This section is from the book "The Epicurean", by Charles Ranhofer. Also available from Amazon: The Epicurean, a Complete Treatise of Analytical and Practical Studies on the Culinary Art.
Braise some unlarded sweetbreads; when cold cut them into slices three-eighths of an inch thick and shape them into rounds an inch and a quarter in diameter; add to them half their quantity of mushrooms sliced thick and a quarter as many sliced truffles, mix with an allemande sauce (No. 4o7), season correctly and dress inside a border of rice, prepared as in No. 737.
Cut some thin slices from the round bottom of veal, pare them shapely an eighth of an inch thick by one and three-quarters inches in diameter, range in a buttered sautoir on a brisk tire and fry both sides to a fine color, then drain off the butter and replace it by some sherry wine, mushroom catsup, anchovy essence, finely shredded lemon peel, cream and veloute sauce ( No. 415); heat the whole, removing the sautoir at the first boil. Dress the slices of veal, reduce the sauce and pour it over; garnish around with small triangle croutons of bread fried in butter.
Prepare the escalops in the following manner: raise the fillets and minion fillets from a young hare, remove all the sinews, and cut them up into escalops; fry in butter with sliced fresh truffles, drain off the butter and detach the glaze with white wine: slice some ham thinly, and from these remove small rounds with a tin tube, adding them to the other ingredients, then heat up the whole without boiling. Drain off the escalops. and dress in a circle of game quenelles (Fig. 75). Reduce the white wine with as much half-glaze sauce ( No. 413), and when this becomes rich and succulent season properly, strain and pour it over the whole.
Lift off the fillet from a loin of lamb or veal, remove all fat and sinews, cut it up into small slices three-sixteenths of an inch thick, flatten, pare and shape them into rounds; they should each weigh one ounce after being trimmed; fry these in butter over a brisk fire, drain off the butter and add salt, pepper, minced cepes, meat glaze (No. 402), a spoonful of Madeira wine and chopped parsley. Cut some cucumbers across into an inch and a quarter thick slices, and remove from them pieces with a column tube an inch and a half in diameter, pare and take out the insides with a smaller tube, three-quarters of an inch in diameter; line a baking sheet with thin slices of fat pork, lay the cucumbers ou top and fill in the insides with cooked fine herbs (No. 385). into which mix a little chicken quenelle forcemeat (No. 89); cover over with more slices of pork and cook them slowly in the oven; when the cucumbers are sufficiently done dress them in a circle which will form a border and fill the inside with the escalops.
 
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