Margaret Brown's French Cookery Book

minutes, then place the veal and ham scallops, one upon the other, in the bottom of the dish; put the larks neatly and closely to each other; upon them pour over the sauce, and put mushrooms in the centre. Cover with puff-paste. Bake pie 1-1/4 hours and serve. No. 36. CHICKEN PIE A LA REINE. Paste, 1 plump tender chicken, 1/2 pound salt pork, 1/2 teaspoonful each of celery, salt, and thyme, 4 sprigs parsley, white pepper and salt to taste. Cut the chicken up in small joints, the pork in neat scallops, and stew gently in 1-1/2 pints water until nearly cooked. Line the edge of a pudding dish with the paste, make layers of the chicken, pork, and seasonings; when used sprinkle over the chopped parsley; fill with the gravy, cover, ornament, and wash over with milk, and bake in steady oven 40 minutes. No. 37. LEMON CREAM MERINGUE PIE. Having made the lemon cream pie, whip the 4 whites of eggs to a dry froth; gently incorporate 1 cupful sugar; spread over the top of the pie, and return to the oven to set; a fawn color. No. 38. TIMBALES OF MACARONI. Take 2 quarts of water and boil 1 pound macaroni in it with 1/2 pound butter, 8 pepper-corns, and a little salt. When done and cold, let one-half of it drain upon a napkin. Butter the inside of a plain mould, cut the macaroni into half-inch lengths, and cover the bottom of the mould with these, placing them on end; cover this with a thick layer of chicken forcemeat; line the sides of the mould in the same way, smoothing the inside with the back of the spoon in hot water; fill the cavity with a blanquette of fowl which has a thick sauce; cover the whole with a layer of forcemeat as follows: Cut paper to fit the mould, butter it, spread some forcemeat on it, dip a knife in hot water and smooth the surface with it, take hold of the paper with both hands and turn it upside down upon the timbale.