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The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined

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The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined

by Mollard, John · Page 29 of 156 · 54,261 words

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a good-seasoned cullis and a little mushroom ketchup. Simmer all together a quarter of an hour. N. B. The ham, fowl, egg, and carrot to be boiled before they are chopped. _Brisket of Beef with Spanish Onions._ TO be done in the same manner as the rump, but not to be daubed with bacon. _Brisket of Beef with Ashée or Haricot._ TO be done in the same manner as the preceding. _Rump of Beef a-la mode._ BONE the rump, daub it with slips of fat bacon seasoned with sweet herbs, beaten spices, and pepper and salt. Bind it round with packthread, put it into a braising pan, cover it with some veal stock, make it boil, skim it, and add a pint of red port, some onions, turnips, celery, a few bay leaves, garlick, champignons, a few whole allspice, and a little mace. Let it stew till nearly done; then take it out of the liquor, cut off the strings, wipe it dry, and put it into a clean stewpan. Then strain the liquor, skim the fat off clean, season with cayenne, salt, a gill of vinegar, lemon pickle, and a small quantity of juice of lemon; add a little colour, clear it with whites of eggs, and strain it through a tamis cloth to the beef. Stew it gently till done, and serve it up in a deep dish. N. B. To the liquor, when cleared with eggs and strained, may be added some passing of flour and butter, by way of thickening, if approved. The reason for clearing the liquor is, that it will make it appear bright either thickened or plain. _Baked Beef._ BONE a leg of beef, wash it clean, chop plenty of parsley, a middling quantity of thyme, eschallots, marjoram, savory, and a little basil. Then mix them together, and add a small quantity of beaten allspice, mace, cloves, pepper, and salt. Rub the beef well with the ingredients, set it in an earthen pan, put to it a gill of vinegar, half a pint of red port, eight middling-sized whole onions peeled, two bay

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