Hot Force-Meat, Commonly Called Farce

CUt veal (according to the quantity you want of force-meat, without any sinews,) into small pieces, and as much fat bacon, or fat of ham, which is better; half as much marrow, or beef suet; put it into a stew-pan, with a little bit of butter at the bottom ; season it with chopped parsley, mushrooms, (truffles, if you have any,) shalot, pepper, and salt, a little Cayenne pepper, and a small quantity of pounded spice ; put it over the fire, and keep stirring it with a wooden spoon, until the juice of the meat begins to run ; let it simmer about ten minutes, then put it to cool: when cold, put it into a mortar, gravy, fat, and all, and let it be well pounded, until it is quite fine; then take it out, and it is fit for use.

N.B. Use half as much lean ham as veal, in either hut or cold force-meat.

Cold Force-Meat For Balls, And Other Uses

The veal should be either scraped, or chopped very fine, and be very particular about leaving sinews in the veal ; the same quantity of scraped bacon, or fat ham ; a little marrow, or suet: put it into the mortar, and let it be well pounded ; season it with chopped parsley, shalots, mushrooms, pepper, and salt, a little Cayenne pepper, and pounded spice : when sufficiently beaten, put an egg and a few bread crumbs, and stir it about to mix. it; take it out of the mortar, and make it up into balls, or for any other use.

N. B You must use more or less egg, and bread crumbs, according to the quantity of force-meat: when you make it up in balls, it should be rolled up in flour: when boiled, let the stock be boiling before you put the other things in.

Egg Balls, For Turtle, Mock Turtle, Etc

Boil the eggs hard, and put them in cold water; take out the yolks, put them in a mortar, and pound them very fine ; wet them with raw yolks, (at the rate of three raw yolks to eight hard ones,) season them with white pepper and salt, dry them with flour, and roll them into balls, rather small, as they swell very much in boiling; boil them in stock for a few minutes.