespoonfuls of cream.
398.Purée of Turnips.Peel and wash about fifteen white turnips, boil them in plenty of water and a little salt until perfectly tender; drain them, put them through a sieve, add two ounces of butter, a little salt, pepper, and nutmeg; and serve very hot.
399.Turnips Glacés au Jus.Peel and wash about ten white turnips, cut them perfectly round, boil them ten minutes, put them in cold water for a moment, then place them in a saucepan with a pinch of pepper, nutmeg, and sugar, and half a pint of consommé (stock,Art. 1). Simmer gently until perfectly tender; mix with the blade of a knife, on a table, half an ounce of butter and a teaspoonful of flour, which add to your turnips; boil for a few minutes, so as to mix thoroughly with your sauce, and serve.
400.Beets with Butter.Peel and wash a dozen small beets, boil them in three quarts of water, and, when perfectly tender, put them in cold water for a moment, cut them in thin slices, put them in a saucepan with two ounces of butter and a pinch of salt; serve very hot. You may also boil them and serve them with a sauce béchamel (Art. 83), to which you have added two tablespoonfuls of cream.
401.Pickled Beets.Boil ten medium-sized beets, cut them in slices, and put them in a bowl with six cloves, six pepper-corns, six bay-leaves, three cloves of garlic peeled, and half an ounce of salt; almost cover them with vinegar and water in equal quantity; serve very cold.
402.Broiled Mushrooms.Take some mushrooms, in quantity according to their size, peel them, wash, and then dry them on a cloth. Broil them on a gentle fire, a little butter on top, and, when colored on both sides, put an ounce of melted butter on a dish, the juice of lemon, a tablespoonful of choppedparsley, mix all well together, and serve your mushrooms on top; or serve the mushrooms singly on very hot toast, on which you have put a little butter.
403.Stewed Mushrooms, Spanish Sauce.Put half a pint of Spanish sauce (Art. 80) in a saucepan, with a sherry-glass of sherry, add your mushrooms, stew about five minutes, and serve.
404.Stewed Mushrooms à la Princesse.Put into a saucepan a gill of sauce Allemande (Art. 81), a glass of cream, a pinch of pepper, nutmeg, an ounce of butter, and the juice of a lemon, add some mushrooms, which you have peeled and washed, and a tablespoonful of chopped parsley. Boil for a few moments, and serve very hot.
405.Mushrooms au Gratin.Reduce on the fire ten minutes a cup of Allemande sauce (Art. 81), pour it over some mushrooms, in a deep dish, sprinkle with bread-crumbs, and pour a little melted butter on top, send to the oven, and, when colored a light brown, serve.
406.Mushrooms au Gratin(another way). Wash and cut off the stalks of about a dozen as large mushrooms as possible. Peel and chop fine an onion, which put in a saucepan on the fire, with an ounce of butter. Simmer very gently, and, when the onion is colored slightly, add the stalks of your mushrooms, which you have chopped fine, six ounces of bread-crumbs, which you have soaked in consommé (Art. 1) and then pressed until nearly dry, a pinch of salt, pepper, and nutmeg, and four tablespoonfuls of tomato sauce. Mix all well together, and boilten minutes. Then fill your mushrooms with the above mixture, sprinkle some bread-crumbs, and put a little melted butter on top. Send them to a gentle oven, until colored a light brown, and serve on toast, or with a Spanish sauce (Art. 80), to which add a glass of sherry, or with an Italian sauce (Art. 93), or a tomato sauce (Art. 90).
407.Squash.Peel and wash a squash, open it and take out the seeds, put it in a saucepan, with two quarts of water and a pinch of salt. When boiled tender, allow it to drain fifteen minutes, press it through a sieve, put it in a saucepan with four ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, and a little nutmeg, and serve very hot.
408.Carrots Sautés au Beurre.Scrape and wash some very young carrots, and boil them with a little salt, either whole or cut in pieces. When very tender, drain them, and put them in a saucepan, with some butter, a pinch of salt, and a tablespoonful of chopped parsley. Serve very hot. You may also serve them boiled, with a sauce béchamel (Art. 83).
409.Chiccory with Cream.Wash some chiccory, and boil for thirty minutes in three quarts of water, with a little salt. Then put in cold water for a moment, drain, and press the moisture from it. Chop it very fine. Put in a saucepan two ounces of butter, a tablespoonful of flour, a pinch of salt, pepper, and nutmeg; mix all well together, and add a glass of cream, and the same of consommé (Art. 1). Stir with a spoon on the fire until beginning to boil,then add your chiccory, and boil ten minutes. Mix with the yolks of three eggs a tablespoonful of cream, remove your saucepan from the fire, stir in your eggs, and serve. Place on top of the chiccory two hard-boiled eggs cut in quarters.
410.Cabbage Sauté au Beurre.Wash a cabbage, of about two pounds, boil it in two quarts of water, with a little salt, for about an hour. Put it for a moment in cold water, drain it, press out all the moisture, chop it, not too fine, and put it in a saucepan, with four ounces of butter, a pinch of salt and pepper, and serve very hot.
411.Cabbage au Gratin.Wash a cabbage, of about three pounds, boil it in boiling water about twenty minutes, then put it in cold water for a moment. Drain it, carefully press out all moisture, and place it in a saucepan, with half a pint of consommé (stock,Art. 1), four ounces of butter, a little salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Boil two hours. Place it in a deep dish, cover it with a sauce Allemande (Art. 81). Sprinkle bread-crumbs and grated cheese on top, and send to the oven until colored a nice brown.
412.Cabbage farcied.Wash a cabbage, of about three pounds, put it in boiling water and boil for half an hour, then plunge it in cold water for a moment. Chop fine a pound and a half of fresh pork, season with salt, pepper, nutmeg, and a little thyme. Remove the leaves from the center of your cabbage, and fill it with the above ingredients. Tie a buttered paper around the cabbage, and place a slice of thinpork on top. Then put your cabbage in a saucepan, filling it half the height of the cabbage with consommé (stock,Art. 1). Send it to the oven for about two hours, basting frequently with the consommé. Remove this buttered paper and pork, and serve around it a Spanish sauce (Art. 80), to which you have added the juice of a lemon.
413.Brussels Sprouts.Scrape and wash well two quarts of Brussels sprouts, put them in three quarts of boiling water, with half an ounce of salt. Boil rapidly until perfectly tender, drain them, and put them in a saucepan, with four ounces of butter. Mix well together, and, when very hot, serve instantly.
414.Stewed Corn with Cream.Boil ten ears of corn, then cut the corn from the cob, and put it in a saucepan, with two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, and two glasses of cream. Boil gently ten minutes, and serve.
415.New Orleans Corn Pudding.Grate six ears of raw corn, which mix with a pint of milk and four eggs well beaten, add a little salt and white pepper, and send to the oven until colored a light brown on top.
416.Macédoine of Vegetables.Cut two ounces of carrots (with a vegetable-cutter or with a knife) in small pieces, and two ounces of turnips cut in the same manner, boil them until tender, and drain them. Also boil the same quantity of string-beans, cut in small pieces, and an equal portion of asparagus ends, and the tops of cauliflowers and greenpeas, which, when boiled very tender, drain. Take half a pint of Spanish sauce, boil it a few minutes, with a pinch of sugar and nutmeg, add your vegetables, boil five minutes, and serve. Instead of Spanish sauce, you may also add your vegetables to a sauce Allemande (Art. 81), with a pinch of sugar and nutmeg. Heat your sauce until very hot, but do not allow it to boil. The vegetables for the above must all be boiled separately, as, in the same length of time, all will not be equally cooked. If you desire to avoid the trouble of preparing these vegetables yourself, they may be procured at any grocer's, canned or in bottles.
417.Sourcrout.Wash a quart of sourcrout, which drain, and put in a saucepan, with half a pound of bacon, a good pinch of pepper, and moisten with sufficient stock (from which the grease has not been removed) to cover it. Boil gently an hour and a half, add eight small sausages, which place in the middle of your sourcrout, boil thirty minutes, remove your bacon and sausages, drain the sourcrout, which arrange on a dish, placing the sausages around it, and also the bacon, cut in small pieces. You may serve with this dish, if desired, a dish of mashed potatoes.
418.Lima Beans.Boil three pints of Lima beans in plenty of water, and a little salt, until quite tender. Drain them and put them in a saucepan on the fire, with two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Mix two yolks of eggs in a tablespoonful of water and the juice of a lemon, addthem to your beans, with a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, and serve.
419.Succotash.Take a pint and a half of boiled Lima beans, and the same of boiled corn, cut from the cob. Mix them together in a saucepan on the fire, with six ounces of butter, half a glass of milk, a pinch of salt, pepper, and nutmeg, and serve very hot.
420.Dried Lima Beans.Soak three pints of Lima beans in water for twelve hours, and proceed as for fresh Lima beans (Art. 418).
421.Mashed Potatoes.Peel and wash eight medium-sized potatoes, cut them in pieces, and put them in a saucepan with a quart of cold water and a little salt. Boil until perfectly tender, drain, press through a sieve, and put them in a saucepan, with a pinch of salt and a glass of milk, and serve hot.
422.Baked Mashed Potatoes.Prepare your potatoes as the above, with the exception of the milk, place them in a pan in the oven, with some melted butter on top, and, when well browned, serve.
423.Potato Croquettes.Boil four potatoes, drain them, press them through a sieve, and then put them in a saucepan with an ounce of butter, a pinch of salt, pepper, nutmeg, and sugar. Heat them well, and add an egg. Let your mixture become very cold, form it into croquettes. Beat up three eggs, into which dip each croquette, and cover entirely with egg, then roll them in bread-crumbs, and fry in hot lard. When colored a light brown, drain them, and serve very hot.
424.Mashed Potatoes with Bacon.Cut a quarter of a pound of bacon in small pieces, also an onion, put them in a saucepan on the fire, and, when the onion begins to color, add a pint of water, several branches of parsley, inclosing two cloves, a branch of thyme, two bay-leaves, and tie all together; add eight potatoes, which you have washed, peeled, and cut in quarters, a pinch of pepper and nutmeg. When the potatoes are thoroughly cooked, remove your parsley with its seasoning, mash the potatoes well in the saucepan, and serve.
425.Potatoes à l'Anglaise.Wash eight potatoes, and boil them in cold water, with a pinch of salt. When thoroughly done, peel them, cut them in thin round slices, put them, with three ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, pepper, and nutmeg, in a saucepan on the fire, and, when very hot, serve.
426.Potatoes à la Maître d'Hôtel.Prepare your potatoes as the above. Just before serving add the juice of a lemon and a tablespoonful of chopped parsley. Another manner of preparing them: Proceed as for the foregoing, with the addition of half a glass of cream.
427.Potatoes Sautés.Prepare as the foregoing; then put them in a saucepan on the fire, with four ounces of melted butter and a pinch of salt; toss them in the pan until they are a good color, and serve them with a little chopped parsley on top.
428.Potatoes à la Lyonnaise.Boil your potatoes, and, when cold, cut them in round slices ofmedium thickness; cut two onions in slices, and put them with four ounces of butter in a frying-pan; when your onions are colored very slightly, add your potatoes, toss them in the pan until they are a good color, drain them, and serve them with chopped parsley sprinkled over them.
429.Potatoes à la Provençale.Boil your potatoes, and, when cold, cut them in quarters; put in a saucepan on the fire for five minutes four tablespoonfuls of oil, a pinch of green onion, and quarter of the rind of a lemon chopped fine; then mix with your ingredients a tablespoonful of flour; add your potatoes, a little salt, pepper, nutmeg, and two ounces of butter; serve very hot, with some chopped parsley sprinkled on top.
430.Hashed Potatoes with Cream.Boil your potatoes, and, when cold, hash them fine, and put them in a saucepan with half a pint of cream, salt, pepper, a little nutmeg, and four ounces of butter; serve when very hot.
431.Baked Hashed Potatoes.Prepare as the foregoing; then put them in a dish about an inch and a half deep, level the potatoes on top with the blade of a knife, put a little melted butter on top, and send to the oven until nicely browned.
432.Potatoes à l'Anna.Cut up some raw potatoes very fine, put them in cold water for six hours, then drain them, season with salt and plenty of pepper; put them in a well-buttered pan, sprinkle bread-crumbs on top, and enough melted butter to cover them; send them to a very hot oven for aboutthirty-five minutes, or until they are well browned. Just before serving, drain off the butter, and put them on a dish.
433.Fried Potatoes.Peel eight medium-sized potatoes, cut them in slices, not too thick; wash them, then dry them on a napkin, fry them in plenty of hot lard on a quick fire, and, when a light brown, drain them, sprinkle them with salt, and serve.
434.Fried Potatoes en Julienne.Prepare and cook them as the above, and cut them in long, thin strips.
435.Saratoga Potatoes.Peel a pint of rather small potatoes, wash them in cold water, dry them on a napkin, and cut them in as thin slices as possible; then put half of your potatoes in a liberal quantity of very hot lard, taking care that they do not stick to each other. Fry them on a very quick fire, and, when a light brown and very crisp, drain them, and fry the remaining half. Sprinkle a little salt on top, and serve them on a very hot dish.
436.Potatoes à la Hollandaise.Peel and wash fifteen medium-sized long potatoes, put them in cold water with a little salt, boil them, and, when well done, put them in a saucepan on the fire with two ounces of melted butter, remove them to the back of the range so as not to boil, shake them in the saucepan from time to time, and, when they have absorbed the butter, serve them in a very hot dish, and pour over them a sauce Hollandaise (Art. 85).
437.Potatoes farcied.Wash ten medium-sizedpotatoes—long potatoes, if you have them. Bake them, and cut the tops off with a sharp knife, and with a teaspoon scoop out the inside of each potato, which put in a bowl with two ounces of butter and the yolks of two eggs, a pinch of salt, pepper, and sugar. Fill the skins of your potatoes with this mixture, cover them with their tops, heat them well in the oven, and serve them very hot on a napkin. You may also prepare them with half potato and the other half chopped meat; finish the same, taking care to serve very hot.
438.Potatoes à la Parisienne.Peel and wash ten potatoes, scoop them out in little round balls with a potato-cutter for the purpose, which may be procured at any hardware-shop. Boil them five minutes, then put them in a frying-pan on the fire, with four ounces of melted butter, stir them in the pan, so that every potato shall be covered with butter, and send them to the oven to color. Sprinkle some salt and a little chopped parsley over them, and serve.
439.Potatoes à la Duchesse.Peel eight potatoes, cut them in pieces, wash them, and put them in a saucepan, with a quart of water and a pinch of salt. When they are thoroughly boiled, drain them, and put the saucepan at the side of the fire for ten minutes. Then add to them two ounces of butter, two eggs, a pinch of salt, the same of sugar, and press through a sieve. Form this mixture into little oval loaves, flat on top, on which, with the point of a knife, make designs, according to yourtaste. Put a little melted butter on top, send to the oven, and, when colored a nice brown, serve.
440.Potatoes à la Parmentière.Peel some potatoes, and cut them in form of a cork about three inches long, put them in a saucepan on the fire, with enough Spanish sauce (Art. 80) to cover them, a pinch of salt, pepper, and sugar, and a glass of sherry. Simmer gently until the potatoes are perfectly tender, strain your sauce, pour it over your potatoes, and serve.
441.Ragoût of Potatoes à la Paysanne.Cut a bunch of chiccory in two through the middle, which boil fifteen minutes, put in cold water for a moment, drain, and press out all moisture. Peel ten potatoes, place them in a saucepan, with enough consommé (stock,Art. 1) to cover them, add your chiccory, three leeks cut in slices, a little salt, and season highly with pepper. Boil gently until your potatoes are nearly done, then add a little chopped chervil, and boil ten minutes longer. Your potatoes should be soft, without breaking. Serve very hot.
442.Purée of French Chestnuts.Remove the shells from two pounds of French chestnuts, put them in a frying-pan on the fire, with an ounce and a half of lard. Turn them over in the pan every now and then, and when you see that the species of skin which covers them is softened, and may be removed without difficulty, take them off the fire, for the purpose of doing so. Then put them in a saucepan, with a quart of consommé (stock,Art. 1), and, when the chestnuts are perfectly soft, drain them,press them through a sieve, heat them again with four ounces of butter, a pinch of salt and sugar, and serve.
443.Purée of Artichokes.Take the under part of ten artichokes, from which all leaves have been removed. Boil them in water and a little salt, drain them, and put them in a saucepan with a tablespoonful of flour, a pinch of salt, pepper, and nutmeg, and a glass and a half of consommé (stock,Art. 1). Boil twenty minutes, press through a sieve. Heat again on the fire, and serve as a vegetable, or garnish to meat or poultry.
444.Purée of Jerusalem Artichokes.Scrape and wash fifteen Jerusalem artichokes, boil them until tender in a pint of consommé (stock,Art. 1). Drain them, press them through a sieve, put them in a saucepan, with two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt and pepper, and, when hot, serve.
445.Jerusalem Artichokes au Gratin.Prepare and cook some artichokes exactly as for cauliflower au gratin (Art. 363).
446.Purée of Green Peas.Wash a quart of green peas, which put in a saucepan on the fire, with three pints of water, very little salt and pepper, half an ounce of ham, an onion cut in slices, and boil until soft. Then press them through a sieve, heat them again on the fire, adding four ounces of butter, a pinch of sugar, and serve.
447.Poached Eggs.Put in a flat saucepan three pints of water, a tablespoonful of vinegar, and two pinches of salt. When the water boils, break your eggs into it, and let them poach two or three minutes; lift them out with a skimmer, and serve each egg on toast.
448.Fried Eggs.Heat an ounce of butter in a frying-pan, break into it eight eggs, fry three or four minutes, lift them out with a skimmer; serve plain, or with broiled ham or bacon cut in very thin slices.
449.Eggs sur le Plat.Butter well the bottom of a dish, in which break eight eggs; put them in a hot oven for four or five minutes, and serve.
450.Scrambled Eggs.Break a dozen eggs into a moderate-sized flat saucepan into which you have put two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt and white pepper, and half a glass of milk, stirring all together with a wooden spoon. When the eggs are thickened to a proper consistency, serve very hot.
451.Scrambled Eggs with Peas.Same as foregoing, adding half a pint of boiled peas.
452.Scrambled Eggs with Asparagus.Proceed as for the foregoing, and, instead of peas, add the green ends of a bunch of asparagus.
453.Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes.Proceed as for scrambled eggs (Art. 450), adding a quarter of a can of tomatoes, from which you have drained the liquid.
454.Scrambled Eggs with Truffles.Proceed as for scrambled eggs, adding a small box of chopped truffles.
455.Scrambled Eggs with Ham.Proceed as for scrambled eggs, adding an ounce of lean cooked ham chopped fine.
456.Eggs à la Tripe.Peel and chop six onions, put them in a saucepan on the fire, with two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, pepper, and nutmeg; simmer them gently about an hour, and then add to them a tablespoonful of flour, which mix well with your onions; moisten with half a pint of milk; simmer gently, stirring every now and then to prevent your sauce sticking to the saucepan; then put it through a sieve and heat again on the fire, adding a dozen hard-boiled eggs cut in round slices.
457.Eggs au Beurre Noir.Fry eight eggs; then in a frying-pan put two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt and pepper; heat on the fire until it becomes black, then add two tablespoonfuls of vinegar; let it boil up again, and pour it over your eggs.
458.Eggs à l'Aurore.Take a dozen hard-boiled eggs, to which add half a pint of béchamel sauce (Art. 83), and put them on a dish; sprinklethem on top with three yolks of hard-boiled eggs which you have previously pounded fine, and mixed with an equal quantity of bread-crumbs. Add a little melted butter on top, garnish with pieces of bread dipped in melted butter, and send to the oven; when colored a light brown, serve.
459.Eggs with Cream.Boil three sherry-glasses of cream, which put in a large dish, break into it a dozen eggs, send to a moderate oven for about twelve minutes, and serve.
460.Eggs with Cucumbers.Pare and cut in slices six cucumbers; put them in a frying-pan with two ounces of butter, a tablespoonful of chopped shallots, the same of chopped parsley, six tablespoonfuls of consommé (stock,Art. 1), and mix all well together with a tablespoonful of flour, a little salt, pepper, and nutmeg; when the cucumbers are thoroughly done, add a dozen hard-boiled eggs and a glass of cream; boil five minutes, and serve very hot.
461.Poached Eggs au Jus.Put a pint of consommé (stock,Art. 1) in a saucepan and reduce it one half; poach eight eggs, put them on a dish, pour your consommé over them, and serve.
462.Poached Eggs with Asparagus.Cut off the green ends, about half an inch in length, of two bunches of asparagus; wash them, then boil them about fifteen minutes in two quarts of boiling water and a pinch of salt; if perfectly tender, drain them and mix them with a gill of sauce Allemande (Art. 81) and a pinch of sugar. Poach eight eggs, place them on top of your asparagus, and serve.
463.Poached Eggs with Wine Sauce.Poach ten eggs, which place on toast and cover with a sauce Allemande (Art. 81) to which you have added a wineglass of sherry.
464.Eggs à la Marseillaise.Chop fine a clove of garlic, to which add eight tablespoonfuls of sweet oil, three tablespoonfuls of vinegar, and a tablespoonful of anchovy sauce; season highly with salt and pepper, mix all well together, add a tablespoonful of capers, and place on top a dozen cold hard-boiled eggs cut in two.
465.Eggs with Sauce Mayonnaise.Cut a dozen cold hard-boiled eggs in two, which place on slices of toast, and cover with a sauce Mayonnaise (Art. 113).
466.Eggs à la Huguenot.Put a glass of consommé (stock,Art. 1) in a saucepan on the fire; reduce three quarters, pour it on a dish, into which break a dozen eggs, sprinkle them with salt and pepper, send them to a moderate oven for about six or seven minutes, and serve; your eggs must be soft.
467.Eggs en Timbale.Break a dozen eggs in a bowl, add a little salt, pepper, and a glass of cream; beat them well, strain them, and put them in eight little tin molds which you have buttered; then place these in a pan containing water; send to the oven, and, when the eggs are sufficiently consistent to turn out of the molds, serve very hot. You may serve with this dish, if desired, a sauce béchamel (Art. 83).
468.Eggs à la Jardinière.Peel and cut in small pieces two onions, which put in a saucepan ona gentle fire, with two ounces of butter, a little salt and pepper; when beginning to color, mix well with them a glass of cream, which boil for a few moments and allow to become half cold; then beat up well with the foregoing ingredient six eggs. Pour all together on a dish, and send to a moderate oven for about six or seven minutes, and, when well colored on top, serve.
469.Poached Eggs with Purée of Sorrel.Clean and wash well two quarts of sorrel, put it in a saucepan with a pint of water and a pinch of salt; after boiling a few moments, drain it and press through a sieve; then put it again in a saucepan with two ounces of butter, a tablespoonful of flour, a pinch of salt, pepper, and nutmeg; when beginning to color slightly, mix well with your sorrel two sherry-glasses of consommé (stock,Art. 1) and a glass of cream. Boil ten minutes, remove your saucepan from the fire, and, when boiling ceases, add the yolks of two eggs well mixed in two tablespoonfuls of water or milk; poach eight eggs, place them on top of your purée of sorrel, and serve.
470.Aspic with Eggs.Prepare some aspic (Art. 278), pour a small quantity in a mold, let it become perfectly cold, then cover entirely with thin slices of cold ham; put another layer of jelly on top, and allow it to become cold, as the first, then place on top of this cold poached eggs, which cover with a layer of jelly, and, when cold, continue with alternate slices of ham, jelly, and eggs, until your mold is filled, which, if hollow in the center, fill with eithersome of the jelly cut in small pieces, or a cold sauce remoulade (Art. 109).
471.Eggs au Gratin.Take two ounces of bread-crumbs, the same of grated Parmesan cheese, an ounce of butter, a pinch of pepper, salt, and nutmeg, and the yolks of three eggs; mix all well together and send to the oven; when beginning to color, break on top of this mixture eight eggs, sprinkle some grated Parmesan cheese on top, and, when the eggs are done, serve immediately.
472.Eggs à la Lyonnaise.Cut two onions in small pieces, put them in a saucepan on a very gentle fire, with two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, pepper, and nutmeg; when colored, add to them a gill of béchamel sauce (Art. 83) and twelve hard-boiled eggs cut in round slices; pour all together in a dish, cover with bread-crumbs and a very little melted butter; send to the oven, and, when colored a light brown, serve.
473.Eggs à la Portugaise.Divide five hard-boiled eggs in two, cutting them through their length; pound the yolks in a mortar, with an equal quantity of butter, and fresh bread-crumbs which you have soaked in milk, and then press from them nearly all moisture; add a little salt, pepper, and nutmeg, pound all well together, and then thoroughly mix with these ingredients a raw egg; fill each half of your white of egg with the foregoing paste, giving to it the form of a whole egg; dip each egg in beaten eggs, cover with bread-crumbs, fry in hot lard, and serve plain or with a tomato sauce (Art. 90).
474.Eggs en Turban.Cut ten hard-boiled eggs in two around the middle; make a farce as in the preceding article; take the end, about five inches in length, of a round loaf, which place in a buttered pan, with half of your farce arranged in a circle around it; place your eggs on top of this, one quite close to the other, cover them all but the ends with your farce; butter a paper, which should be the height of your eggs, tie it around them, put a little melted butter on top of the eggs, and send to the oven for about thirty-five minutes. See if your farce is firm, remove the round of bread in the middle, also the buttered paper; pour in the middle a sauce béchamel (Art. 83), to which you have added a teaspoonful of chopped parsley, and serve.
475.Poached Eggs with Anchovy Sauce.Take half a pint of white or butter sauce (Art. 84), to which add a teaspoonful of anchovy sauce and the juice of a lemon; poach eight eggs, pour the sauce over them, and serve.
476.Poached Eggs with Anchovy Toast.Spread eight pieces of toast with anchovy paste, on which put a little glaze (Art. 179); poach eight eggs, place each egg on a piece of toast, and serve very hot.
477.Curried Eggs with Rice.Cut in two, lengthwise, ten hard-boiled eggs, add them to half a pint of very hot Allemande sauce (Art. 81), to which add a teaspoonful of curry paste; serve them with a border of boiled rice, or the rice in the center and the eggs and sauce around it.
478.Omelette (plain).Take twelve eggs, beat them up with a fork for a moment only, so as to mix the yolks and the whites well together, adding a little pepper and salt. Put in an omelette-pan or frying-pan two ounces of butter, to which, when melted, add your eggs, stir them with a fork, and, when beginning to thicken, fold in two, and serve immediately.
479.Omelette aux Fines Herbes.Prepare as the foregoing, mixing with the eggs, before putting them in the pan, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley.
480.Omelette with Cheese.Prepare as for plain omelette (Art. 478), adding to the eggs, before putting them in the pan, two ounces of grated American cheese, or equal parts of American and Parmesan cheese.
481.Omelette with Onions.Peel and cut in small pieces two medium-sized onions, and put them in a frying-pan on a gentle fire with two ounces of butter. When very slightly colored, add to them twelve eggs, which you have beaten for a moment with a fork, and seasoned with a little pepper and salt. Finish as for plain omelette (Art. 478).