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à l'Albert are croûtes of fried bread, spread with a mixture of buttered eggs with cheese, and sprinkled with chopped tongue.
à la Berne are croutes spread with chopped olives, shallots and parsley, covered with chopped tongue, and have a hard-boiled yolk of egg seasoned with oil and vinegar on each. They are served hot.
à la Burlington are spread with minced chicken in
Tartare sauce, covered with a slice of tomato, and garnished with cream of chicken, and a stufifed olive in the centre.
à la Campagne are garnished with anchovy puree in a rose design, sprinkled with chopped parsley.
à la Clarence have little rolls of fried bacon on them, stuffed with chopped ham, anchovy and mushrooms.
à la Clarisse are spread with shreds of ham and anchovy, covered with little slices of bacon, and are dipped in batter and fried.
à l'Ecossaise is Scotch woodcock on toast.
à la Francaise are garnished with rings of anchovy, cheese and parsley butters, with caviar in the centre.
à l'lndienne are spread with a highly seasoned mixture of buttered eggs with chopped capers, anchovy, etc.
à l'Italienne have slices of beetroot on them and rings of white and yolk of hard-boiled egg, an olive in the centre, with an anchovy curled round it.
à la Jubile have a puree of dried haddock piled on them, with an oyster in the centre covered with the puree.
à la Marie are spread with foie gras, garnished with dried cherries sturTed with foie gras, and decorated with whipped cream.
à la Marjorie are spread with a puree of dried haddock, and garnished with a hard-boiled egg.
à la Moscovite are spread with caviar, covered with
à la Normande are spread with shrimp paste, and garnished with chopped olives.
à la Rosamonde are rolled fillets of anchovies on slices of tomato, garnished with hard-boiled yolk of egg.
à la Russe are spread with a cream of horseradish, and sprinkled with chopped truffles.
à la Turque are garnished with a cream or butter of three different colours, such as anchovy butter, green butter, and egg butter, piled on them separately in little heaps, and divided by strips of hard-boiled white of egg.
à la Veronese are anchovy toasts covered with cheese custard and sprinkled with chopped olives.
In addition to these, croûtes may be served a l'écarlate, with chopped or grated tongue; a la moëlle with marrow; au jambon, with ham; aux champignons, or aux épinards, with a puree of mushrooms or spinach; and may be garnished with yolk and white of egg, chopped celery, beetroot, parsley, etc. Cheese biscuits are often used for croûtes instead of fried bread.
à l'Italienne is macaroni dressed with grated Parmesan, gravy and melted butter.
à la Milanaise is dressed with a purée of tomatoes and grated cheese; garnished with croûtons.
à la Napolitaine, is dressed with grated Parmesan, or à la crème butter and cream.
à la Reine is dressed in a rich cream sauce with chopped truffles.
 
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