HOW TO COOK EGGS AND OMELETS TO HOW EGGS IN OMELETS AND 300 COOK DIFFERENT WAYS By HERMAN C. O.B.E., G.C.A., SENN, F.R.H.S. Author "The Century "Luncheon Dishes and Dinner Summer Menu Book," "Breakfast and etc. EDITION LOCK tONDON " Drinks," NEW WARD, Sweets," Savouries," Winter "The Book," Cookery and of " AND CO., MELBOURNE LIMITED -S4 KADB Printed Butler " Tanner IN in Great Ltd., ENGLAND Britain Frome by and London EGGS AS THERE is diet food a or in other no and few consumed. domestic fowl, of eggs goose, the guinea fowl, the ostrich and several other the turtle, most Hens' eggs popular, and therefore most their Uses," Other prized to of Fish are usually the in the eggs, eaten course, the use are large eggs Eggs esting inter- birds they more now, abundant eggs with those of the it of are monly com- possibly supply the flesh for the quantities, 5 are highly are where than preparing especially of once more of " following those America served in poses. pur- " were The ways the countries times. former and cooking article, Turtle They eaten his besides most abundant. owing : eaten. in duck, plover, ordinary in gives eggs sometimes are for the common. information " ways those the of are, as birds, for used Langworthy, Dr. and also are of Besides the of articles variety greater a article important more eggs, largely the the is than more of perhaps which served are FOOD in terrapin in the some table. sturgeon, preserved also is roe fish of the lizards, refers The its yolk is term with of is time a birds, used so storehouse from reached such outside the embryo which for its used stage a is situated furnishes early later." embryo, life of quite the is the until limits narrow of A material of that any structure and growth the need to familiar. of the shell " familiar embryo, an ^the egg enclosing less and individual an physiological perhaps development being ^is too " contains egg yolk, the and membrane, The egg The of of hning and same Western eggs poultry, appearance discussion. the of by article. this white be connection the to also alligators, general, in of insects, prejudices in domestic usuaUy of eggs use the may some used when topics, food with the However, eggs,' " the and lack nations. in of serpents, who races of Mention use Shad caviare. example food. as of name famiUar a eggs made ' the salt, under with FOOD AS EGGS 6 is at the for the young it close the has possible the nutritive development, tile fer- shell. to the rial mate- white CONTENTS AND INDEX PAGS A Almond Eggs (moulded) Eggs (oold) (another Eggs way) Savoury Jeily Anchovy Anchovy Aspic or 28 gg 40 131 B Baked 4 Eggs Bechamel la Princesse "j Sauce Brown 129 Sauce 130 Buttered Eggs Buttered Eggs Eggs Buttered 26 with Anchovies 27 with Truffles 28 C Caviare Eggs 90 Chaud-froid of Eggs (cold) 93 ,..,., Creamed Cheese, 63 ........ Cheese Eggs 82 Pur^e, Savoury Eggs Mushrooms Eggs with Chestnut 52 ..,..., Coddled Creamed Curried Eggs Curried Eggs (another way) 126 39 33 62 ...... Sauce Curry 130 ......... O Devilled Eggs Devilled Egg 84 Toast Digestibility of Eggs Dropped 64 Eggs, The 14 62 E Egg Bouchees .42 ....... Bouillon 124 " Cannelons .43 " Cofiee 125 " with Coquilles Spinach 45 " Croquettes 53 " 28 Croustades " Crofttes with Game 72 " Cutlets 43 " Cutlets with Spinach 44 " 86 Darioles " 126 Fillip ......... " Flip 127 " Fritters It la Magdaltoe 6r Fritters k la Milanaise 44 Frittere i la Royale " " 78 " Jelly (sweet) 124 " 7 CONTENTS PAGB 89 Egg Jumbles Kromeskis Nog Nog " " 45 ........ " 126 (cold) .126 (hot) 128 NouUles " Oyster Boucb6e5 and " " 42 Patties 41 Pie 66 Ragoflt h la Frao^aise Ragoftt k la Piiocesse " ,, 88 85 ...... 87 Rarebit " " Rolls, Fried 53 Salad 94 " Salad (hot) Sauce Souffl6 " " 95 128 54 " 89 Tartlets " Tea Timbales with Anchovies Ramakins Tomato " " 125 86 ...... .75 " Water 127 " Wme " Eggs " I'Africaine 125 46 4 TAmericaine 46 ........ " k la Princesse Baked ea Banquettes " 4 la 52 ...... " 36 36 85 ........ Belloy " au Noir Beurre ....... " 46 4 la Boisellier " k la Bombay k la Boston 4 la Bretonne " 34 88 . 47 ........ " 26 Buttered " Buttered, with Anchovies 27 28 ...... " Buttered, with Truffles " k la Capucine 30 i la Chantilly 49 " " k la Cartoe 38 k la Carnot 70 61 " " in Cases " " " " " Chaud-froid of (cold) Cheese ......... with Cheese Cheese with Creamed k la Chiffonade 93 82 k la Chimay k la Chipolata 50 80 82 63 76 " " " en " 87 Cocottes 126 Coddled ......... Ilia Colbert _ 47 " 4 la " a la " k la " Coque en Surprise Coquette Cosmopolite 41 30 36 4 la Courtet 30 Creamed, with Mushrooms 39 with Cucumber Curried Curried (another way) Devilled 38 " " " " " 33 6a 84 " k la Dreux " " " " Dropped k I'Eugtoie 55 63 .37 4 la Fermi^re Sr " " k la Florentine of to test Freshness , " Fricassee ,, of 37 15 35 AND INDEX 9 PAOX Eggs, Fried, Fried k la Ci^cAb 65 Crofttes of (sweet) 123 Fried, Curried 63 Fried k la Fermidre Fried k la Romaine Fried, with Savoury Rice on 31 77 ".""... Rice 51 CroQtes 77 Frosted k la Gagnor k la Garfield k la Gourmet . , . , . , , .125 , , . . , , , - . k la Grand ...,.,,. Due 37 ....... k la Granville 38 ........ Gratin au Gruyfire 81 . . , , . . . .82 , k la Hussard Ham (cold) 78 63 Hard-boiled k rindienne 16 . 33 ..,..,.. k ritalienne 74 ........ k la St. Jacques Lobster . . . . . . .56 67 k la Lucullus k la Lyonnaise, k la Madame 76 83 ....... 88 ........ k la Maire 79 k la Marianne ........ 32 ........ 76 k la Marie k la Marie Louise k la Marigny 72 . Matelote en Melted 79 57 82 ........ Cheese k la Messina ........ k la Meyerbeer. k la Mirelle , k la Momay Neige with Nut , . . , 38 79 . . 79 ..... 51 72 ........ 79 ........ k la Carola 20 ...... Butter Brown 85 k rOrientale 34. k la Pacha au 38 Paprika 32 ........ k la Parmentier in Parsley Sauce k la 48 ....... 66 ....... Pasqual 32 k la Piemontaise ....... Plat sur Poached ......"." Poached k la Garibaldi k I'Espagnole Poached 74 62 16 17 .17 Poached, Imperial Style in Savoury Poached Jelly Poached ^' 73 7i 31 k la Norfolk Nouilles , ....... . k la Nesselrobe k la Nigoise with , 71 de Caen k la Mode k la Montpensier k la 30 . ........ k la M6dicis with 3i 73 37 ........ in Potatoes . k la Proven^ale Poached k la Reine Poached with Spinach Poached with Tongue Poached Wine in White Poached k la R6moulade Poached k la Polonaise ........ " la Poulette ^ la Princesse ...... .20 ..... 22 ..... 30 19 17 18 21 19 22 74 75 85 CONTENTS 10 PACK Eggs, 8a Pastry in Pug k la Reine 77 " ik la Reine 76 Itargot " k la Rialto 92 ^ la Richelieu ^ la Rossini 71 " " 39 " " la Russe k la St. Cloud " " k 91 39 37 la St. Geimain " 43 " la Salamandre " (cold) i la Santos " " 40 . Sandwiches 94 Sardine 69 87 . Tomatoes and Savoury, Spinach Scalloped with 40 69 Scotch Scrambled Scrambled 23 with Asparagus . Scrambled Scrambled Scrambled Scrambled Scrambled Scrambled Scrambled with Cfipes with with Ham Herbs with Mushrooms with Peas Scrambled Scrambled in Shells 26 26 in Cases Scrambled, Tips 25 36 24 with Rice with Salmoa with with Tongue 24 25 23 25 Tomatoes 25 2S 83 . Soft-boiled t6 k la Soubisc 84 Spanish 68 . Shirred with 62 . Shrimp Steamed Steamed Sauce 21 . 126 , k la Bichamel Stuffed k I'Aurore Stuffed with Stufied Stuffed on 87 (cold) 92 Anchovies Croates 58 k la Madras Stuffed Croiltes with Ham Stuffed with Prawns. Stuffed with Spinach Stuffed Stuffed Swiss on 57 . 59 (cold) 91 70 57 6a style k la Volga (cold) . 59 k la Tomate Tomato 32 69 64 . and Tomato Custard and Tomato Savoury k la Tripe k la Turque k la VUleroi k la Waldimir 54 8r 29 34 81 . . F of Eggs Food Value ...".,,, Freshness of Eggs, To test Fricassee of Eggs ........ Fricassee of Eggs (another way) of Eggs with Muslirooms Fricassee Frosted 13 15 35 35 ..... Eggs 35 125 a Giuyire Eggs g2 AND INDEX II PAGB H Ham Eggs 65 Hard-boCed Hollandaise Eggs 16 Sauce How to Turn How How to Preserve to Shape . . , , , , ,129 , Omeleti out 99 15 Eggs Omelet an 9S ...."", L Lobster Eggs 67 M Mayonnaise of Eggs Mayonnaise Sauce ....,.,. go ...,,.., 128 O Omelet, How Omelets, How to Shape to Turn an 98 Out 99 P Paprika Sauce 127 Poached Eggs Pyramids of Eggs .16 k la Reforme 73 R Rules for Making Omelets. 97 , 8 Salmon Eggs 67 Salpioon of Eggs Savoury Egg Cream 41 on Toast 54 ,,,.,. Custard Scalloped Eggs with Spinach Scotch Eggs Scrambled Eggs Shirred Eggs Snow Eggs Soow Eggs au Citron " 124 " 40 i . 6g , 23 62 123 123 16 Soft-boiled Eggs Spanish Eggs Steamed Steamed Eggs Eggs . . . . . . 68 f . . . . 126 . k la B6chamel Supreme Sauce Sweet Omelets, Notes 87 .131 116 on T Tc"nato Tomato Eggs 69 . Sauce 130 OMELETS American Omeleti ZI3 Amourettes 112 Anchovy Asparagus log 106 Bayonne 108 BSamaise Berooise Femme Bonne Brain BruzeUoise 100 Chareotidn 10 107 lOI 108 Z12 z CONTENTS 12 INDEX AND PAGB Chasseur Omelets Ch"telaine Cheese 102 ziz " 106 ....... " Clamart , 102 ....... Cucumber " Curry English Fish 109 ....... 109 " 99 ....... " Puff 115 " Friar's 121 ....... " Frosted " Ginger 121 ....... 117 " Ham , . , . , . , . " How Shape to .III . , , , 98 " Itahenne " i; _ardim6re .112 am " 117 " 113 With jelly Kidney 118 " ri6 " , " ....... . , . . . , Kirsch 116 Leek 103 " Lentil 104 ....... " Lobster . " , . . , , .no Madras 112 " Mar6chale Marmalade Milanaise " ....... " , 103 nS . , . . , . . , . , , . 108 " Mousseline " . " ....... " ....... 1 Mushroom Maintenon Notes 107 116 Sweet on " Onion Orange Oyster " . , . " , , . , . , , , , , . . Puff , 1 10 . ', ! . .113 " -....!! 13 1 " [ Parmesan Peach 121 no " Parisienne Pannentier 19 105 " 104 119 Paysaime " ii3 " 113 PMgord Plain go " Portugaise 114 " Princesse " " Puffed or Sonfflfe,, 114 Raphael " R6forme loa ....... ....,!' 114 " ! Reine (Queen) Robespierre uj " . iii 118 " ' Robert " Rules for Making,, R"" ] jj. : 116 07 Salmon . " . . , . ...!!** Sardine ^ .no loo " ...!!'.' Savoury Shallot 100 Flavour " Soufflte " Spinach " oo ... ....!'' iio ...!!!' 100 1^"^?" "" OWCCL ^ j^-p^to To turn out ; an " Tfuffle tt7 ^ .: . . ...:::: . . : : : io5 -" r^l Vienna . ", Food The Value weight average about two The of composition hen's of is egg Nitrogenous Fatty of hen's a : the white of an " matter 20.4 matter Mineral 10.0 matter 1.6 Water 68.0 Composition Nitrogenous matter Fatty Mineral of the yolk : " matter 16.0 30.7 matter 1.3 Water It 52.0 will thus be nitrogenous in Dr. contain an as of good flour, eggs ten half as of much value and beef, but Compared contain times times ten equal an as fuel much value. 13 eggs less tein pro- than and cheese, fuel cheese. fat sirloin one-third twice and much as is as food, cent, protein with that, of per less cream Their that rich chemistry states articles cent, as the on eggs, 4 much as protein, thirds of other per oysters. almost are particularly writing average fat much much 6 half steak, being value on and as in with compared eggs elements. Parrott, dietetic and that seen food, complete a is egg avoirdupois. ounces ordinary Eggs. fat, about two- that one-third with amount fat, but Eggs as wheat of less tein, prothan contain COOK TO HOW 14 practicallyno carbohydrates, while flour 75 contains wheat cent. per Chemically speaking, therefore, are eggs repair material, but rich in do building and not furnish a proportionate percentage of admitted is why it is now This energy. that eggs do for the adult remembered that with that so of and energy, is egg fat, however, The egg wholesome of times at food. is found is human favourably with per steak ; rump high, as The other raw, cooked will seem been eggs cooked. flesh most value ranks meat. of Eggs. Digestibility digest a their food than of digestibility always for products, being pound cheaper than higher thoroughly cooked. This supplies compares per whilst their whether same form food cent, if not The eggs fat ; yolk. economic substitute of cost 25 the from food, which desirable a The about in white The free concentrated a drates carbohycommuted versa. comparatively of tion transforma- extent vice tive diges- degree proteids and certain a the of power both to are or be however, considerable a discretion, ; into It must, Nature endows body. organs vital perfect nutrition furnish not eggs is about the lightly cooked, or The time required to hours. 3-4 egg varies from incredible have to those who accustomed insistingupon being "soft-boiled," or lightly to Dr. Parrott, Digestibility, says however, does not much the imply so rapiditywith which food leaves the stomach the as completeness of its absorbability and periments Exappropriation by the system. - in that a healthy this have stomach demonstrated digests a hard- EGGS AND boiled the or quite egg boiled OMELETS one of as not soft- a that prove qiiicklyaccomphshed as hard-boiled somewhat a this does is process that the thoroughly as but ; 15 egg does effort on greater not pel com- the part the With digestive organs. healthy the of fore theredegree cooking may persons be made of taste. wholly a matter of cooking will harden the Any process albumen of To the egg. Test the Freshness of Eggs. There should worth is but opinion as to this, eggs be perfectlyfresh, else they are not using at all. easiest The of eggs thumb and If fresh seen cloudy and and sink to the hold of centre, whilst will eggs stale test part of one Good water. bottom, of be appear to way solution a the should yolk Another dark. two the stale, it will when ; the the ness fresh- strong Ught. at transparent of the between egg forefinger,before a make is to eggs salt is to outline plainly ascertain to way it will be the and one will ones float. How There eggs, and the most and salt gallon of are strain it The best time August. good for Put reUable. size the and water methods salt and of these cold and several lime Eggs. Preserve to of lime into of an pour the eggs over a preserving has pan egg; hot. be proved | lb. of boil a When preserved. to preserve eggs is in April Eggs thus preserved will keep over several months. to EGGS. COOK TO HOW Soft-boiled Place into the Keep the allow the this treated, so in rather but do point, for if or the let not allow in the in eggs boil, allow the and them place the remove cold half a when a cup lemon Allow up egg each drain and to a to the carefully and trim for water eggs bring to 10 minutes, to cool, and pochis.) and taste, half fill it and the table-spoonful each boiling, break and slip gently water. the or the Eggs. pan, salt boiling carefully. shells shallow add water, the and fast {CEufs a minutes, boil water Poached Use soft Eggs. cook into a serve. cold to utes. min- 10 required to hurry a Hard-boiled Put and of 20 get and 'minutes three be When water required for will eggs cooked, more Fahrenheit). it jelly-like consistency. and below temperature remain to laid, new just be deg. 165 at eggs be should water If should (about point boiling which eggs, which water, Eggs. yolk with the into till 16 of of the are set a skimmer edges juice vinegar ; carefully into the boiling egg simmer with ; and white then or serve of take slice, on COOK TO HOW 18 place the eggs neatly upon top. Glaze with them glaze, or Lemco, liquefiedmeat dish with and surround the eight small fried in halfmoon-shaped slices of bread Garnish with clarified butter. sprigs of and parsley,and hot. serve Poached with Eggs Spinach. (CEufs pochSs aux Epinards.) ready the following ingredients: Get " fresh teaspoonful of and vinegar, one juice or and a-half pounds of spinach, one of butter, one table-spoonfulof rich Six salt, pepper, sauce, ounces brown slices two nutmeg, half a of bread. toasted wash and Pick the stew-pan copper cook for half an hour. drain very Put little water it in well, squeezing Rub water. the a and colander a all out spinach through in butter it in spinach, put with and lemon a eggs, white the sieve. a stew-pan, put in the with salt, spinach puree, season pepper, and a pinch of grated nutmeg ; moisten and cook gently for twentywith the sauce the Melt five minutes stew-pan with each slide egg into be must ready a shallow salted boilingwater, slightly neatly on by means each Pour a round toasted lemon the eggs without set, but get hard. trim or juice. carefuUy into a cup the boiling water that taken so they Allow to Have so. vinegar the add or a hot a of a Have gently (great care do place on demi-glace sauce dish bread until dish ; take up slice or small a ; and not ter). scat- fectly per- allowing the yolks the spinach dressed little and little the and cook to ; Break egg skimmer the ; spinach. or gravy sippets of immediately. garnish serve each with EGGS AND OMELETS Poached Eggs and them to add nice a of ounce slice three onions, fry colour off the and sauce, butter keep rounds size Season with salt and Dish over Poach fried bread, each on tin and neatly, in eggs with white sauce prepared white wine, glaze,and whisked be and must good pinch of the be egg, and one and in in not cayenne with little serve. or on trim the ready reduced half of meat a very boil. eggs thick enough to sprinklea eggs, are gillof of butter ounce one the Have as there as up. with few a ready them ounce an and place dish then croutons, Wine. eight to up brown blanc.) croutons Take eggs. of hot. serve au six bread fried round in White Eggs carefuUy poached about little hot a up, pour the eggs, and slightlysalted water, flavoured wine (Chablis or Sauterne) juice. Have drops of lemon must pepper eight fresh eggs, Prepare six to eight egg {CEufs pochis Mask a butter them and eggs ; thicklywith the onion purie ; Poached a for the spread them place a poached must little a to p. 16. toasted or of bread. with keep simmering on of sauce moisten carefullysix directed them an and hot. Poach many in and minutes. the small peeled ripe tomato, six and mushrooms, a teaspoonful brown as Provengale.) light brown chopped of chopped parsley; and Provenqiale. la a butter, drain sliced a few la a {(Eufs pochis Peel 19 ; the small Season Krona the coat sauce, them chopped parsleyover a latter quantities, with pepper. which nicely, each Nouilles with Eggs COOK TO HOW 20 la a Carola. Prepare nouille some salted in toss butter. and pepper, and well with Bake butter. in in a and sharp of butter. with Cover Sprinkle sauce. cheese of rooms, mush- of fresh gratedcheese. grated some over a tossed bechamel well-reduced a layer layer a range eggs, then seasoned proof fire- buttered a lastlya layer nouUles, and and nutmeg this Upon hard-boiled slices of Dredge on some and drain ; with Season put dish. minutes in blanch strips,and thin very for three water it into cut (p. 128), paste little oiled a for oven ten minutes. Eggs, Imperialstyle. Poached {CEufs poches Poach them let cool. Fill this the and Drain and place Sprinkle over and Poached seasoned sieve and tomato pulp. Upon ripe vegetables. Coat prepared remoulade sauce, the upon slices. tomato finely-cut strips of chopped parsley. Dish up, some crispparsley,and serve. Eggs in Potatoes. [CEufs pochis Four a trim slices of garnish with Get on and as eggs with dress them tongue them eggs, preserved artichoke many out, with some slightlyhollowed bottoms, reduced eight fresh six to neatly. VImperiale.) a la Suzette.) following ingredients: a ready the large oval even-sized " half potatoes, bechamel gill of well-reduced ounce 129), one grated Parmesan half an of Gorgona cheese ounce a (p. cheese, sauce (grated), EGGS AND OMELETS eight small " of poached or table-spoonful a eggs, brown " Panurette 21 bread crumbs seasoning. Wash and them in Cut scrub the potatoes, and fairly sharp a them halves in bake till tender. oven with lengthways a sharp knife,and scoop out the soft part by of a dessert-spoon. Incorporate the means Parmesan grated cheese Rub sauce. obtained half and egg. cheese, and brown in tin baking of salt potatoes on neatly a shrimp paste anchovy taste, and Eggs wi" {(Eufs pochis cooked on Dish a up a few drops of essence. Poached Take trim a over pour with sufficient mixed sauce to eggs, each each dish, and hot white bread. buttered of toasted rich with crevettes.) of requirednumber place out, and stamp on der. salaman- once. the or round the at serve {(Eufs pochis sauce Poach and saute-pan or Eggs with Shrimp Sauce. Poached them pepper, them Place dish, covered hot a "napkin, and folded Paprika under or oven up of breadcrumbs. hot a Dish brown with season a two or fried buttered a put in pinch a some hot puree with a layer of sauce, and this place a neatly-trimmed poached chamel, beSauce over carefully with more sprinklefreelywith grated Gruy^re upon a mix line the shells and pepper, with this ; then bechamel potato etc. ; sauce, and on sieve a the the of through little bechamel into six new-laid ox-tongue, stock, a one one small Tongue. VEcarlate.) eggs, six slices of rich or gill gravy glass of sherry or juice,one and bechamel sauce (p. 129). in boilingwater, slightly lemon Marsala, salt, pepper, half a giUs the Poach salted of rich eggs flavoured and with slices of the size of the the trimmings juice. Cut lemon shapes, about poached. Chop tongue into the COOK TO HOW 22 neat egg, when of tongue Put finely. very slices of tongue in a saute-pan with the and wine, and heat up thoroughly. gravy the Take place the eggs, up each upon on arrange slice a dish hot a the of them Put tongue with salt hot little chopped a of centre ; and carefully with sauce over pepper, white or brown sauce. in trim season ; and tongue and drain each and egg, hot. serve Poached Poach them Eggs six or bottoms vegetable macedoine of and tongue sauce ; garnish with julienne strips sauce Serve with over mixed mayonnaise or chopped gherkins,capers, pulp. dress eggs, ; and tomatoes cold remoulade with small seven artichoke on la Remoulade. a and tomato cold. Eggs in Savoury JeUy. Poached {(Eufs pocMs en aspic.) Poach the required number of new-laid in salted water containing a little eggs lemon juice or vinegar. Stamp out each neatly and let cool on a cloth or a egg Mask sieve. china inside of a number of ramakin cocotte or silver-plated with clear aspic jelly, and place or cases one the egg in each ; mask or coat the the top with aspic, then with thinly-cutslices of truffle and decorate surface neatly chervil EGGS AND leaves. When the over a layer of cases on and serve. OMELETS 23 decoration is set, pour the Place filled aspic. ice till required,then the Scrambled dish up Eggs. (CEufs brouillSs.) Beat four up five or table-spoonful of table-spoonfulof add a saucepan, and stir over to and rich an or ounce the the mixture egg a eggs begin of toasted slices in bread, place them pour a and this into pour of fresh butter, fire until two add eggs, cream gravy, ready buttered dish, and milk the Have set. fresh hot a them. upon hot. Serve Scrambled Eggs (anotherway). (CEufs brouillSs.) Beat four up with taste to and this and of are ready a bread, buttered add ovei just begin eggs to cream-like appearance. and toasted of squares some meg. nut- pan sauce- pan, and stir butter fire till the moderate Have dhamelled an of fresh ounce an set into to grate of a fireproof earthenware or half and salt, pepper Pour pour the over and eggs, hot. serve Scrambled Eggs (CEufs brouillSs Fry an beaten three eggs to the au butter, add and taste, a Rice. with riz.) table-spoonfulsof of ounce season over add two two in and eggs table-spoonfulsof cream table-spoonfuls of stock, season them a fresh to cooked it four table-spoonfulof and fire till the stir eggs in a thicken. rice well- cream, stew-pan Dish a pour the base of the four round serve. Herbs. fines herhes.) aux beaten toast, sauce with Eggs {OEufs brouilUs to tomato dish, and Scrambled Add buttered of rounds on up little brown or COOK TO HOW 24 and eggs table- one one dessert-spoonfulof spoonful of cream finelychopped parsley,chervil, and chives, rooms, also three to four chopped preserved mush- with season and serve salt cook pepper, for scrambled eggs. directed as Scrambled and with Eggs Mushrooms. {CEufs brouillis Glet Five the ready following ingredients: " two eggs, champignons.) aux fresh ounces butter, six table- a eight preserved mushrooms, salt and spoonful of cream, pepper, to of toasted rounds Break with add the and in and stir to weU over Have buttered, Great over-cook otherwise thin served nor of round up the mushrooms butter on in season well a hot the must a stew-pan, this dish and toast exercised under-cook will etc., begin bread, the dish, pour be dish and (chopped of over care the sUces basin, a beat eggs, cream, the fire till the eggs ready the toasted prepared eggs hot. salt, mixture the set. into the finely),melt pour bread. eggs and pepper the cream, two the serve not to mixture, spoilt. A few streaky bacon, nicely fried, great improvement. be will be found a 26 COOK TO HOW Scrambled Eggs with Asparagus Tips. {CEufs hrouilUs Proceed the pointes d'asperges.) as explained in the aux same foregoingrecipe,but tips in place of green of an lean the in pour scrambled dish fried mixture parsley,and the same bread, sprigs of Tongue. VEcarlate.) which in the for must the preceding ham be fried hrouilUs four cooked cases and caisses.) same as herbs mixture ramakin paper en the eggs eggs with scrambled the Eggs in Cases. tiny sprig of parsley on up just lightly. Scramble or with substitute ox-tongue, {CEufs Fill of directed as Scrambled for croutons d hrouilUs recipe,but very fire till Eggs with {CEufs cooked for as serve. Scrambled Proceed raw), or the toasted, garnish or ounces (same over on up two (cooked eggs), stir setting,then butter ham egg Ham. jambon.) au of ounce chopped peas. hrouilUs {CEufs in asparagus Eggs with Scrambled Fry cooked use directed (see p. 24). into small china (buttered),insert a top of each, dish serve. Buttered Break sufficient four salt fresh and Eggs. eggs pepper into to a basin, add taste, beat EGGS with up the a AND OMELETS fork, a whites half with begins (it must boil). Have toast, put the with a this hot dish to buttered plate to this, garnish on parsley, or sprinkle serve parsley, and a mixture of sprigs through allowed be hot ture mix- the is hot slice of a stew- table-spoonful a and on small a account any and one fire until thicken ready with over the over on egg few into and eggs to not yolks, put butter mix thoroughly to as the of ounces the add pan, of milk, stir Put so 27 chopped or quickly. Buttered Eggs with hrouilUs {CEufs Take six teaspoonful anchovy and one essence, anchois.) aux one eggs, Anchovies. halt a six table-spoonfuls cream, anchovies, a pinch of cayenne two salt, toasted the Wipe the of ounce stew-pan toast, the cut into strips. slices about to lay ; the set ; the put them, ail essence, in cream, of and a small cayenne, fire until put the equal an side of each strips of and piece anchovies shape of lattice-work. each cavity, dish up, put the in caper dish in the with over buttered the in the three broad, eggs pinch a Stir and a garnish hot. on each across Place add begins quantity cloth, a anchovy the taste. to damp the up butter, and ; mixture of with and pepper inches two Beat them. together with oblong and long butter salt in Gtorgona bread. fillets,and toast inches of anchovies the remove Cut slices butter, ounces for oven sprigs of a few minutes, parsley, and serve and one brouilUs {CEufs ready Get half a a and a Cut a of butter half about into and basin ; pinch of a a its Melt the in the pour the mixture fine shreds wine and season the over then turn on toast u a Butter and almonds, season with till Break and dish together ; minute a and ; with heap, garnish a small a serve. bouche with fresh then of fried nicely seasoned Mad^re sauce and shreds each, each Bake out bread, and tomato round a tiny grate a turn cup of to into egg and almonds. or baked sprinkle over just set, croutons or the slice of buttered the bottom baked chopped glace on salt, pepper, nutmeg, a well previouslypeeled and colour. Pour eight scatter fawn the in add Eggs, Moulded. six to moulds round dish dress ; Almond oven hot fire until another sippets of toast, few of for oughly. thor- stew-pan, a then set ; fire eggs mix ; the over Mix the salt, pepper, in butter stir liquid to Break grated nutmeg eggs, tiny piece the with put in ; a reduce begins to truffle,etc., quickly. stir and quantity. the bread. slice of toasted small cover ; eggs, butter, one large glass Marsala, salt, pepper, with stew-pan Six " ounces truffle into the Truffes.) aux following : the truffle, half nutmeg, Truffles. Eggs with Buttered COOK TO HOW 28 in on the small dish or the some up. demi- base of serve. Egg Croustades. Prepare p. 41, croustade on a salpicon of and cases fill with made eggs it of as some described small rice, potato. EGGS AND semolina in bread or hot a filled fried place them minutes, then few a with 29 when ; for oven garnish up, OMELETS parsley,and dish serve. Egg Pie. Peel five to six hard-boiled them into in stew-pan, a slices. fiour, and Melt stir in cook table-spoonfulof a with moisten little ; a cut of butter ounce an and eggs gillsof milk, and let boil for five minutes, stirringall the time. Stir in a teaspoonful of chopped parsley,season to taste with salt and pepper, and keep hot. and one Fill buttered a of layers white half a slices of eggs, sauce, and when full pour to sauce breadcrumbs, butter in a place Eggs Break six an and Turque. into eggs salt and and of ounce fire till the border a of the set livers in hot base the tomato of immediately. the the turned form of a ready Have (finely sliced butter, flavoured with lot shal- suitably seasoned) parsley, and these the tea- them over to be dish. round a containing stir ; enough in them chicken in tossed and put hot a saute and some dress on butter are eggs then out, melted basin, a Whisk stew-pan a of hot. Serve eight into with bits tiny oven. la pepper stir enough over spoonful of chopped parsley. well crumbs, bread- and for fifteen minutes bake a to with few a heated moderately alternate Sprinkle over cover. top, and on season with pie-dish centre of sauce dish, and the dish, pour (p. 130) send to round table ; Eggs Take six la a lean ounces and ham new-laid half butter, about ounce Coquette. eight to a cases three gillcream, tongue, salt, cayenne, or ' six eight small to them butter ; one eggs, nutmeg. Procure COOK TO HOW 30 souffle china well ; each of put them, small a also a piece of butter in a table-spoonfulof cream, pinch of salt, and a little grated nutmeg on ; place them the top on oven or a baking-sheetin a hot of the simmer to one egg pepper back the the or white free ; part, and them cut into la a and oven, allow to the leave Marigny. six to slices,and butter moderate and yolk ; put as so peel four of ounce cayenne hot. serve Eggs Scald in the or each ready the lightly. Have tongue finely chopped, sprinkle the yolks of each of centre mence com- carefullyinto set to eggs over contents tiny pinch a the stove on the break put ; in ham When stove. in fire. a Season ripe tomatoes, them toss saute-pan to taste in an a over with salt gently for about minutes. Put the prepared twenty in an tomatoes oblong dish, and carefully break four fresh on top eggs ; place the dish carefully in a hot oven long enough to pepper, set the of part let stew sauce eggs, then the with eggs lobster sauce. in the centre to table at Eggs Cut and cover, some Put of a each over a the white well-fiavoured tiny pinch of Paprika send egg yolk, and once. a la Courtet even-sized (Cold). ripe tomatoes in EGGS AND OMELETS halves, scoop interior scrambled When stiff the out fill with and 31 and mayonnaise nicely egg, cold, mask a carefully, soned. sea- carefully with a thin layer of aspic jelly. Dish up in a circle and garnish with shoes of gherkins and pickled beetroot cut into fanciful shapes ; fill the centre of the dish with lettuce and tomatoes juUenne strips,suitably seasoned oil and vinegar or mayonnaise Serve Shell the hard-boiled yolk Russian an ounce through with of egg place them bread, fixed Season pour top this with over small about a hot with each butter, etc., of little of the fried puree. Momay. pat oven cut salt,pepper into and thick a grate sauce gillof bechamel cheese, grated Parmesan eggs, and besprinklethe of the Place cheese. bits for eggs, a grated there very la a Mix ounce an forcing a fancifullycut garnish and parsley. hard-boiled nutmeg. with it or gratindish, and place fireproof a it six pinch a Decorate the and rub croutons a with yolks pepper, it in move re- with Eggs of put with on and slices. butter, small up, slices of lemon in of fresh tube. on cavities the fancy tastefullywith half stand, Pound a Dish them fill the sieve, and a Butter make Paprika or cayenne bag dressing. them cut eggs, small a piece off cut and caviare. with of an Gagnor (Cold). crossways, of each to end mix la a five halves the with cold. Eggs in into cut of fresh this. to brown Put here butter, the the dish top, and using in which a HOW 32 should be of Send done. a brown dish to when colour table, and serve iiot. very Eggs Proceed and slices slices of and taste tomato peeled and sharp oven, oiled trim, six chaud-froid white with of made nest a rich grated with in bake a serve. Pasqual. eggs mask and to of giU a top, and the la small drain half butter, then a eggs Season tomatoes. brown to Eggs Poach hard-boiled of Besprinkle sauce. preceding the in over pour cheese la Tomate. a directed as recipe, using in pale the COOK TO in milkt seasoned cold when them sauce baked them dress ; and nouUles, serve. Eggs Prepare add with ; on a two upon la Marianne. of green the and puree a Uttle a a cream this well-buttered of cream in table-spoonfuls this break carefuUy four the eggs, then Eggs Mix a with dish, and or five fresh salt and at or the pepper, just long enough serve au one to once. Paprika. of hot mashed potatoes with of eggs and one of butter, ounce with salt and then put the pepper, into a forcing bag and shape a yolks two season mixture number a pound border neat a gratin dish," put Season to taste eggs. and cook in the oven set make puree " peas, to which needful ing season- large of rounds dariole with border mould. Bake the in size a of fairly HOW 34 Place border a dish, put arrange the the remaining two in sections, round the carefully. Put in over hot Eggs a this Upon some Shell with curry four round a and centre, hard-boiled Serve hot. and them shell bed a new-laid of number of savoury little curry paste or place the eggs, pour and sauce, rOrientale a on Bombay. dish a VUUis. it. (not hard), rice, flavoured powder. la a required till soft eggs rice the curry Eggs Cook cooked in cut ^ggs, of TO hot. serve (Cold). fry half eggs, finely,in half an ounce hard-boiled small onion, minced of butter, then add to it a dessert-spoonful gUl of stock, and a of powder and a curry let all simmer for fifteen minutes. Add of Bengal Club other or dessert-spoonful good chutney, mix it well, and rub through a sieve. the eggs in halves and take out the yolks ; cut off a little of the bottom of each make them to part of the whites a Cut stand. the Put yolks into the the curry puree, pound and mix When mixed fillup the whites with it, piled up sprig of watercress on a and bed of nicely the of insert Dish seasoned eggs tiny a them small up salad, la Villeroi. Eggs a six eight stock to milk or neatly,then and coat sauce ; Next egg and Dish up fat. in each. thoroughly. serve. Poach trim high, and with mortar them dip take put them well in ; small with crumb and serve on them with soned sea- drain, and up, a thick breadcrumbs in eggs wire tray HoUandaise and and let fry tomato set. in hot sauce. EGGS AND OMELETS 35 Fricassee of Eggs. {Fricasseed'oeufs.) This dish by steaming separatelyand dice, small each a for and time. very little BoU milk. heated and allowed Season with to up in simmer for this purpose. sauce Eggs (anotherway). for twelve minutes, lay in cold water, take off the shells,cut in halves the out crosswise, take them them eggs yolks for garnish. finely. Melt Peel and of butter ounce an shallot a in let it come cream ; to when boil, a hot sauce, put so the golden sauce, gill of of eggs, gently, not as fire until whites sprinkle over garnish with round with few croutons of Fricassee hot. white dish, a the yolks, chopped parsley, and neatly a or break to the yollK in a little thin up of in the centre dress them the stew- one whites Stir taste. the pan better, shake the slices,and keep on Warm in in the put to season mix chop a add the shallot, and fry a pan, Add half a gillof bechamel colour. and In salt,pepper, Use bechamel, nutmeg. of six be must veloute Fricassee " by poaching or ; seasoned or eggs short supreme, eggs sauce or ways of eggs whites cuttingthem out into cubes, shapes ; by slicing three the white in three yolks and in stock case a made hard-boiled eggs rich the other or four or be can of fried bread. Eggs with Mushrooms. Remove mushrooms, then drain the stems peel them, and and six from wa^sh cut them fresh the into cup latter, dice- Next shaped pieces. lightly in them five hard-boiled Peel dice. of bechamel add shallow and adding of little a a thoroughly not break to preparation in the garnish or the top with These la a Let send to stiff of croutons creamed hot. fried bread, Dish and up garnish butter. Banquettes. en little oval some and tartlet moulds with (see p. 128), bake them chopped hard-boiled parsley,grated cheese, mixed crust paste fill with and mushrooms, white with sharp a Poach drain and oven, a la six small them them Insert Bake sauce. Eggs and table truffle chopped anchovy Eggs fry the eggs cut in halves, filled with a the whites mayonnaise. in Put Belloy (Cold). lobster, and nouille being hard-boiled are Line a serve get thinly-cutstripsof of with it dish, decorate yolks removed, and salpicon composed on taste, tiny pinch a eggs. round Spanish pimiento, and Eggs to a the care stirring, up deep a add season pepper. whilst hot and it into then and pint a sauce, Put it up, Nepaul or white cream. mushrooms, grate of nutmeg cayenne taken good heat and pan eggs other or it to three-quartersof about Prepare butter, and keep hot. pepper, into eggs and cut them salt and with season of ounce an fry i.e. them, toss half COOK TO HOW 36 for olive Cosmopolite. fresh eggs oil or slice of truffle in with minutes ten serve. carefully. Egg in egg, and and trim crumb clarified centre demi-glace sauce. of and and butter. each ; EGGS AND OMELETS Eggs These 37 rEugenie. a composed of scooped out, are mushrooms, small peeled cup tossed in butter, then filled with a mixture of smoked finely shredded salmon, truffles, and foie-gras, heated in HoUandaise up poached egg top on cor^ lobster of and Place sauce. each, decorate trufiBe ; reheat a with and serve hot. Eggs These poached eggs placed into small croustades lined with spinach are baked paste puree, sauced browned la Florentine. a with over in sharp a Mornay oven and sauce, under or the salamander. Eggs four Shell halves and sieve a la St. Germain a hard-boiled mix with chopped shrimps ; them of a bearded oyster on Eggs a These with smoked and Eggs over rich tomato and serve of each dress a egg. la Gourmet. of hard-boiled a few eggs minutes. Due. fresh put this eggs, of fried bread, bechamel mixed pulp, garnish with shredded hot. for la Grand croutons with tips and top baked a four Scramble small and eggs crayfishtails,chopped truffles, with rich ansalmon, mixed chovy sauce, on and chopped aspic, with halves are stuffed and bed through mayonnaise refill the in cut eggs ; yolks ; rub the remove and on (Cold). truffles. Dish neatly sauce with duced re- asparagus up neatly 38 HOW Eggs Shred heat rind ; Eggs Slice in dish hard-boiled white cream of Spanish onion milk and stock); Eggs Shell halves, hot. serve eggs, cook them with slices (previously cooked dish and up in serve. la Careme. a hard-boiled remove the in eggs, cut them yolks,and stuff with five for gherkins and sauce, four them sauce, Caen. composed of shallots, parsley,sorrel, and Bake ; de mixture a eggs onion and neatly up la mode a four rich a hard-boiled four up in a little brown with finelychopped flavoured lemon la Granville. a coarsely them COOK TO fried chopped of eggs. up, and yolks minutes, dish serve. a la Pacha. five hard-boiled Eggs four Slice mushroom with in egg tomato on in mixture hot a the dish centre and arrange put the hot. serve ; fully care- up (p. 130) ; sauce mix eggs, heat heads, and border rice a to Eggs with Cucumber. {OEufs Peel thinly a ends, and off the aux concombres.) large-sizedcucumber, divide pieces. Take a stamp out carefully the each piece of cucumber. to 2 in. buttered with cover the be saute-pan oven taken the rest column with IJ cutter centre Place a into cut in. and portion them little in stock of a ; buttered and cook in paper till just tender. Great must care a so as not to break the shapes. EGGS AND Beat OMELETS three up spoonful of butter season ; fire till creamy cucumber shapes cavities with with over Beat with five fire in the till nearly set, chopped in parsley. up Continue them fuls table-spoonof butter. ounce fireproofcasserole a twelve add and finely (previously little chopped a stir the mixture to another minute buttered on hot. season two mushrooms butter), fire for Sauce serve eggs, then sliced or fillthe champignons.) aux over and Mushrooms. add pepper, half an and cream table- a eggs. and sauce, Stir dish dish Eggs with salt and tossed hot a prepared together of the on the (CEufs this to pulp and half an ounce the nicely and stir over and just set. Place the tomato Creamed add eggs, of tomato 39 or pieces of over two, then toast and serve. Eggs four Cut about half la St. Cloud. a hard-boiled inch an eggs thick into the remove slices yolks carefullyon to small rounds of toasted bread, or plain mQk biscuits ; fill the cavities with a salpicon of of gherkin, dice-shapedpieces composed and stoned fillets of herring (marinaded) and place the whites with olives, seasoned Arrange this neatlyand Spanish pimiento half a a small red round radish up, garnish with cold. parsley,and serve Eggs Select put sauce. Dish top of each. of fresh or mayonnaise four large) ripe a of on sprigs la Richelieu. even-sized tomatoes, remove (but not the too stems and cut the each in halves and pips, and core Cut out eggs in an and stir round egg and add a to season ; taste, and just on a with tomato the parsley, serve. Eggs Shell a lengthways. bake them just tender, them in salt and a in the row on tomato dish small dish oven with season Place half each tomato. on them get cool, arrange dish, and a cut toes ripe tomaa baking tin until they are on let them then pepper. downwards some eggs and Cut four halves, put them in (Cold). la Santos hard-boiled four in halves side a chopped table-spoonful)and mixture, dish up, garnish with and it to some fill the toast, to Beat fire till creamy each half tomato Place of toast the over setting. frying-pan. tomatoes. cream, butter of ounce lightlyin or stew-pan, a remove ; of buttered the table-spoonful of pimientos (about half saute a than larger three up crossways fry them rounds some little a in of butter ounce an COOK TO HOW 40 cut egg Flavour an with little tarragon a mayonnaise sauce the and coat vinegar, and eggs the smoothly with it. Decorate in with cut pimiento and beetroot fancy shces, garnish the base of the with chopped aspic jeUy, and serve. with ScallopedEggs [Cotelettes d'oeufsaux Pick cook and wash it with tender, then finely,or nicely and butter. of drain, press six spinach, and little salted very pass it reheat Poach Epinards.) pound a Spinach. well, and through with or seven a a till water chop sieve ; season little cream eggs as or directed HOW 42 hard-boiled strips,in place ham, in which case use Have ready cases, fill them the of the tongue or lid dice if six and Mix reduced seasoned and the mixture the each, on and these together little well- a bechamel hot bouchee and, all with Have required. with serve. mushrooms preserved truffle. a puff-paste then reheat, up, into small eggs chop rather coarsely. moisten until puff-paste patty salpicon, place the carefully,and Keep mushrooms. Bouchees. slice them liked, or hard-boiled also Chop truffle, added, sprigs of parsley, and three or ; the less dish Egg Cut dice liked, be small each, with garnish custard with into cut if may, rather some on be can eggs COOK TO in bain-marie a ready small some and cases, sauce. fill above preparation, put reheat in garnish with the lid the Dish oven. sprigs of them up, Serve parsley. hot. and Egg Cut the into eggs whites small yolks through half pint a Blanch and and each beard six the prepared sauce, then it actually boil, and mixture, egg reheat up white with the into the letting Fill taste. cases and sauce. without to season neatly, about oysters more these Put puff-pastebouchee dish with white or the Rub mix well-seasoned oyster liquor and hot hard-boiled dice. sieve, and four. some three strips or a of of into cut Bouchees. Oyster serve with hot. the EGGS AND OMELETS 43 Egg Cannelons. Cut {Cannehns d'ceufs.) to eight hard-boiled six halves, through Soak the remove sieve. a Chop crustless a yolks, and the in eggs rub them whites roll of milk small) in milk, then squeeze mash this finely. Mix up add (yolk and white), and very and ^ggs bechamel them to sauce it up shape each bind into into small and carefully, up, fried parsley,and the it garnish mixture. vide Di- portions, egg and in hot fat. with the enough even-sized fry well, with roll,then a dish finely. (cut up bread sprigs of crumb Drain, fresh or hot. serve Egg Cudets. {Cotelettes auas Boil four then cooked bacon of I oz. then it for the finer, two and about spoonful dessert- a white with sauce 1 butter, oz. flour,stirred in and cooked add a gill of milk, full measure. minutes and slightly, Cook stirringall forming. Now ingredients,mix the time add prevent lumps to above-named with season nutmeg. Divide portions Egg and them a small each up, in of parsley. a few shell, ounces of a utes), min- finely. Chop too ham, or (allow ten remove not rather but Prepare and them, chop likewise, till hard eggs them cool ceufs.) and salt, pepper Spread the to on into mixture and shape crumb each them deep hot piece of dish a fat. and grate of a and into let cool. nine or cutlet. a carefuUy, and fry Drain well, insert macaroni fried well eight cutlet, to represent the garnishwith the at the end bones. parsley,and serve. of Dish Cutlets Egg Spinach. with Epinards.) {Cotelettesd'oeufsaux Take hard-boiled four half eggs, lean ounces six ham, two eggs, bechamel pint of a COOK TO HOW 44 raw three sauce, mushrooms, tea- one pound spoonful chopped parsley, one cooked butter, one ounce spinach, one meg, nutsalt, pepper, table-spoonful cream, shallots, mashed potatoes for border, breadcrumbs, frying fat to fry. two Reduce the the coarsely Stir the then without and rooms mushwith taste a Spread on Pass the spinach chop the shallot, nutmeg. let cool. plate and to eggs boiling; ham, chopped eggs, parsley; season salt of yolks raw the and pepper, dish or two and ham, eggs, let it bind sauce, add 1^ giUs,chop about hard-boiled mushrooms. into to sauce through a sieve, peel and and fry in the butter to a golden colour, put in the spinach, then Mix to taste. season the with cream the spinach the Shape little flour a and cook egg and crumb drain, dish up on hot dish, fillthe spinach, and a four and half half border of a thickens allow to ; fat, potatoes the on prepared la Milanaise. la then bind. Milanaise.) into eggs of butter of flour -ounce gillwhite a in hot the carefullyremove ounce half add with hard-boiled an cutlets, neat serve. lengthwise,and Melt minutes. Fry (Beignetsd'aeufsd Cut ten them. centre Fritters Egg stir into into egg-mixture then a for and stock add one in ; a halves yolks. stew-pan, moisten with milk, stir till it or raw egg-yolk and Incorporate one ounce of EGGS AND OMELETS 45 four chopped lean ham or tongue and ounces chopped cooked chicken or veal, one teaspoonful finely chopped parsley, one small shallot, chopped and fried in butter, lemon juice,pepper, salt, and the yolks of the hard-boiled with Fill up each white eggs. and crumb them carefully, this, egg and fry in hot clarified butter. garnish with fried parsley,and a rich tomato Dish up, with serve sauce. Egg Kromeskis. {Cromesquis (Tceufs.) Take three hard-boiled half eggs, a half an of ounce gillof bechamel sauce, chopped ox tongue, frying batter, two raw yolks of eggs, half a teaspoonful finely sweetened), chopped truffle, five thin pancakes (unfrying fat, seasoning. Peel the chop rather pan, moisten them cut eggs, into with the in them coarsely, put and sauce and slices stew- a the egg- with salt, pepper yolks, season the fire till hot, and and nutmeg, stir over add the truffles and tongue ; mix well, and to turn on to a pancake, dip hot fat. napkin, and cool. plateto Shape into even- pieceof frying batter, and fry each corks, wrap sized in taste into Drain, in dish garnish with a square folded a on up crispparsley. Egg Coquilleswith Spinach. d'ceufsaux Epinards.) (Coquilles the inside of eight china coquille Butter moulds or else ordinary souffle of prepared and table-spoonful spinach in each ; upon this put Break of cream. dessert-spoonful a egg, season with pepper and put cases, seasoned about a a fresh salt, place HOW 46 the cases moderately Eggs a seasoned rice, previously of stock in and well- sufficient mix little chopped ham a eight quickly. serve drained, rich a rAfricaine. ounces and in about for and bake and sheet oven up, four washed with heated Dish minutes. Cook baking a on COOK TO finished when grated cheese. and croutes oval-shaped bread side of (fried in butter), and spread one the each thickly with prepared savoury Next beat up five eggs, rice,and keep hot. Prepare some to season small two them with taste ripe tomatoes, coarsely,drain, and with half eggs, stir an also ounce the over fire until Dish rice, and spread each prepared bake bearded seasoned poached on little rich serve egg brown at bouche of with a dehcately of oysters, halves, mushrooms in wellslices, and Place sauce. top of sauce, each, pour then dish neatly a over up, a and once. Eggs Line sprigs paste croustades, some cut bechamel roughly in cut (champignons) with composed ragout and of croutes mixture to hot. serve round, half filleach or begin eggs rAmericaine. a and Prepare a saucepan then add the ; of cream, and prepared egg Garnish chop in the the croute. Eggs oval the up parsley,and fresh cook tablespoonful a Peel pepper. slice and of butter thicken. on salt and some or cup a la Boisellier. previously buttered moulds carefullywith small thin Eggs and slices of fresh them head in in each, egg on the mushroom to season and sauce place in the some hot sauce, and over Italian or a break taste, poach neatly, pour up placing centre, then baking tin, a Dish oven. 47 preserved mushrooms, mushroom a omelets serve. Eggs Cook till tender haricot rub beans them if liked fried be in well-seasoned mixed with little a Poui on puree may ham chopped onion. Put dish, and a the place some neatly trimmed, eggs, over stock, and The sieve. a finely minced prepared puree nicely poached and previously soaked some through with top. la Bretonne. a hot some cream on sauce, serve. Eggs This is simple a suitable but la Colbert. a as in order and of to and care make good shape dish nently emi- after-dinner an requires great delicious and savoury, careful attention the presentable eggs during the of process frying. Take four or six new-laid carefullyin very and salt, and pepper half a teaspoonful of each a cup, eggs, season break with about sprinkle over grated Gruy^re or drop each very gently the latter into a pan of hot fat or frying oil if of good quality is preferable for this Keep the eggs in shape, and purpose. of a wooden turn frequently by means to a pretty golden Fry them spoon. cheese, Parmesan " colom:, then cloth on a or kitchen hot cheese, take and up paper. and drain Dress dish, sprinkle over serve quickly. them on a them neatly with grated HOW 48 Eggs rich half and bake and Poach the an of with Cover with over the in and toes, pota- the the mainder re- cheese. cheese, sprinkle add grated cheese bits and place on hot very dish oven, ; up, quickly. serve Eggs Take them. Mix half in little a water of the each. and sauce butter top, brown half with sauce parts. trim juice, breadcrumbs, the divide mealy slightlysalted in egg into the in each sauce them cut oven, out eggs with lemon place potatoes, dry them, in the scoop little a the in flavoured supreme), or butter, breadcrumbs. scrub them halves Put of ounce an (bechamel sauce eggs, Wash and gill of large potatoes, one of grated cheese, one ounce cream, six small la Paraientier. a three Take COOK TO la Salamandre. a six to bread, of toasted six to eight eggs, two eight slices of cooked ounces ounce beef-tongue, one bechamel well-reduced gill of ounces grated cheese, or of ham butter, one three sauce, salt, pepper, teaspoonful chilli vinegar, or wine one table-spoonful French vinegar. Have ready a saute-pan half filled with one cayenne, water to add smooth, sufficient sieve. Stamp toasted them the half out well, and with the them on a puree dish as a mortar butter, 1 oz. a and many there spread when smooth rub oval as above sufficient in to form pepper, bread and meat the sauce it with season vinegar Pound taste. and the add ; are salt tiU cheese, paste, through shapes eggs, side a of butter thickly prepared ; place ready and keep hot one HOW 50 Eggs la a Chimay. (StuffedEggs Boil required the about then carefully; and take through little a with the fine anchovy whites in half lengthways the yolks Rub sieve, and mix oiled essence, with butter, and parsley. Season of cayenne. a suspicion with this preparation, tarragon and salt,pepper Fill the of eggs for and shell them yolks. medium chopped number each cut out a Gratin.) au minutes, cool twelve COOK TO then arrange of egg the eggs white sauce, sprinkle neatly, cut sides well-buttered a downwards, on gratin or other Sauce over baking dish. carefully with well-reduced other bechamel or good cheese fine (Gruyere brown be butter. oven nicely leaves The Eggs with la a of to sufiicient lastly dish a in a and must eggs time the dish table hot. Capucine (Cold). cooked some some the the by Send oven. the also salamander the surface browned the Flake and Finish under or hot. serve Cheddar), or grated some breadcrumbs, little melted sharp over white aspic jeUy to fish, mix it well- set, and seasoned fillup mould. usual when to flavour, then mayonnaise sauce a previouslyaspic coated plain border six to Poach eight eggs in the drain, trim them neatly, and way, cold chaud-froid of each with pimiento. a cold in the mask sauce, each with white decorate the surface over then thinly-cutstripsof Unmould the dish, place the centre, and fish border prepared serve. trufHe eggs and on to neatly EGGS AND OMELETS Fried Grill broil or bacon in neatly border and round legumes) heated white a in and lean number of fat, trim slice of bacon the mixed Garnish sauce. of form of a with dish, fill the centre vegetables (macedoine de a of on these slices bacon or place Range mixture a la Fermiere. little butter a ham. or a eight thin fry the same ham, or eggs each Eggs 51 with the little a with centre Parisian potatoes (marble-shaped potatoes, in the oven, blanched, drained, and baked fried). The or Fried ready four reduced of Fatna ounces of pint rich stock, add two and two rice in about Season reduce a shape. Melt colour to sauce with taste to little until about an rice in sufficientlyfirm of ounce well, and Place red or yolk six fresh stamp out quickly on out to a hot dish. fried black pepper and of egg, Eggs Prepare described which or in of a circle eggs in the form rice shape, then put a tiny pinch of the the on turn butter to Put the pastry cutter. flat mould, press it in buttered a small salt, and pan, and fry in it five trim each neatly, or else plain round into cut omelet a well- enough slices of fried bacon strips. eggs, with ing. serv- it, then table-spoonfuls of grated cheese, tomato add an for Eggs with Savoury Rice. Cook a dish is then have a a on centre of each hot. serve la Nesselrode. chestnut savoury below, the put it in attached a puree as forcing bag, to plain or fancy tube, a HOW 52 and make fairlybold a gratin dish. of the in cream border about Put table-spoonfuls two dish; salt and until the twenty in again to moisten through Have ham Eggs or and until the lightlywith them out place each groups of with on or ; two a a in a into ; asparagus fill the : " bread, one cooked of of yolk and basin a a and pepper plain round them in the centre points,and and of slide in the set ; are crouton break ; them cook season salt. Cut and cutter fried alternate bread. little tongue, chopped chopped yolk put them paste. saute-pan a with eggs of chopped ham or Dress stock. gravy smooth fried whites white and parslej', dish rich the boiled). sieve. asparagus-point ragout, egg, by one eggs one them into the pan, Ornament wire following materials the oven quite ounces butter, tongue, parsley, the pepper. the butter Melt when two hard-boiled salt skins, la Princesse. a rounds six both and pepper, little brown sauce, produce the for salt and very else to as ready eggs, of ounce or sauce, Baked Six a fine a with taste well, so large chestnuts minutes, remove little stock, and with tomato Mix a rub tender of pound a Puree. Nesselrode.) la a oven hot. Serve set. are eggs half Season with or {For Eggs boil break this upon Savoury Chestnut about buttered a on Season five fresh eggs. in the and bake pepper, carefullyfour Boil COOK TO of neatly oven with serve. egg (hard- a round just a second on a ragout of EGGS AND OMELETS 53 Egg Croquettes. {Croquettes d'CEufsr^ rather Chop coarsely four hard-boiled eggs ; chop Ukewise, but rather finer,two of about cooked ham, of dessert-spoonful parsley. ounces a white a tongue with sauce and or one pare Preof ounce butter, three-quarters of an of flour ounce stirred in and blended, and a gillof milk. Cook it for a few minutes, stirring all the time to add the to of let it cool. into eight or into a ball them nine cork or Drain Dish up, the them on a a on make each and in them and the mixture Divide fry mix mixture portionsand shape ; egg carefully,and fat. salt, pepper, Spread nutmeg. dish and a with season Now forming. ingredients; above-named well, and grate from lumps prevent crumb deep hot cloth. or paper fried parsley,and garnish with Fried Egg Rolls. serve. Cut six eight or slices,and rub sieve, then them and stir with well, season grate of nutmeg. a suflRcient well-reduced bind mixture. the spread and the let cool. dip each into coarse-grained former is golden colour with fried Note. " fiorador or and preferable), ; dish up egg pepper with to thoroughly hot, dish or plate a the beaten preserved in sauce mixture balls,or cork croquettes, even-sized and Moisten to Shape the add bechamel on them salt and When mixture dozen a this wire coarse fry slightly To into eggs a coarsely of butter. ounce puree, and through mince mushrooms an hard-boiled egg, cover semolina fry in hot neatly and into shapes, with (the fat a garnish parsley. The above-made egg rolls, HOW 54 round dressed makes nicely seasoned, or of bed a COOK TO a cooked spinach tasty dinner very dish. supper Egg SouflEle. (Souffleaux Melt two (Eufs.) of butter ounces in a stew-pan, fry, i.e., blend in it, a peeled and finely chopped shallot, and stir in three-quarters of an of ounce Cook allow Brown for it to and few a flour. corn- minutes, but Next get brown. and yolks of eggs Poison's do not incorporate over in another pan containing boilingwater, and whisk the fire till the mixture thickens,then add eight chopped preserved,mushrooms and let it cool five stiff froth the little. a whites carefully into place the the Whisk of four mixture with previouslyseasoned a good pinch of Paprika. lajge buttered souffle case (china ones Place in if small and up Pour will do cases ready large case quickly. of one (Eufs aux the of ounce flour, nicely). ing boil- milk, four eggs, parsley and on Dish Toast. CrolUes.) sur following ingredients: butter, half gillof twenty-five or is used. a serve {Crime One small paper, and fifteen minutes used, are cream, one savoury a buttered a Savoury Egg Cream Get this into several or for about oven when minutes very stir and eggs, of yolks, etc., salt, pepper, and cases with cover in the cook a saute-pan containingsome a water, ramakin to an about of ounce half " a gill teaspoonful chopped herbs (tarragon and EGGS AND OMELETS cherVil),salt,pepper, three Melt the flour and four or and sUces it slowly, taking curdle. or yolks in a stew-pan, add the a little fire and cream until cayenne, bread. of toasted butter the of pinch a let it cook add 55 that care stantly con- let it simmer it does the Separate Stir milk. thickens, the over very bum not whites from the of the to a eggs, beat up the whites stiff froth, mix the sauce, the yolks with with and season salt, pepper ; cayenne stir in carefully,or whisked the hot a up, Have sUces ; heaped blade until of of up ; knife. a golden colour, a quickly. serve and Egg the oven and these the parsley convenient on with over in into cut mixture smooth dish in of eggs and add the herbs at the same time. savoury ready the toast Pass fold whites and put rather Tomato Savoury (Cold). three Scald the remove four or skin, cut with round a brown paste cutter creamed with hard-boiled and of slice neatly cross them butter. into tomato bread, and round on cut spread Put a to a out over of slice on top of the tomato, egg each. fillets of anchovy over two little Sprinkle a coral cut slice of slices, place each and ripe tomatoes, the on ster chopped parsley and lobtop. Dish up neatly,and serve. Eggs Get Six ready eggs, the following ingredients : " one of of lean ham pound dessert-spoonfulchopped quarter (cooked), la Dreux. a a parsley,half of six cream, of ounce rounds butter, half buttered of gill a toast. thickly six deep patty-pans, chop finely and mix with the parsley, Butter the an COOK TO HOW 56 ham sprinkle well the patty-pan? with this, so the inside of each, to completely cover as break an egg carefullyinto each patty-pan, and with a season pinch of salt, pepper and divide the cream equally on cayenne, top of each egg ; put also a tiny piece of in each. Put the tins in a sautebutter three-partsfull of boilingwater, place pan and in the oven, poach until the whites are completely buttered of the size toast the of the Eggs Line with la St. a eight to the the necessary cutter). Prick paste dried peas, to oven Brush with beaten the in Poach, than cool, necessary. then mask aspic, and each in paste crusts. tinted with up little tastefully,and for meat few a in smallerfirst used, Unmould them of the with prepared chopped aspic spinach greening. Dish one Decorate a inside with those as whilst and egg mixed the to oven let cool. or moderate a of are rice Unmould outside the of with many eggs and them let set moulds bottom them moulds as the colour. return bouche bouche puff paste (roU thinly,and stamp out for a lining with bake yolk then hot. serve Fill them over and minutes, sized and golden a hot. glaze, fork. a on rough or paste rather with carefully small rounds fluted the out Jacques (Cold). nine puff paste out and up possible turn them place Dish toast. as patty-pans, egg-shapes, and rounds ready some nearly as Have set. serve. with with the centre of spinach for Cook the with egg-halveswith spinach, close the top the pieces cut out, and place each, down, side cut of shces thin brown Dish crouton. a on up, and coarsely, the yolk,minced garnishwith * cream. stirring,fill whilst minutes few a with enriched and puree ; seasoned and cooked some base in clarified butter fry them ready have out the size of the about egg, and an Cut half-inch cutter. a croutons some COOK TO HOW 58 with Serve tongue. Uttle a sauce. Stuffed Eggs Croutes. on {CEufs fargissutj CroiUes.) ready Get : following ingredients the " hard-boiled Three Gorgona two eggs, teaspoonful Echa(boned), one vinegar, half a teaspoonfulWorcester anchovies lote one sauce, butter, a few sprigs of chervil, six tarragon and ounce finely chopped round slices If about and of in. in fried pepper. shells from the them in yolks and pound anchovies ; them when of the stand. puree Put in a Put forcingbag little of croute, place round and savoury chopped the it in the on eggs top puree, parsley and out the the with butter, degrees by Worcester and the as the a of sprinkle Paprika the plain tube. of each centre upon the of ties cavipuree, make to remainder with the sauce. fillthe whites them the add of eggs with points off the eggs so the cut mortar a smooth thoroughly and Echalote vinegar and the Rub this through a sieve eggs, take in add a the halves, crossways, mix cut parsley diameter, chopped Paprika some Remove the bread toasted or it, decorate eggs some pepper with finely over EGGS the AND OMELETS surface; this 59 be must done rather the dish effective. to make so artistically as Range them on dish with covered a a Garnish fancy paper. with sprigsof watercresses or crispparsley,and serv*;. Stuffed Take half four la Madras. a hard-boiled one and two eggs, butter, one teaspoonful ounces paste, Eggs a anchovy ounce paste, curry one teaspoonful chutney, one table-spoonful slices spinach, eight small round of bread, also two pickled red chillies or pimiento for garnish. cooked Peel the eggs, cut them in halves crossways, the yolks and out put in a mortar, scoop add this to and one half a butter, the ounces anchovy paste, curry paste, and chutney ; pound until quite smooth, and rub through a sieve. Fill the hollows of the whites of of ready eight rounds eggs with this. Have bread little larger than the cut sides of a the eggs, fry them lard, when or one side with cut the them the to the golden colour a drained remainder points off the stand firmly,and of centre the and a chilli cold of the as so eggs spread mixture, to each place Cut croute. in butter out make half in fanciful pimiento,put one mix the spinach of the stuffing, in the centre with the butter, rub all through a fine sieve, piecesof put this into and up to Stuffed cut Keep a eggs them la cornet, paper of croutes tops in required for Eggs Boil six small shell them, sides and fancy. when or forcing-bag or the ornament according Dish a pod a cool place. table. Volga (Cold). till hard in halves ; when and cooled carefully the remove sieve, and a tartare or twelve mixture, with this. of croutons into cut remoulade sufficient and each bread fried bind to cavities fUl the dice. small sauce Place a or caviare, three small into dice, Russian prawn-tails this a fillets cut anchovy four Add sauce. of through latter gillof remoulade Prepare a salpicon of with mix jar quarter the Rub yolks. COOK TO HOW 6o of eggs oval-shaped on in Sauce butter. carefully with remoulade sauce, dish up, and garnish neatly with prawns horsand as cresses or parsley. Serve side dish. When d'oeuvre a or large quantity each over style is needed incorporate a sheet of lade gelatine into each gillof remou- of eggs dressed it is advisable to dissolved tartare or in this sauce. Eggs, Swiss Stuffed {(Eufsfarfis Boil six when the cold with the mixture tongue, or some truffle olives, and all salt and bechamel Brush over the raw a of ounce quantity small one so make an and moisten pepper, other or good white the of each truffle of or end eggs the with little a Fill sauce. with this, and small round of oft to remove the yolk. egg cut the stuffed eggs "vith a beaten and egg, ready eggs Next similar a and trimmings, three or four stoned six to eight preserved mushrooms, chopped up finely. Season with replace at of or through cutter Chop : hard, and each column veal, or cavities white till yolk portion. as chicken up Have a Suisse.) eggs Cut them. follows cold the fresh peel centre remove ham small la a style. to some a nice roll hot in breadcrumbs. fat, in golden which brown. fry Drain EGGS AND them on cloth a with OMELETS fried 6i Dish or paper. parsley,and up, nish gar- serve. in Cases. Eggs (CEufs en Caisses.) Get ready the following ingredients: Six small eggs, a teaspoonful of chopped crumbs, parsley, two table-spoonfuls of bread" of one half gillof a the them inside on of a Peel the shallot little in olive a and oil,then breadcrumbs, half the a butter into piece carefullybreak with equally with a moderate Take cases. each of for hot or each about the surface in half. with wire to the the sieve. weigh sieved of tarragon a hard-boiled Remove and the a tiny ; son sea- cream sprinkle bake in minutes. under shovel, sprinkle with Egg Fritters five Put ; the six chopped parsley,dish up quickly. naplcin,and serve Peel mesan Par- cases case egg, little cheese the the cheese, and brown out, and fine put Mix a over oven salamander a and parsley,and egg into each and salt. Divide little Parmesan a few a chop finely, an pepper and pour place for little pepper. of this and dessert-spoonful cheese, adding of one and drain it,equally divided, into the about cases, paper oil. cases, paper in the oven baking-tin minutes. fry olive cheese, of butter, ounce salt, six shallot, sweet Oil Parmesan one cream, and pepper grated la a a folded Magdalene. each cut eggs and yolksand rub through Grate same on a enough Gruy^re eggs, and mix spoonful to this add a dessertas two yolks ; finely chopped chervil)and herbs a (parsley, little French 62 mustard. When thoroughly mixed this, and spread enough each egg with the mixture on as with Serve fill of shape carefully same over breadcrumbs, with cover egg, in hot fat. fry and Brush egg. beaten give it the to top whole a COOK TO HOW with hot piquante sauce. Shirred Butter dishes three Break about with three dish, and with tiny a of egg, with yolk season three or bit of and allow to gratin fresh them place butter salt and round eggs each, and breadcrumbs. brown carefullytwo each small four or holding besprinkle Eggs. eggs on the oven, in top of each on the just set and pepper, eggs ; send to table. (Eufs Proceed the same merely place of In breadcrumbs. directed as recipe, by plat. sur dishes, ordinary plates for in the preceding the omitting using gratin be can made do this purpose. Dropped Eggs. These are milk. barely with a with poached Allow five minutes, skimmer, trim round a up, and Curried to a then take poach to neatly Place buttered in or soned sea- for each up stamp out the on eggs slices of bread, serve. Eggs (anotherway). Peel, slice,and fry cooked cutter. nicely-toastedand dish eggs them chop pale golden then of butter ; of curry powder add and a small brown one one in onion, and half ounce dessert-spoonful of flour ; fry EGGS AND both little and a gravy rich or simmer Cut boiled pour salt with of rather put and cream Heat taking Serve them into strained gently up with (CEufs au warm, eggs. Pile over pour tablespoonful a quarter of a but and la and Lastly grated Gruydre should second four Boil in to four before Fried not Cheddar or scribed de- three- then stir the egg let it actually table-spoonfuls cheese. The boiled, not it is served. Curried five eggs or with reheated, but be time mix fire until a three dish, Crime.) boilingmilk, the over saucepan liaison is formed, but do a hard-boiled (Frontage d two up eggs of a pint of quarters cream six hot. serve Beat of strips while or Cheese. add slices. egg Cheese. Creamed boil. a thoroughly, neatly on a hot up creamed cheese as some below, in Season sauce. Fromage.) into thin shreds up the white part of this hard- saute-pan break to strain. four a Eggs with Creamed Cut boils,then up the plainly boiled rice. not care gillof a and slices add pepper, the juice of and lemon. minutes thick the over with stir till it ; fifteen eggs, 63 moisten stock for into and OMELETS Eggs. till hard, cut them the remove yolks, crossways, in them a mortar, adding sufficient halves pound well-seasoned add white sauce to form a smooth dessert-spoonfulcurry or mulligatawny paste and a dessert-spoon- paste ; a TO COOK whites of HOW 64 of ful the with eggs with until smooth with which has been mixed with butter, quite soft, with salt pepper, the it each cover rice seasoned the mixture, knife, and a cooked of Refill cream. over layer a boiled and and nutmeg. until the rice aside eggs is cold and set, then dip each into beaten and roll in soft breadcrumbs, fry egg, curried the Put hot deep, in them fat. and garnish with up dish is also nice cold. dish This Egg and Break and parsley. a basin, beat table-spoonfuls of three add into eggs fried well, Custard. Tomato four them Drain up tomato rubbed ripe tomatoes sieve),one table-spoonfulof pulp (that is, fresh through fine a and cream cheese. six fill them bake and with Season Butter cases, table-spoonfulof grated one for about ten or slowly in prepared custard, a fairlyhot oven Dish minutes. meg. nut- souffld small seven the with them and salt,pepper, and up serve quickly. Devilled Egg Toast. (CroMes d'ceufsa Shell the three white hard-boiled garnish, and chop rather finely. Mix with and Diable.) cut eggs, part into fine strips to for of la up the of some be used remainder table-spoonful chutney, one teaspoonful of mustard, one table-spoonful of curry paste ; mix well and Heat pepper. casserole. oblong bread ; slices with season Paprika Have of spread one this and a ready eight to toasted each cayenne in up with and the proof fireten buttered prepared taken that the yolk coated with the white be must care is kept well in fact each should egg be fried drain then place them border, which dish. be the over hot tomato end one a little lemon cooked too off the eggs on nicely seasoned a other or finely chopped ^and juice " serve. CEufs.) five hard-boiled slices not five Pie. {Pate aux into serve. for with sauce, Egg Shell soned nicely sea- is, bechamel ^that a hot a on just carefully; cut range over " out rice the of Poulette.) eggs and Pour parsley sauce good white parsleyand hot in are eggs trim nicely, some and shell them each of dish. hot la a new-laid and minutes, turned rice a ParsleySauce. {(Eufs six like the centre sauce, in Eggs Boil the in must Pour As egg part, just carefullyand them of it is cooked egg, only that instead of water. poached oil, COOK TO HOW 66 eggs and Mash thin. a them cut of pound mix with an potatoes and little cream. son Seaof butter, and ounce a well with and little salt, pepper, very With this line the of bottom nutmeg. a mealy buttered dish pie and of sliced eggs. Scatter with parsley and cover Continue Let and the cover smooth knife this last and layer be top with a a neat layer chopped a some little white eggs a in sauce. used are up. coating of mashed potatoes, carefully with over mark over till the the this place pattern on a sauce, wetted top with EGGS the AND of point with them bones, half in for salmon ; beaten of Divide fry them half 'a with stir till it boils and whilst to season grate put the a and the set salt, When nutmeg. mixture to on a cool. to mixture out with taste of hot into each four even-sized portion and wrap done eggs with roll in breadcrumbs, egg, and hot fat to a golden brown. then each neatly. in let it cook be round very beaten Melt stew-pan, stir a moisten ; and finely. too in pound skin flour, and stock, and portions,flatten it from place stirringfor a few add the longer, then chopped mix with half a thoroughly thoroughly plate cold and eggs Flake half a water. seconds egg ; and pepper, hour. an hard-boiled Cook minutes over moderately- a Saumon.) ounce fish thickens. half of butter an gill of in salmon, chop it, not few a about brush ; {(Eufs au ounce half bake freed then an fork a Eggs. cold cooked 67 Salmon four in or and egg for oven Shell knife a beaten heated of OMELETS up egg ; Brush drain and dish and crossways fried bread. Put a parsley in the the dish this the over cut ; up each fried of croutons on of each Take in half egg tiny pinch centre with must of yolk chopped and parsley and nish garthin slices of lemon. Lobster Eggs. {(Eufs a I'Homard.) Proceed the same as directed lobster recipe,but use salmon, or, if preferred,take and half salmon. in the in half going fore- place of lobster HOW 68 COOK TO Spanish Eggs. {CEufs a VEspagnole.) Get the ready following ingredients: " hard-boiled Four tongue, few a juice,parsley, three the the small a piece of of eggs. buttered toast yolks side of the cut with of add also Cut whites the Chop even. about half the size the yolks. Cut of the thickly Sprinkleover eggs. and tongue tongue, and with tips of out finely,and mix with half the Stamp out six nice rounds tongue rather of the stand them make to gherkins,lemon Spanish olives, two drops of salad oil, take across, eggs in halves and rub through a sieve. yolks off of ounces bread. buttered toasted Cut few fillets,a anchovy four eggs, and capers the remainder chovies, gherkins, olives, and aninto fine shreds ; mix gently few a juice; drops of oil and lemon little chopped parsleyand the capers, a ever a pinch of white or red pepper, whichis preferred. Fill up of the cups . of egg, fillup rather high but loosely. each round a on piece of prepared white Stand toast, dish savoury or up, garnish, and breakfast dish. serve cold as Anchovy Eggs (Cold). (CEufs a VAnchois.) Get Four ready the " hard-boiled chopped Remove in the shells halves Put the and anchovy paste, small yolks and in a essence teaspoonful of chovy table-spoonful an- one or butter, pepper, one eggs, parsley, essence them following ingredients: cress from take mortar, or two for the of ounces garnish. out cut eggs, the yolks. add the butter paste, pound well. EGGS AND OMELETS with season 69 little pepper, a mix with the chopped parsley,and fillthe eggs with this. Cut off the tips so as to make them stand, them arrange neatly on a dish, surround with small cress other or small salad, and serve. Sardine {CEufs a Proceed in in boneless the the la Sardine.) same manner or {CEufs each place Eggs. la a Tomate.) eggs till very water, and remove four (n cold use in paste anchovy paste. Tomato Boil but sardine or scribed de- as foregoing recipe, sardines of anchovies Eggs. hard, the then place shells. Cut in half, and spread the cut side with a anchovy paste. Butter fireproof china the the on dish, range dishj eggs side down, on slices of tomato. Pour cut egg over enough eggs completely, for oven to sauce and the cover sprinkle over breadcrumbs. well-seasoned hot tomato Cook eight minutes, and Scotch with in a mediately. im- serve Eggs. (CEufs a VEcossaise.) eggs for ten Skin one Boil four them. shell and sausages, Dip each coat over plate, brush fry then them over egg thin in hot* fat in to egg. flour, then egg of the on a hard-boiled breadcrumbs a pork of layer raw a up the covered roll them in a yolk one Beat meat. sausage eggs, with of pound with mix hard-boiled each minutes, cool and golden and brown. HOW 70 Drain them on neatly in half rounds of fried tomato cloth. a on up bread, and nish garServe hot with toasted or parsley. with cold or sauce, each Cut Dish crossways. fried with or paper COOK TO mayonnaise sauce. Stuffed Eggs with (CEufs fargis aux Take anchovies, Crevettes.) hard-boiled four large eggs, twelve three Gorgona prawns, small eighteen or Prawns. and one half a bechamel table-spoonful one the Remove shell halves them in yolks and anchovies pound very and fine. Rub to season boiled whites with put them a Dish hot tomato Trim neatly nice white the mix Fill and thoroughly, the up place rather the egg, dish hot oven up neatly, a hard- with for and about five round sauce serve. the cut keep warm stock. rich chicken fire saute-pan, or artichoke some and a la Camot. glaze and meat Poach the add sauce, colour, fancy border, over add mortar, sauce, Eggs some the wire buttered a in minutes. a out picked prawns, all through a taste. of on bake with cut prawn-head of each, sprinkle the surface centre little grated Parmesan cheese ; a in the and eggs, mortar, a the sieve ; to return butter and bechamel and the crosswise, scoop in butter, sauce. from put them boned of ounces a bottoms edges in into Have and puree, little fresh dish ready blend new-laid up, sauce over with gravy, a solved dis- some and it butter. for each fond, egg in a table-spoonfulof chicken puree fond, trim the eggs nicely,place on a of put the top, serve. EGGS AND OMELETS Eggs Butter break and butter a it six and Toss some little butter, and fresh add finelysliced sauce, and paste cutter salt and with dish Cut up. the baked of top on for liver piece of foie-graspate, a slices, moisten oven with season chicken with season small neatly eggs, and put a tiny piece of pepper each Place the dish in the egg. cook till the eggs are barely set. on oven la Rossini. a large fireproofgratin-dish,and a into salt 71 few a Eggs the seconds la a place eggs, return and of means or some pepper, and blended with serve. Meyerbeer. the the the hot centre dish, and of the Eggs Fry some three and previously finelychopped a little kidneys place dish. eggs Slice butter with Arrange a on or Moisten shallots. sauce. in toss two the to " as a them of required number for directed Eggs sur plat." with salt sheep's kidney, season Fry bake by Uver, pepper into cut little truffle a out in the as Mad^re a fried border eggs in hot. Serve la Mirelle. a freshly laid eggs in deep olive fully, (shaped like poached eggs), drain careand trim them neatly. Spread some fried bread croutes spread over oval-shaped oil with with Dish of a layer of cooked savoury saffron, and rice flavoured place an egg on each. garnish with a border up neatly, and previously chopped peeled tomatoes tossed in butter. Serve hot. TO HOW 72 Eggs Poach some drain water, la a cold, mask trim the When chaud-froid pink surface leaves. vegetable salad the neatly eggs dish, range acidulated carefully. with tarragon well-seasoned in eggs each decorate with neatly laid them then sauce, Ni9oise (Cold). new and COOK of each Arrange in a shallow a this, and on serve. Eggs six Poach and just them dish entree an Have sauce. shredded ox-tongue, heat preserved mushrooms, the eggs first,and sprinkle over up before serving. {Croutes aux Get ready with oeufspoches the Game. la a Chasseur.) following ingredients: fresh eggs, a loaf of stale bread, six cooked one shallot, half an game, of butter, six preserved mushrooms, ounces ounce three in directed and Egg Croutes Six as eggs Madere finely some truffles them fresh with over sauce ready small Range p. 16. on la Marie-Louise. a table-spoonfulsbrown sauce (Espagsalt, frying Madeira), pepper fat, parsley. oval croutes of bread, Prepare some size of an egg, 2 in. by IJin.,and about inch in thickness. Fry these in hot nole or pale a centre and brown of each (this must hot). Pound be drain ; croute done the and so as whUe game out scoop form to the in a chopped, sauce. smooth Season to taste the cases mortar, add add and fat are shallot, chopped finely and little butter, the mushrooms, when an croutes the a the rub blended in previously the the brown whole with slice of cooked thin a Bordelaise well-reduced a slice of truffle Sprinkle beef the in with COOK TO HOW 74 put sauce, and marrow of centre each egg. parsley, and chopped a serve hot. Eggs Cook la Piemontaise. a four of ounces stock, and add colour rice, then the spoonfuls of slices two strips. enough six butter each neatly or fried the of edge eggs in a rice shape, the in the pepper and serve. of black of egg, Eggs Cook drained and border dish. as and dish. round the tiny pinch of each yolk put a centre directed as Fill the directed the in sauce a six eggs scrambled on a hot eggs, little p.23, a pour the round rice serve. a la Polonaise. butter; take in Make with and over butter. it out teacupful of clarified in turn recipe on Eggs colour and centre in border, and Fry tossed of this tomato in hot ceding prewhen add it four to recipe; ready six chicken livers, previously cleaned to a greased ritalienne. a rice some round a a circle a trim eggs, Put the rice in paste cutter. flat mould, and turn out on a Place to in clarified with out small reduce fresh seven and into cut shape. Fry stamp or table- cheese and rich to two Parmesan to in sauce in put taste to rice tomato bacon, fried Season firm puree enough grated of Italian up a and small when of drain basin, add dice to a them. it a of pale bread brown Beat up teaspoonful EGGS of AND OMELETS finely chopped table-spoonfulof salt and into a parsley fried spread. into hot Take bread Drop each with place the over with over a and and Butter the boiled each eggs inside and Cut butter are tender. of buttered ramakins these serve. cream of sauce, Ramakins. bottom china Break Place case. rama- of each with an them egg in boilingwater, and in steam paper, five minutes, or until the toes ripeand peeledtoma- and season, hot a on oven each half Lay a toast, and bacon the to on neatly fried side one parsley. three halves, saute-pan in piece of over buttered set. in still oval-shaped fried filled with half for about are hot. whilst of six small ramakin with oven Serve eggs Tomato ham saute-pan the spoon hot. serve sprinklethe cases, cover a finelychopped chervil,tarragon Egg into enough these. Dish on eggs up, sauce hot Supreme sauce, then sprinkle little chopped over fry nicely. up. little well-reduced parsley, and kin of soft a of two la Poulette. a ready some croutons, spread bread a dish Have warm. a is thick pour add, Stir by means butter, and drain, and some butter; it a with season croutons. mixture Eggs Shell clarified clarified up, chives, thoroughly and stew-pan containing fire till the to and cream, table-spoonfulsof the and Mix pepper. small also, the 75 on a hot round ; in put them put a very small and cook tomato unmould tomatoes. on tUl a they round the egg Arrange dish with six slices the tomatoes, and HOW 76 Eggs six Prepare cut with out oval on poached oval of croutes besprinkle the and trufHe. the Pour of the base with thin a of the eggs and into quarter- spread them " of " Lucullus paste place a round bacon, cut thinly and or size same serve. layer the Upon puree. ham of cooked round sauce la Lucullus. a slices, crossways, over shreds of black fine hard-boiled three inch bread, dish up, with finelyshredded fried dish, and Eggs Cut place them ; little Mad^re a and drained eggs, cutter eggs with mixed tongue, ox- la Marie. a an COOK TO the as eggs dip next ; slices (sandwiched together prepared into a as directed) light frying batter ; into hot fat or clarified butter, drop them and Drain, fry to a nice golden brown. the dish with garnish up, fried parsley, and serve. Eggs Boil up la Chiffonade. quart of seasoned a a a little lemon water, juice, in taining con- stew- a poach in it six fresh eggs ; pan, and off the water, then and take a whisk the up half a pint and sauce Stir this Have in the Eggs Proceed pour seasoned nicely an in next of ounce about tomato fresh butter. the fire till thoroughly heated. over and of half ready cooked bled lightly; eggs pour beat on a hot seasoned centre, a the dish and Eggs, adding as to of border rice, put the egg ture mix- serve. la Reine same a Margot. directed the for Scram mixture a little EGGS AND OMELETS well-reduced chopped chicken Dish Veloute bread, and Eggs Prepare of bread and and poached these place Dish eggs. round the rounds of in diameter side chicken croutons and rather \ in. thickly farce, previously to the requiredsize. Upon nicely trimmed poached cut six with eggs six one rich cream sauce pour some of the dish, and besprinkle up, base the la Reine. 2| in. Spread light and hot. serve a fry about a some slices of toasted neatly cut on buttered with also sauce, truffle, some chopped cooked breast, and finelychopped parsley. up thick. Tj little a then chopped truffle, serve. For cream veloute sauce bechamel or Fried oil olive a la Romaine. a required number best or each, and of eggs in hot trim oil, drain and nut neatly range on Garnish of slices cut Salami Pour ham. cooked Fried Eggs four cook on must and be reduced seasoned Spread it on to rather a in a thinly slices of round serve. Rice Croutes. croMes de of ounces seasoned it in with and sausage little gravy a (CEufsfritssur Wash tossed dish the dish, and of the the base containing (not chopped and up), previouslyseasoned little butter. dish a whole spinach cooked of bed supreme, with cream. enriched Eggs the Fry either use stock Patna Riz.) rice till tender. and It fairly firm texture liberallywith Paprika. a greased dish and set to cool. rounds six out Stamp COOK TO HOW 78 by of means them crumb egg and of rice in clarified paste cutter, then and fry the rounds a butter. half Melt large omelet or with season eggs, fry till just set, then and cutter paste a place the fresh salt and with yolks and this Put a and water cook and in or and done When stir in two to mix thoroughly, then Beat up flat tin the till the | little a for oven about custard cooled, unmould it into mould. containing saute-pan minutes fifteen is set. the in. thick shape long. dip ; in. strips2J ready a light frying batter strips in this and fry in hot egg cut Have the to in son sea- a and of eggs can basin, weU-buttered a croutes Royale. into cream. whites into strain la pepper, of table-spoonfuls prepared with if Uked. oven eggs the on rice a with garnish up, Egg Fritters six each The parsley, and serve. be baked crisp in and pepper, the eggs out Dish croutes. Break and cut ing fry- a in six fresh break pan, salt in butter of ounce an delicate a up, and brown with serve vegetablesas Eggs This dish spread over and top. coat on a well with neatly and serve or Drain, dish other able suit- separately. la Hussard. a one spinach garnish, or consists mushrooms, Place colour. fat of rounds of fried bread side with pounded with poached slice of tomato a egg HoUandaise hot. ham on on top of each, sauce. Dish up EGGS AND OMELETS Eggs These trimmed eggs of fried or rounds on la Maire. a poached are dressed 79 bread, ox-tongue, toasted garnished with finelyshredded ham, and truffles. Dish up and with hot Mad^re Eggs Poach la over Montpensier. six or and neatly sauce sauce. a five and dress new-laid them trim eggs, fried bread on with foiepreviously spread over Dish up and garnish the centre puree. croutons gras with green and peas Eggs Whisk four froth, in small steam the shapes with hot whites Neige. of salt buttered and dish cream moulds. them up Unmould of hard-boiled egged, crumbed, with piquant sauce. Eggs and fry and claret thinly delicate brown the as a gillof directed two and drain whole eggs, served Matelote. en slice then butter, eggs a Serve neatly. fried in butter, and and and la Norfolk. a halves are Peel stiff to a eggs and pepper, sauce. Eggs These la a with season truffles. and on brown keep in small one add herb hot. onions of ounce glass a sauce ; Poach Dish p. 16. fried bread or of duce re- six the up rounds of croutes on eggs of toast, previously spread with anchovy the Pour over prepared sauce, and paste. HOW 8o fillets and in dish the garnish with curled anchovy up olives, previously heated turned little stock. a COOK TO hoi. Serve Eggs in Puff Pastry. (CEufs ready the Get Feuilletage.) following materials half a pound eggs, en hard-boiled Five puff-paste,one egg, pepper clarified butter breadcrumbs, of lard or " salt, and raw : for frying. a shells the Remove little white in brush this. and in fry butter the ensure Cut thick inch of Take egg. on out dish napkin ; handful fry parsley, put dried the dish, and Prepare a and Brush meat for five or plunge and over each fried stand on right upfolded a picked, washed, this in the of centre Chipolata. six the oval out in the six minutes them remove glaze or la fry bread, hollowed second of an serve. Eggs then circle a a and Boil in of hard-boiled yolk, put they may that up light carefully through). quarter a remaining the ring so a ; the basket, nice a done about rings some wire a very done getting paste close breadcrumb lard or be (this must brown egg hot paste, to as and in inch an the so the out of in paste securely, egg twice, place them over Roll egg ends the mix eggs, fine dry some one-eighth each wrap up the edges of the thick, to eggs about the with pepper salt, roll four puff-paste from in the croute Lemco, form of an six fresh cold of croutes water egg. eggs, for a shell very carefully. of bread with Uquid and place on each a HOW 82 Cheese COOK TO Eggs. Fromage.) (CEufs au add in a basin, and eggs cheese. of grated cheddar to it two ounces this Season salt and Pour with pepper. into a saucepan containing half an ounce Beat four up butter, and of till the like mixture scrambled slices buttered of dish, pour and the fire continually over begins to set, and looks Have ready some eggs. stir send the spread or placed toast, on hot a mixture egg over, table. to Gniyere Eggs. d la pound of {CEufs Cut half thin a slices shallow and line dish. six eggs or Add two and cover three with cheese, grated over tiny pieces Bake top. with and minutes quick a with small glass of Krona an for or seasoning. Break (new put a tiny ten Cheese. in these Stir and the possible),season bit of butter and on ; half son sea- pinch a ovet into pan sauce- a wine sauterne into a buttered pour in carefully five or laid if on about of butter ounce salt, pepper, melted, then eggs and oven few there fondu.) Gruyere cheese of chablis with dish. and a beurre ounces half Strew place here pieces or slices,put with a and Melted (CEufs au two and hot. serve Eggs Cut salt finely chopped. butter in buttered a pepper. o f table-spoonfuls cream, the remainder of slices of or of into carefullyfive it breadcrumbs, some it over season or with Break ; Gruyere.) Gruyere cheese of fire tiU fu"eproof six fresh to taste, each. Put EGGS AND the dish bake OMELETS carefully into till the eight besprinkle with breadcrumbs ; white in sauce sprinkle cheese and each top with a a fairly hot drops Dish parsley,and up, with salt sauce, breadcrumbs in slices finelychopped white few bake and of and grated oiled butter, for oven about garnish with crisp serve. Eggs Get with also in place season ; cover the minutes. ten and eggs over ; Coquilles.) en scallop shells, and or finely chopped ham a put table-spoonful of and pepper, ham. Mask serve. small hard-boiled and and oven in Shells. {CEufs Butter hot a set, then are eggs Eggs of 83 la a Lyoimaise. the following ingredients: rooms, hard-boiled eggs, six preserved mushsmall onion, one one teaspoonful ready Five " ounce anchovy paste, flour, half an ounce butter, half a giU of brown one stock, one dessert-spoonfulof Worcester and salt. toasted bread, pepper sauce, Peel the eggs, take out the yolks whole, of cut the white fashion, peel way, half an the onion of them for sprinkle pepper for egg a them and and about carefullyon slice the in and mushroom, few seconds minutes so ; as ; to get add season whole place warm. the (shake) the over let the salt, and top, add toss sauce same finely,melt stew-pan, fry flour, and with Worcester two a the light brown, nice a in onion of butter ounce white stock and strips julienne mushrooms the cut into part the fire, the with simmer yolks Have ready them with the put onion the white of them, centre, pour blanch and the of in yolks ragout few a sprigs la Soubise. a drain butter, medium-sized then them, onions, cook in mUk pass through a fine sieve. white with sufficient sauce, tender, and till this Reduce (bechamel) to produce consistency ; add table-spoonful and a teaspoonful carefullysix new- lastly drain spread thickly Dish and Put half stew-pan, a la a gillof or and previously or onion hot. serve Devilled {CEufs them, of toast, the soubise with up a trim and rounds on of moderate puree Poach sugar. eggs, place them puree. a salt, pepper, cream, castor laid a the arrange the rest slice three and paste, mushrooms egg, yolks,garnish with parsley,and serve. Peel and of the of the Eggs of anchovy remainder the upon round of the side with one on mixed sippets bi toast, spread nice some COOK TO HOW 84 Eggs. Diable.) rich brown saute-pan, and sauce add into two a table-spoonfuls of Worcester sauce, of half Harvey a table-spoonful sauce, teaspoonful of red currant jelly,a teaspoonful of curry or mulligatawny paste, a table-spoonfulof sharp chutney, and a of chilli vinegar. Reduce dessert-spoonful this to about half its original quantity ; season liberally with pepper, cayenne, strain and return to the pan. or Paprika, Place in it six poached eggs, or the same into cut quantity of hard-boiled eggs thick slices,heat up carefully,then dish EGGS up, AND OMELETS the pour the dish and serve. sauce with Remove the Heat bechamel nutmeg, of cooked with and of cold a skin half and gill of a Chop on a each on size Serve them. beurre Melt add over directed eggs as them trim neatly an when frying-pan ; colour the noir. dish. hot the hot. fresh and the round the au a in of butter the trimmings of sprinklethis neatly Drain place slices some rounds place one around p. 16. grate a up in a little stock or the prepared puree carefullysix Poach Cut dish, range neatly on top, cut and Eggs and round tongue or hot. into put a finely and eggs and milk half from salt, pepper these on eggs in halves of tongue. on dice in up ox-tongue (salpicon) the into keep egg, heat Now gravy. tongue in seasoned fowl, freed an rounds five hard-boiled other taste of of bread, good white sauce, then six table-spoonfulsof cooked or son points,previouslydrained ; sea- asparagus to hot this or five add of shells from roast or bones. garnish eggs, toasted la Princesse. a keep them eggs, and white Cut stock. or boiled the over sippets Eggs 85 ounce hot and dessert-spoonful a of tarragon vinegar, and heaped-up teaspoonful of finely chopped parsley. of a nut-brown Poiur this the over beurre {CEufs au half dish, break an and Nut-brown Eggs with Melt eggs, a ounce four to serve. Butter. noisette.) of butter five eggs in a into fireproof it, place 86 HOW in hot a to hall over pour colour chilli tarragon or few fried Then of butter ounce nut-brown a a an COOK five minutes. for about oven TO with cooked vinegar. Sprinkle breadcrumbs of dash a and with send to table. Egg Darioles. {Dariolesd'CEufs.) six to Butter eight small small chop finely two cooked and ham, Mix these the inside on of and of tongue. besprinklewith moulds the the add slice slice of cooked a them. coat moulds, truffles,a plate and a dariole so Break to pletely com- into each as an egg seasoning necessary it of salt, and Paprika ; on top of each egg small Next piece of butter. put a very in a saute or place the moulds braising half filled with water cover boiling ; pan the pan with its lid and in the oven poach pepper for six about should eggs minutes, by which be little rounds on Madere glace,or Serve of the and up demi- sauce, coat the moulds dish ; brown to well the out toast sufficient over pour Turn set. time egg shapes. hot. Egg Timbales with Anchovies (Cold). (Timbales d'CEufs d VAnchois.) Mask the moulds with a aspic jelly. cut them Mix about with inside thin Shell into half of six small coating of five hard-boiled slices an of even of ounce timbale semi-liquid eggs, and thickness. anchovy paste of Oxo, and little dessert-spoonful a aspic just enough to spread, then spread a a little of this mixture on the Put slices of egg. both a sides of each spray of of chervil EGGS AND in each of egg, OMELETS timbale, then anchovy fillet,and timbales be of to and of continue aspic. To turn serve, the out place neatly on to a cold with little sprigsof endive and send till the thus filled ; the last layer should ice Put the moulds crushed on are set. put a slice an aspic, next this upon layer a 87 shapes dish. nish Gar- lettuce, or table. to Savoury Eggs and Tomatoes. Peel small ripe in fry slice six and saute a shallot in one and one of ounce with cook for it, and when beaten eggs, add also or over the Then tongue on Egg Cover and Range well top place a few Brown cheese. stirring begin eggs to and eggs them gratin dish in layers and seasoning between the three set. Rarebit. lengthways. cheese in whilst hard-boiled four Shell strain. dish. hot a salt of shredded ounce cook ; fire till the serve them one the and pepper boiling stir Reheat ham add minutes, then twenty ; minced stew-pan butter, and or Season tomatoes. tomatoes in with the a tered but- grated layers. grated cheese, with tiny bits of butter in hot a slice oven over and serve the at once. Eggs or cocotte in cream new-laid and a pepper. Cocottes. eight fireproofchina cases cups, put a table-spoonfulof in carefullya break each, then six Butter en or egg. Season with tiny pinch of Place the salt and Paprika cups in a or pepper, Krona saute-pan TO COOK cover with HOW 88 containing buttered water, and paper till oven little a they just are in the eggs Dish up and the cook a set. quickly. serve Steamed {(Eufs Boil Eggs a mollets a new-laid six Shell minutes. bechamel bread morels and truffles in brown Eggs six them on rich some pour Dish them. over la Fran9aise. with eggs, sliced mushrooms, or flavoured sauce Take a hard-boiled of place ; five for water serve. Egg Ragout Slices in (p.129) sauce Bechamel.) and them carefully and up la eggs fried of croutons la Bechamel. with stewed red wine. la Madame. a eight eggs, a little butter, one table-spoonfulfinely chopped parsley, six to eight dessert-spoonfuls of cream. six to eight small Butter fireproofpipkin each, table and and Bake cream. in the dish pans Break add slowly an egg dessert a till set. turn or cases, a la Boston. or sprinMe fully care- -spoonful Send them to out up. Eggs Take and cases, chopped parsley. into of ramakin or pans with to six eggs, one and a half ounces of butter, half a large onion, one teaspoonful of flour, one of milk two or gill cream, ounces ham, half a gill chopped cooked of Mad^re Peel and or other slice the rich brown onion and sauce. fry it in HOW go crusts egg the cool. to there as eggs many each to sieve on neatly very of the shape HoUandaise some Next as poach possible as near tartlets. Have into sauce, as crusts, trim tartlet are COOK TO ready this porate incor- table-spoonfulof spinach puree, finelychopped tarragon and chervil. a some Place each sauce pinch up of of centre Caviare three hard-boiled quarter a the yolk and with caviare Dish lemon and place through a bag garnish up, and parsley. Mayonnaise Boil and five fresh eggs in half each cut each ring of and season ; Place eggs. them with mixed with a lettuce them bed or till with a plain sUces of Eggs. hard, shell them refill the on a wire halves tray and of coat mayonnaise sauce, previously little the a Uquid aspic. When well are eggs of with lengthways ; remove with a Uttle mayonnaise mix yolks and sauce the an forced tube. on of into eggs inch thick. round of egg on of buttered toast a the size of the egg. Fill the cavity Astrachan Russian, Hygienic or about the prove im- will tartlets Caviar.) au four or about white the Eggs (Cold). (OEufs Remove sauce. dish. the slices above a put in the Cut the justa few moments. sharp oven hot. A tiny quickly and serve seasoning Paprika or Krona pepper in Dish crust, and tartlet a carefullywith over Reheat into egg of seasoned endive) top of each and coated with on set range salad a dish. them (shredded Decorate tarragon leaves, thinly EGGS AND OMELETS stripsof cut and chilli or Shell each la Russe a four and gherkin, whites cavities of cut caviare of and cover Place each on Stuffed of a Dish on up suitable Eggs halves six Fill with egg the soned sea- ; with filled eggs it. slice of ripe tomato, viously prewith salad oil,salt,pepper with hard-boiled Chop crossways, finelyabout ham and of small salad. Ham (Cold). Jambon.) eggs, and four bed a green {(Eufs fargis au Shell yolk the other or the portion of the stand. whites seasoned vinegar. small a cut (Hygienic or Astrachan) the yolks through a coarse sieve cress off and remove them the some eggs, lengthways : make to (Cold). hard-boiled in half carefullyand and pimiento serve. Eggs rub 91 scoop them cut out the of lean ounces in yolks. cooked with the pound yolks. egg Season this nicely with little salt and very a good pinch of Paprika pepper, also a grate of nutmeg. Incorporate about two and table-spoonfuls of rich cream, pass whole fine sieve. Fill the the through a hollow it parts of the whites of with eggs side down, place each, cut on or tongue oval-shaped slices of ham have been which previously spread over the ham Next with place each puree. a on neatly-cutoval-shaped slice of toast, be a little largerthan the eggs. these must this puree Put the and remainder forcing bag eggs slices with of and of ham the decorate this, also gherkins with and puree sides in of a the fancifullycut tomatoes peeled and into cut strips. Dish surround the shredded seasoned Stuffed Cut side the in eggs halves the remove latter (Cold). I'Aurore a hard-boiled and neatly and with finely up dish salad. Eggs four crossways the Mix of COOK TO HOW 92 with a yolks carefully. gon teaspoonful of tarra- vinegar, a little mustard, a tablesimilar and a spoonful of fresh butter When weU mixed and quantity of cream. seasoned rub this through a fine sieve. the mixture into a forcingbag with Put a and tube fill with it the rose prepared halves with whites of eggs. star-shapedslice of and a and Eggs Remove la Rialto a the shells from them eggs, halve put these in a of quarter remove mortar and gill of a seasoned with etc. (Cold). hard-boiled four and Dish pimiento. garnish the dish salad, lettuce,endive, cress, up each Surmount the pound yolks ; with picked shrimps, teaspoonful of curry paste, and a When spoonfulof mayonnaise sauce. fme rub the puree through a coarse and egg inch make yolks. these from high on into balls about the up Cut some rings about a wire the whites tray and of eggs put one a one table- quite sieve size half of an place ; the of prepared balls in the centre of each. Have ready a mayonnaise sauce (p. 128) with little aspic, coloured mixed with a and tomato mustard. twice or flavoured Coat three curry paste and the shapes with egg times, until they are covered, and ice till with required. keep Dress the them tray this pletely com- the on neatly on a EGGS AND round dish OMELETS on bed a surrounded hearts. luce pimiento and Put of small with very small of each centre soned), (sea- cress star-shaped a the on 93 let- slice ot shape, egg serve. Chaud-froid of {CEufs Take and a half a six half ounce and Chaud-froid.) en new-laid more gillsbechamel of cooked ox-tongue eggs water, juice; when them on white sauce sieve to trim up and cool. Heat add to it the take set a ; and dissolved This the to added. Now mix and and sauce tongue Cut or mask aspic; and the over decorate slices dish serve. as Place eggs. them dish in the of ham be slices should of the up of with second the tomato of out as as there near as one with Season of a a sauce, white of nearly in the rounds many eggs ; the possiblethe size are egg on thin a Dish is one eggs tastefully with truffle. form the remainder the manner. same gelatine,previously eqtxalquantity aspic jelly; when an some mask cold heat in the a before set coating up twice, allowing the first done be must set couple of tablenearly cold aspic. When number of poached eggs. of half mask and strained. with mix and taste spoonfuls cut salad ham, or carefully in slightly containing a little lemon the salted of (p. 129), sauce dressing. Poach to one eggs, sauce gill of tomato (p. 130), one aspic jelly(p. 131), quarter of an of leaf gelatine,one large truffle, gillof shces or Eggs (Cold). each sUce, coating of fancifully on up border, fill the a cold centre nicely prepared salad, Sandwiches. Egg shelled spread mixture the chopped desired other fresh sprigs of slices and cress, bread, and or Press and them into cut garnish with watercress, and up, parsley or some over together. crusts side buttered small Dish shapes. thin some slices oft the lightly,trim salt with taste Scatter or them sandwich so slices. the of ounce an the on watercress with cover to tea- bread, thinly buttered, white the half half ready viously pre- eggs, it half a with season Have pepper. brown or of ; butter, and fresh of mix mustard, of spoonful and hard-boiled finely two Chop COOK TO HOW 94 serve. Egg Sandwiches Cut and thin some them butter thinly with Uttle slices salt mustard trim required parsley or half cover and lay pepper and cress, shredded Make cut up and with son sea- ; over a lettuce, into and Dish size. bread, egg and them brown hard-boiled slices of cucumber. or of lightly; slices of cut (anotherway). up them wiches, sandto garnish the with watercress. Egg Salad. {Salade Shell cut four into them layers in or a salad aux five CEufs.) hard-boiled slices. bowl Range or eggs them glass dish, and in son sea- salad layer with dressing or mayonnaise (p.128) and chopped parsley. Cover with thin a layer of mayonnaise, and garnish with stoned olives, anchovy bunches of fillets,tiny tuce letwatercress or each hearts, and serve. EGGS AND OMELETS Hot Melt an when first over eggs pour with over garnish serve. with the the until fire thus cooked over a they in little vinegar with with eggs or hot nut-brown lemon some with a seasoned finely omelet-pan, an each eggs, and salt fork, a set. are stir and the Put dish, flavoured butter and sprinkle chopped lettuce its pepper. salad shallow juice, being ascertain to saucer a Season up fresh six into freshness. Beat in drop in butter of broken Salad. Egg ounce hot 95 leaves, chives, then OMELETS. To able be in than omelets appetising,and should things appeal strongly more to That dishes, few made quickly omelets. than as housewife and cook the and essential then art " After two able There or making " of are, of stuffed omelets it as soon " ; but is of The milk or of ensure than The will crisp and of cream, that either to is the added omelet case cream practise the desired makes the to should omelet. kinds and plain, souffle, vegetable, omelet any be and should immediately stand about inevitably eat addition the and many the cooked served, for if allowed serving, it directions trials any one excellent an course, omelets sweet sufficient take Practice fouree, savoury or mastered be until to forciblyapplied here. very three produce to varieties as be can important work to is attained. master the set and care carefullythe up of omelet success be read to the to thoroughly master delicacy of manipulation so can produce a perfect omelet by any one, if he or she wiU pains given fection per- Considering that highly nourishing, England. classed are to which an art, and mastered the Continent on be to omelet an is better admit many make to is said ^ before tough, stead in- yet moist. a smaU very is,about a four or ful table-spoonwill eggs, moist longer neither is added. certainly increases 96 of five keeping when quantity the or a it with 3rd. Beat the up fork, not a the add whites. Do not ith. the butter oily before the egg omelet the usually ample to let ome- ately. moder- mixture is into is butter of omelet an not poured of ounce make but is hot used One pan. of time the Butter. Heating " to pungent spices. use that the the at eggs ; this makes and lighter. Season moister not is well It cream or a amalgamate to as so the with need eggs the beating up See Seasoning. The mixed little milk a wiping thoroughly eggs whisk. frothy, but yolks with be and Mixing " then cloth. clean a salt, and and towel coarse COOK TO HOW 98 six eggs. 5th. An omelet fire brisk must pan also be spoon in cooked it because over needs bright, a be to stirringand of process whilst the the omelet is made ing shakmade quickly performed. Use a preferenceto a fork for stirring. How Shape to the Once be must the quickly ; the Omelet. Cooking " Omelet. an begins to set, that sufficiently eggs appear cooked, which means light and yet moist soft, shape it by foldingin the ends, so or egg the is when as give to This the it the be must handle, should form done of at for which be tilted. Shake gently, so it take mixture as to loosen colour, viz. : a an the oval cushion. side opposite purpose or the Imock the pan the pan Let omelet. golden brown. EGGS AND How OMELETS Turn to To do hold this the Out and correctly the the handle. in the left of the turn The oblong an centre warm outer edge of the dish, by turning the pan then quickly remove the of making a plainomelet and process take not right neath under- omelet upside down, pan. should the to the being hand, bring the close the out Hold successfully, with pan pan Omelet. an by its handle palm of the hand hand, dish 99 than more Plain five minutes. Omelet. {OmeletteNaturelle.) Take four and basin, beat if liked and salt. Break them well with season Dissolve when ; stir omelet one hot dish, and Omelet in pan, side colour, then take the or a a when of the into cream, or tiny pinch in in of omelet an the ture, mix- quick set, shape the over pan, a allow quickly turn a fork, add a butter pour fork cream, eggs with hot with slowly the on milk and the quite fire, shake to salt of butter, ounce table-spoonfulof milk, a pepper. pan one table-spoonfulof one pepper five eggs, or it on a serve. with Shallot Flavour. {Omelettea I'Echalote.) Fry two or three finelychopped shallots of a pale brown little butter, when a colour seasoned plain {not dark) eggs omelet. and pour in proceed the beaten the same and as for English Omelet. {Omeletted VAnglaise.) Prepare an omelet as above, adding two slices thin of streaky and fried else garnishingthe thin in butter to bacon the or strips in cut mixture, egg when omelet slices of fried COOK TO HOW 100 or with made grilledbacon. Savoury Omelet. (Omelette aux Take four five eggs, or ful table-spoon- one dessert-spoonfulschopped two cream, fines herhes.) parsley, including a leaf or two of green tarragon, and a sprig of chervil, a pinch of ounce of garlic,pepper and sweet herbs, clove of Break one the cream, and herbs and eggs beat up the cut pan, Stir and when begin give it hot salt. basin, add a inside of the Melt the the shape pan in this butter roll opposite the pan omelet pour in the egg mixture. fire with a fork until the set, then to the the side. brisk a of the wipe with eggs side small a well ; add the chopped the clove of seasoning. Cut garlicand over into butter, of an oval towards the handle, and cushion. Allow colour (a golden brown). Turn oval dish out on an serve. (hot), and and the flavour sweet herbs, or Tarragon take it to of garlic, may be omitted. be added shallot may fried little,if liked. a Omelette potato, chopped Break Cut a the ounce chopped butter and Femme. bacon, roll, one parsley,half a boiled teaspoonful teaspoonful chopped salt and the five minutes also the to la Bomie six eggs, one breakfast a Take chives, a A small pinch bacon pepper. eggs into a basin, beat the parsley and ; add of salt into and small pepper squares, up for chives, to taste. likewise EGGS the in AND thin OMELETS of the crust frying or slightljf brown, and the the mixture, a stir into cut few the butter melt fry the bacon pan, add the bread-crust then potato fire for roll ; omelet a loi dice, toss minutes, pour with fork a over in the gently egg a over fold up Then bright fire for two minutes. in the shape of a cushion, towards the side opposite to the handle of the pan, hold it in a slantingpositionfor a minute also over the fire to colour it lightly ; take a hot dish in your left hand, holding up the pan with of the dish right, bring the centre your the towards and omelet, that so round dish. the Proceed the half the Fry of tomato sauce and serve. about adding in two into cut an small and ounce mixture in the finish cheese, and two ting precedingrecipe,omit- shallots butter, pour with hot cheese, Gruy^re the la Bemoise. and bacon of dice. right in come of the dish a in the as the quickly over pan Serve base Omelette ounces the will with pan table-spoonfulsof three poured the turn omelet the of centre or then the of edge in cooking with the a the usual manner. Omelette Beat a a eggs la Charentiere. in basin, add a seasoning (pepper, salt necessary and six up a table-spoonfulof milk heaped-up teaspoonful the and meg), nut- or cream, of French mustard. Cut into with Add three ounces dice, and fry two small an two or ounce of butter finely minced of in an for a lean bacon omelet few shallots pan minutes. and fry like'wise,but brown. quite and do stir in Pour over a brisk them allow not COOK TO HOW 102 get mixture, to the egg fire till it commences set, then shape quickly into the form of an oval cushion, allow it to take colour, to and turn out quickly on to dish hot a and serve. Omelette Prepare When the a about plain or savoury to shape it, fill the with omelet nicely seasoned a puree, fold in the little white sauce a ends, omelet, and and round omelet. of centre green dish pea Pour up. with lobster flavoured crayfish butter or la Clamart. a the base of the hot. serve Omelette a la Chasseur. omelet before as directed, Prepare an fill the but in place of green centre peas with a delicatelyprepared ragout of game, cut freed small, and up with mixed chopped truffles,and and little well-seasoned little base or and sliced tle, grisrooms mush- with sauce. round gravy hot. serve la a a Pour a the or omelet, and Omelette skin moistened brown demi-glace sauce of the Make from Raphael. omelet with six eggs, savoury and place in the centre a fine stew of fillet of beef (goulashde bceuf)and truffles ; then a fold the turn on omelet. to a hot When dish, and round glace sauce Serve quickly. the browned pour base slightly, some of the demi- dish. EGGC AND OMELETS Leek 103 Omelet. {Omeletteaux Take six butter, one salt and milk or half a of ounces table-spoonfulgrated cheese, one table-spoonfulof cayenne, and Break and one eggs, washed, leeks, well two cream, trimmed, Poireaux.) stewed in the into eggs cheese, sufficient salt and brown sauce. basin, add a the to taste, cayenne and the milk or cream gamate well to amal; beat the yolks and whites of eggs and other leeks ingredients. Cut the cooked into slices,and with the keep just enough butter in (not egg until into the leeks omelet oughly thorin pour the base a over fold take to the round sauce stir in ends. the colour, then dish, pour hot a on Melt when ; hot) centre, and the the Allow out eggs form in pan too stew-pan moisten. bright fire begin to set. Shape quickly of a cushion, place the stewed and mixture, the small a to sauce omelet an warm in hot of the a turn little brown dish, and serve quickly. Omelettes eight Take a eggs, smoked la Marechale. eight slices of cooked a dessert-spoonfulof ox-tongue, chopped parsley,quarter gillof cream, one of butter, salt, pepper, half ounces and a Colbert sauce. Break pepper, eggs into a beat salt, and the basin, add parsley, the well, add up mix thoroughly. eight equal portions; melt a and cream butter, and each with it on the a prepare portion of slice of size, and little of small very the mixture tongue, proceed into Divide trimmed thus the omelet ; place to until quired re- the eight omelets in the dish of shape Colbert pour Dish made. are round sauce hot a on up {en couronne), border a COOK TO HOW 104 dish, and the serve. Omelets. Parmesan {Omelettesgratineesau Parmesan.) six eggs, one Take large table-spoonful mesan, two table-spoonfulsgrated Parcream, and one white of ounces brown few a pepper, half a butter, crumbs, tomato sauce. the Break eggs into half of the grated (no salt),mix than more pinch fork, of pepper add the cream, half the half the basin, add a in butter and mixture. egg the into to cushion a minute to dish. With and butter put it oven half few the hot in pour brisk a for to on of the a one hot mixture omelet, and first. Trim the with few a also a hot a salamander with serve tomato for nicely- poured sauce a round omelets. the Lentil Omelet. {Omelette aux Cook half salted Melt in Melt butter, put the dish in and minutes, seasoned well. (itrequires stir),then fold second a under or a grated Parmesan, of oiled drops sharp a and with over neatly, sprinkle over breadcrumbs well set turn ; other prepare along with omelets few colour the a let it cook shape, take and pan, Stir eggs begin three minutes to generally fire until cheese beat omelet an rather it water an a ounce gillof a till tender of butter peeled, lentils,and minced fry for a few Lentilles.) lentils and in in stock drain or them. stew-pan, fry shallot, put in the a minutes. Moisten taste, and to pepper mushroom ready in the ends colour. the in puree it out Turn omelet to on take to and dish hot a fold then centre, a put the fold to the allow and Prepare hot. keep when plain omelet, COOK TO HOW io6 serve. Omelet. Asparagus {Omeletteaux Cut soft of into inch or portion of twenty-five cleaned cook in asparagus salted water on done, drain them in a little butter, add Beat five up spoonful of mUk taste, and Stir the over shape an to sieve, then a thera toss little stock a When tender. white or or cream, into salt and omelet an pepper taining con- pan of butter ounce fire till the oval an tiH and them or pour about thirty heads to blanch ; the and keep hot. pepper six eggs, add tablea with season sauce, to Asperges.) half-inch lengths (melted). begin to set ; eggs cushion, placing the pared prethe fold n centre, let it take colour, and in the ends asparagus of the omelet, turn out carefullyon to Cheese up six eggs, with Gruy^re cheese and two one and pan plain omelet. the with omelet the Sprinkle over a little in hot water or and grated as in an let ome- directed the for surface of grated cheese. Omelet. {Omelette aux two of ounce table-spoonfulsof omelet Tomato Steep one of butter ounce cook dish. Fromage.) Beat Melt hot Omelet. {Omelette au milk. a three skin Tomxites.) small ripe them, cut tomatoes them into EGGS AND slices and a OMELETS them toss in quick fire,season plain or and the six it a little a of the dish. Omelet. Truffes.) for as same omelet, using Pour base {Omelette aux the over fill with omelet. Truffle Proceed little butter a well savoury round sauce tomato 107 truffles in mushroom of place the mushrooms. Omelets Get Six the ready following ingredients: mesan table-spoonfulsgrated Par- three eggs, la Maintenon. a " cheese, toasted spoonful of cream, of butter, ounces bread, one pepper, half about one table- and a gillof a half tomato sauce. Break well the with into eggs table-spoonfulof grated a cheese, and ; pepper melt parts ; in taking of buttered with baking more sheet the hot in the bottoms made a and on an Parmesan, put them place in on up tomato a a sauce, a with hot hot oven thus each oval face suron a for dish, pour and serve. la Beamaise. plain omelet, sides roll ; a omelet Sprinkle the Dish Omelette Prepare the Proceed shape. are into make that care omelet an toast. and five minutes. over in up mesan Par- pinch equal a four cheese, put them Parmesan shape into part and one omelets four until this cushion nice add cream, little butter a in pan ; pour small omelet, a the divide of is of basin, beat a a fillit before mixture mushrooms, cut ing fold- of artichoke into dice and up in tomato little sauce heated Pour a COOK TO HOW io8 and Beamaise round the sauce. of base the dish. Omelette la a Bayonne. Prepare a plain omelet, in the sides with tomato Omelettes and sauce, Break with in the into is of until thus in them on some the nice cushion four this butter part and one omelet, taking that care ceed Pro- shape. omelets sprinkle place minutes. hot in Dish tomato made, are the over dish, and roll cooked hot up on surface a baking for about on oven hot a round a dish, pour the base of serve. (Omelette d Prepare a sauce Brain with httle a cheese, put them more sheet, and two a salt to Divide in pour Parmesan httle a well cheese, and put grated Parmesan an oval-shaped piece of buttered Next little add cream, pan, small a omelet toast. basin, beat a pinch of pepper. equal parts. Melt omelet each the of butter. ounces a four make into eggs the and and an half a table-spoonfulof grated cheese into and one the a taste up in latter grated table-spoonfuls table-spoonful cream, half a gill tomato cheese, one bread, about toasted ish Span- heated la Milanaise. a six eggs, three Parmesan and little of a ing fold- omelet. the Take ham stripsand Pour sauce. round cooked in pimientos cut fillit before and cook calf's Omelet. la Cervelle.) a plain omelet brains,cut in small filled pieces EGGS AND and OMELETS 1O9 previously stewed in white seasoned sauce. Cucumber Omelet. (Omeletteaua; Peel half cucumber, a lengthways,scoop into up with Concombres.) slices,stew it the out in it in cut halves seedy part, cream cut Fill sauce. plain omelet. a Spinach Omelet. {Omelette aux Rub half through bechamel and fill into Pour a round sieve, heat brown or cooked of pound a fine a Epinards.) the it up of little gravy the omelet. a plain thin or little a to season sauce, centre spinach with taste, omelet. brown sauce Anchovy Omelet. (Omelette aux Anchois.) by adding plain omelet Prepare a teaspoonful of anchovy filleted Gorgona stripsor dice, to as essence anchovies, the cut mixture egg one and three into small and cook directed. Sardine Omelet. (Omeletteaux the Procefed using four place of anchovy same boned the as and Sardines.) for skinned to be sardines but allowing incorporated. anchovies, essence anchovy omelet, in the Curry Omelet. (Omeletted Vlndienne.) Peel and mince finelyhalf a small colour onion, fry it a lightbrown ish Spanin one ounce of butter, add curry powder bechamel the one Cook sauce. remove Turn of rice dressed with curry surround for minutes, ten fill this fat, if any, plain omelet. boiled of dessert-spoonful table-spoonful of a and COOK TO HOW no the omelet on on a dish hot a into sides, with minced and Omelet. (Omelette de Homard.) Prepare a plain omelet, fillit,before with bed sauce. Lobster in the a creamed lobster warmed ing fold- lobster, or in bechamel up sauce. Onion Omelet. {Omeletteaux Proceed omitting be the Oignons.) same as the and curry in white or cooked omelet, curry rice ; the onion can brown sauce. for Oyster Omelet. (Omelette aux Blanch dozen one liquor, drain the dice, beat up of milk the Melt and six eggs and the remove liquor),and liquor,season add oysters in their them (preserve HuUres.) with into cut own beards small ful table-spoon- one table-spoonfulof oyster a to taste with salt and pepper ; oysters. an pour in allow the ounce of butter in chafingdish, a the mixture and stir over a egg quick fire till the eggs begin to set. Fold and shape neatly (oval cushion over shape), omelet to Salmon take colour and serve. Omelet. {Omelette de Saumon.) Free skin four and of cooked ounces bones and flake it salmon from finely,heat it EGGS AND in up little butter a enough pepper above OMELETS to moisten. and keep and oyster put in the ends and dish and Season hot. liquor. hot two and as savoury omelet. an a Bake omelet Make is made three Peel this is best water for a quarters and quick be and fill the which fire. use served baked. as into cut ham and in and an finish plain or Omelet. Viennoise.) la fairlyhot a incision and Krona or butter eggs for a directed Tomato in is set an in the to four to six fresh eggs in a basin, salt and pepper, and the pour well-buttered fireproofsouffle up with into of ounce {Omelette a eggs dish. hot a season of cooked pour Viemia Paprika Chop or salt. before cooking season on and eggs ounces then pan, Whisk out Jambon.) fresh little in omelet Turn in the Omelet. four dice a oysters and ready to fold, serve. pepper seasoning, but no small as the mixture, fold shape neatly. up with taste omelet an When {Omelette au Beat sauce, just salt and with Make salmon Ham and white directed, omitting the fry iii of in the cavity four with brown. of the tomato a let ome- stew : " small ripe tomatoes, by dipping each into hot or done seconds, then in toss Season a dish Uttle with or cut pan them butter salt This directed. in the golden centre follows as few nice a till the oven and omelet into a over pepper should in which it is HOW 112 American "s Omelet. (Omelette d Beat five up of cream, half salt fire,in shape it, allow turn out on it to hot a Omelette Prepare fill the a with round a the little base of or is a little cream serve. omelet, and savoury it is demi-glace the with shaped beef of marrow, poured sauce dish. Bruxelloise. plain omelette Belgian endive, a and slices Omelette This the over Armourettes. When centre. season colour, then set, and aux plain this tea- containing an ounce cooked sufficiently dish previously poached serve Stir When butter. juice, a parsley, and pepper. omelet pan of heated of of onion and an table-spoonful crumbs, grated bread- a teaeupful drops chopped of spoonful Americaine.) add few a with V eggs, a COOK TO cut into small poured sauce braised filled with pieces,with round the base hot. Omelette Mix sliced as use chestnut some soubise with puree To this add (onion) sauce. artichoke bottom. for filling Omelette This Chatelaine. is salpicon of a a plain a tomato and omelet. plain omelet, stuffed chicken liver,ham, and sauce. finely it up I'ltaliemie. previously tossed with Beat little a in butter with rooms mush; serve a Omelette is This chopped the round and small add streaky bacon, eggs and usual way. beaten in the with tomato of the base onion sliced with dish. Robert. slices of some with mixed omelet, savoury anchovy fillets. Serve Omelette Fry Portugaise. a poured sauce la a COOK TO HOW 114 cut up Then till brown. make into Dish up omelet an and serve Robert. Sauce Omelette la Princesse. a plain omelet mixed with cooked points, or filled with asparagus asparagus just before folding the omelet. puree This is a Omelette This with is a round salpicon supreme sauce a a is poured la Reforme. plain omelet truffle,hard-boiled mushrooms and of chicken. omelet. Omelette is or puree or the This omelet, filled souffle savoury chicken Allemande la Reine. a filled with white ; heated shredded of egg, gherkins in rich brown sauce. Savoury Puff Omelet. {OmeletteSouffleemix fines Herbes.) yolks of six eggs lightlythe very the whites of three ; stir into this one and and Poison's flour, corntable-spoonfulof Brown Beat mixed milk, in one season with with half a salt and gillof pepper, cream and or stir teaspoonfulof finelychopped parsley. EGGS AND Melt half soufflee and it of an the thickens weU to it pour into a out hot a the mixture, When oven. whites a delicate brown. and dish, hot salt, of pinch a until to small a remaining with oven on in the over in butter pan, beaten, return Turn of pan pour eggs, 115 ounce omelet or set and OMELETS at serve once. Puif Fish (Omelette Shred or a little into and mixture a pan in minutes, twenty and serve a as and bake fairly hot and with turn tomato whiting it heat to season Poisson.) cooked cod, made recipe, au small one cooked of butter preceding dish Soufflie finely slice Omelet. this Stir taste. directed in a tered well-butfor on sauce. the in oven out in up to about a hot a these DISHES EGG SWEET OTHER Of AND OMELETS SWEET there several are the kinds, pote plain, sucr6e, those fiUed with a fruit comfruit, or preserved, or conserve puree, the puff or soufflee omelettes. and It is usual kind the to call these to of ing accord- omelets in garniture used their preparation. Omelet. Rum {Omelette au Beat of four up spoonful of castor quarters of an pan, cook the of salt whilst until it stirring, tUl it begins to or turn freelywith sides half and with over the then serve. in pour out powdered a glass of spoon omelet a pour as the same Kirschwasser as in threeomelet an and will not run set, then sugar, rum, the in roU dish, sprinkle pour set it round on fire burning liquid as it will blaze, Omelet. {Omelette au Proceed tea- a mixture hot a long Kirsch in the on and about Melt sugar. of butter ounce hot carefullyand use table-spoonful a when pan the with eggs tiny pinch a cream, Bhum.) Kirsch.) for rum place of 116 omelet, but the rum. EGGS OMELETS AND Ginger Omelet. {Omeletteau Beat castor and up four sugar, the omelet Gingembre.) half add eggs, of lemon, a Turn nutmeg. of ounce of half grated rind grating a 117 into an containingthree-quartersof pan, of butter. ounce Stir fire till quick a over an it sets, then colour. Have shape and let the omelet take ready a table-spoonful of with two chopped preserved ginger mixed table-spoonfulsof syrup and a table-spoonful of cream in put ; the omelet, roll, turn out then ginger base little a pour of the on and omelet, of centre heated a the dish, round syrup the hot. serve Omelet. Sweet {Omelette Sucrie.) five fresh Beat up of salt and Melt in a an in the they form omelet colour, under hot eggs and out castor on or to over the hot set ; like cushion- golden Allow brown dish, dredge icing sugar or quick and ends. a a pour a oval an by folding in to acquire hot thicken into salamander a stir to commence turn with over tiny pinch butter, when shape quickly then the fresh beaten fire till a table-spoonfulof castor sugar. omelet three-quartersof pan of ounce an add eggs, and with mark brown a red- skewer. Jam Omelet. Confiture.) {Omelette au the Proceed in the directed folding two in the same as ; then omelet as foregoingrecipe; just before sides of the of table-spoonfuls heated for sweet fruit roll it into omelet, put in jam, previously shape and turn out on brown dish. hot a under with {Omelette d red some la to Dish sugar, and like lattice skewer the the work. Pour with omelet red- a little a and serve. Omelet. same directed as Omelette the in preceding recipe,using apricot or marmalade in place of red currant Prepare shape top with the Marmalade Proceed up. into omelet jelly,then sprinkle over of the base the ready heated the up, mark castor jellyat have and roll beginning shape, spread it with hot Gelie.) jeUy just currant directed. Jelly. omelet sweet Before as and sugar salamander. a a with Dredge Omelet Prepare COOK TO HOW ii8 orange jelly. Robespierre. omelet in the plain sweet usual using six to eight eggs, adding way, pinch of salt, a tablespoonful of castor and a tablespoonful of cream, sugar, 1^ a of butter. ozs. with When made, salpicon composed a fill the of fruit, preferably the as ripe cherries (stoned in cut with a to on top with red hot or to up Turn castor iron or mark other of the berries straw- slices. of out the icing sugar, then the into surface fancy design. Pour dish, and syrup serve Mix of syrup let ome- oblong dish, sprinkleover an liqueur-flavouredfruit base or quantity flavour. served presuch halved), apricots small), and quarters smaU very maraschino cut or former, (stoned and and fresh centre the with a work latticea round quickly. little the EGGS AND OMELETS Peach 119 Omelet. (Omelette aux Peches.) Cut six preserved peaches into quarters dice shape, and heat or up in a little s)rrup, flavoured with of maraa schino dessert-spoonful Kirsch. or omelet, Meanwhile directed as make p. 117, adding a tablebefore beating the eggs. rollingthe omelet, put on spoonful of cream Prioi" to folding or in the prepared peaches, then turn to a hot dish. on Dredge glaze,and serve. Omelette salt,and rich of an the begin folding acquire a of ounce fire till the eggs hot in to the dish, and Puffed them sugar Brown ; and spoonful quite firm it let colour. to three Poison's the vanilla whites a in an and nicelyby the Turn omelet it out on table. Souffle add of this is absorbed Shape set. with then add butter Omelet. {OmeletteSouffiie.) six Separate the yolks from cream pepper whites in the egg mixture pour small whisk a over butter send or the and fresh ends, and golden a Whisk above. hot pan, when stir with and a bright white stiff froth eggs to a carefullywith the Melt with nutmeg. of three omelet sugar, Mousseline. Season cream. grate a with and yolks from four fresh eggs, in a basin, adding a good pinch of incorporateby degrees half a gill stir them and shape the Separate of sweet a ounces and eggs of castor dessert-spoonfulof cornflour, half essence. of four Whisk eggs, a tea- till adding HOW 120 pinch of salt before and incorporate the beginning a whites, of well as eggs, vital done the ready castor with form hot the from oven of Omelette en round of egg or of the mixture the or dish the knife, so in cisions into as fairly utes. twenty-five min- on a folded a to table napkin immediately. Surprise. vanilla ice, cream souffle mixture dish Put (fixed with as the ice in white the and and bake to brown tre cen- omelet as to in a the quick just oven top, then send quickly. of success speed serving. Kirsch few a completely,shape neatly with of a pallet knife, dredge with sugar The berry raspthe remainder the spread over quickly as possible so long enough to and ice blade table oval batter). as the castor silver- preceding recipe. Cut out shape of Genoese pastry, besprinkle little fruit syrup, and a place it it with cover souffle in the border a a to twenty send make Bake design. and directed on to top, smooth knife, dredge with of Prepare a pint of rich and get ready an omelet a rise on a point dish lace paper, when Spread and the Place or blade pretty a for mixture centre. icing sugar or yolks wiU the mixture the the with over half the in of mixture the strawberry, apricot or little jam the whisking of gratin or or fireproofchina in Pour plated. spread a above buttered a in dish, either the to it is cooked. perfectionwhilst Have whisk, to creaming of importance, the as is of properly froth object The mixture. COOK TO If may of omelet depends on manipulation, baking and liked, be this a Httle poured brandy, round the rum or base of 122 let and allow three by it when pan, hot to over so as omelet sUces of use fully, brown to of orange dredge other or and SUt insert Fold over serve. two that or syrup, and turn side. compote, in two colour and orange sugar, for carefully marmalade. with mixture, egg take knife centre stewed orange it the the the stirring let pallet a in table-spoonfuls whilst then of means the this cook minutes, in pour failing care is SWEET EGG Fried DISHES. Croutes Egg (Sweet). {Plain Perdu.) Cut each milk some rolls into in sweetened butter, drain milk, and the Drop egg. and slices slices the two a milk, fresh eggs When slightly. boiling drop to the and serve hot. the Whisk pod the and in whites sweeten etc., is cream, whites and cream, vanilla milk, shaped with quenelles); dip ground stiff froth a it into little gillof a sugar boil up. and saute-pan up, with la Vanille. a of loaf ounces of four of clarified Take a and up Eggs pint a hot brown. with mixed sugar cinnamon, then dish Put in beaten crofites, dredge or castor Snow then into fry a golden slices,dip neat of egg, viously pre- tablespoon (the shape of the into boiling spoon it is each time and water used, poach only few Turn the shapes as they at a time. a are quenelle will being poached. Each about done take in hot six take a and the vanilla pod flavour than if Proceed and When the the poach rind whisked in over Use better rind half whites sweetened 123 in the directed the of Citron. au as same recipe, omit strip of lemon nicely essence. Eggs grate the with cook. to quenelles,and serve. possible,as it gives a the Snow or minutes drain, range them up and dish. Pour little custard a round thin a vanilla the to a and of milk add milk. lemon as a Chop and eggs. going fore- mix Shape directed. AND INVALIDS FOR CONVALESCENTS. Egg Bouillon. Put two beat up and pour of a of eggs into a small basin, little,add a tiny grate of nutmeg yolks slowly three-quartersof in seasoned boiling hot Serve and it in cups chopped parsley or stock beef scatter a chives on a broth. or little pint chopped top. Savoury Egg Custard. Mix half table-spoonfulsof two hot gillof a eggs and gillof milk add of into a this in water, to the above. stir it with and pepper buttered mould with cover When for oven done buttered turn the out on basin. hot Place little hot and twenty a a up eggs, etc. and strain paper, about yolks Boil salt, or with four up containing a stew-pan a hot a and beat with Season in and water, Lemco cook minutes. dish or plate serve. Egg Jelly. Put an the with half liquid); to lemon half a Stir over is juice pint a of ounce a dissolved of gelatinein of water this and slow add lemons two (to add the four 124 stew-pan and about one finelycut ounces fu-e,and two make a when eggs, of loaf the well pint of rind of sugar. gelatine beaten, EGGS OMELETS AND allow it to get hot boiling,then place in the into a cool to set. in and out To Frosted and moments dish. cold a few a not immerse serve, for water warm on but stirring, pint mould whilst strain the mould turn 125 Egg. a plate the white of a newup on laid egg till stiff ; add to it a tiny pinch of salt before flavour after beating it, and or Beat with on few a clean a castor drops plate or and sugar, of lemon dredge saucer, Pile juice. it with over serve. Egg Coffee. Beat in pour the up yolk slowly two of an parts in egg cup of boilingmilk part of freshly-made coffee. one taste to or without serve and a Sweeten desired. as sugar and Egg Tea. Cream yolk of castor stifflywhisked the half on and a of a little an cupful freshly made Strain with egg and sugar white of an breakfast flavour. to a the into of a spoonful dessert- add to egg it pour boilingmUk ; tea, just enough a smaller suspicion of grated nutmeg on put cup, top, and serve. Egg Wine. Beat a up new-laid egg, add to it a and a dessert-spoonful of castor sugar small glass of sherry or marsala ; then slowly half a pint of boilingwater. pour over Stir over not let serve. the it fire to boil. bind Strain the into egg, a but cup, do and Steamed the the cooking large enough well the them. cover basin, warm and eggs Pour over hold to digestible required most Place eggs. of new-laid eggs in a of way number to Eggs. considered is This COOK TO HOW 126 water boiling gill (the usual proportion being one each egg). Allow the basin to stand on water to of the side the stove minutes. or eight for serving. in the or They Coddled Proceed the for six oven then are ready Eggs, directed as same cooked foregoing recipe, eggs being frequentlyknown " as in the in this way coddled." Egg Fillip. Beat with up fork a new-laid a sweeten table-spoonfulof brandy or with one of dessert-spoonful sugar. Stir and it to a and makes This glass. restorative in serve small a excellent an add egg, rum, castor or cup stimulant drink. Egg Nog (Cold). the Whisk stiff add Mix the white a new-laid egg, when table-spoonfulof castor sugar. yolk with a table-spoonfulof iced a three water and small glass this of into whisked a of of sherry ttimbler white milk, flavour of or marsala. or cup, then Stir egg. with a Pour add gently the and serve. Egg Nog (Hot). Boil up whilst it, half pint stirring,into a of a milk, and beaten pour yolk of EGGS AND and egg, add in but do and serve new-laid two then it boil brandy, ; rum, hot. fork a into eggs Sweeten water. castor Water. with lightly let old very Egg Stir of not of table-spoonful a whisky, or 127 table-spoonful a Reheat, sugar. put OMELETS half of of pint a with taste to whites the castor iced sugar, serve. is This said be to and diarrhoea, excellent an is also for remedy for good children teething. Egg yolk the Stir add this To boiling white new-laid a castor water, the of egg. add in Serve is Hungarian pepper (Allemande flavour by made same. or a creamy, of two or table-spoonfuls lastly whisked-up the a cup or tumbler. Sauce. Paprika This till brandy two and with egg sugar of table-spoonful a sherry. of of of dessert-spoonful Flip. sufficient adding to Veloutee) white good to colour red sauce and RECIPES. SUNDRY Sauce. Egg and Shell boiled and egg. half a in blend half of a hot not Make a one pint of mUk ; cook the sauce, it to about half yolks of a spoonful stiff smooth a but roll kneaded strips, loosen water, dress the the and of bechamel of and egg, and one into boU well it into pieces out into a table- a cut rolled in two being and crossways strips and and add work After the butter, narrow in salted stew-pan with of ounce grated table-spoonfuls two (p. 129), sauce and salt, and paste place cheese, Gruydre flour dough. cut of ounce one Strain serving. butter, Fold and longways pint stirring, Nouilles. out portions. six for in a minutes. chopped of pound a pinch eggs, oiled of half whilst boil the required Egg Sift saucepan, and stir and ten in a flour stock allow tUl in of white put hot butter ounce for hardfinely one by melting one too sauce of ounces it and keep chop and with season and Stir the grated nutmeg. over pepper fire untU thoroughly hot, dish up, sprinkle the top with and freshly fried breadcrumbs, serve. Sauce. Mayonnaise Put dry of basin, salt, of yolks two and add a stir into eggs heaped-up with 128 a a clean and saltspoonful wooden spoon, HOW 130 Tomato Slice three fry two ounces and dice in them and of Sauce. four or small ham raw ripe small a bacon Then half bechamel, or sauce add also a of few a add very little blade of pint a into Next few mace. with cut butter. slices of carrot, onion, and celery, a small bay leaf and a tomatoes stew-pan or of ounce one COOK TO brown mushroom handy, and cook gently for minutes or longer,adding a Uttle if trimmings twenty stock, found if the remove to season thick. too strain scum, the it, and sauce, taste. Sauce. Brown half Take Reheat of pint a brown stock, one ripe tomato, of butter or ounce dripping,one ounce room flour, one dessert-spoonfulof mushketchup, one teaspoonful of vinegar, onion, small one of salt and Peel the carrot, one pepper. and chop the and carrot, the butter hot add slice flour and the and onion, scrape the drippingin or one a Melt tomato. ; when saucepan fry slice little,then a add the fire until vegetables. Stir over nicely browned, then add the tomato, the vinegar,ketchup,and stock, stir until it boils, the well, and skim half an hour. allow Strain Curry Peel slice half slice and a small an ounce a simmer to and to season about taste. Sauce small carrot, for onion, scrape both fry of butter ; when and together the has onion colour, add acquired a lightbrown table-spoonfulof mild curry powder stir for a few seconds. 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