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Consomme. Part 3 |
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This section is from the book "The Post-Graduate Cookery Book", by Adolphe Meyer. Also available from Amazon: The Post-Graduate Cookery Book.
Prepare a garnishing of green vegetables cooked in consomme. When serving, add one poached egg for each guest.
Tie 2 sprigs of sweet basil in a clean cloth, put in a saucepan with 1 gallon of boiling consomme, cover the pan tightly and stand in the bain-marie for 3 hours ; take out the basil and serve the consomme with the following garnishing and grated Parmesan cheese separate :
Florentine Garnishing. - Put into a saucepan 1 gill of water with 1 ounce of butter and a pinch of salt; when boiling, add 2 ounces of flour and stir vigorously to get a smooth paste until it detaches from the pan; take from the range, and after 5 minutes mix with 2 eggs (one at a time) and 1 ounce of grated Parmesan cheese. When cold, put the paste into a pastry bag with a tube one-quarter of an inch in diameter, and press the contents of the bag slowly into a pan of slightly salted boiling water, let cook for 5 minutes without boiling, drain and put into the consomme.
Prepare some thin pancakes; spread over them a forcemeat made with 2 ounces of cooked breast of chicken, 3 boneless anchovies and 1/2 gill of bechamel; season to taste and rub through a sieve.
Place one pancake on top of the other and cut them in small lozenges. Add these to the consomme only when ready to serve.
Thicken some chicken consomme with arrowroot, and garnish with carrots and turnips scooped out with a small round vegetable scoop (the size of large green peas). Cook these vegetables in consomme and add equal parts each of truffles and green peas.
Make some small chicken-quenelles the same size as the rest of the garnishing, add these before serving with a good pinch of chervil leaves.
Clarify 1 gallon of General Stock with 2 pounds of lean, chopped beef, and flavor with a heaping teaspoonful of curry powder. Strain and serve with a dish of plain boiled rice (separate).
Garnish the consomme with asparagus tips cut 1/2 inch long, small flowerets of cauliflower and sweet red pepper of about the same size as the asparagus. Add some small quenelles made of cream chicken forcemeat, and a pinch of chervil before serving.
Garnish a rich chicken consomme with fresh tomatoes (peeled, free from seeds, cut in large pieces, and cooked in consomme), green asparagus tips (cut 1 inch long), red chicken quenelles and a pinch of chervil.
Note. - The red chicken quenelles are prepared by adding some thickly reduced tomato sauce to the chicken forcemeat.
Thicken a strong chicken consomme with sago, and garnish with finely shredded truffles, smoked beef tongue and French pancakes.
 
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