This section is from the book "The Professed Cook: Or, The Modern Art Of Cookery, Pastry, And Confectionary", by B. Clermont. Also available from Amazon: The professed cook.
Put an Eel into pieces, of the length of two or three inches, and take out the Back-bone for use: Make a Farce with some of the Meat cut into small dice, with Mushrooms and Carp-roes, (if any) a little Butter, chopped Parsley, Shallots, Pepper and Salt. Make also a fine Farce, with some of the Meat and Bread Crumbs soaked in Cream, Parsley, Mushrooms chopped very fine, Pepper and Salt, mixed with two or three Yolks of Eggs: Cut pieces of Crumb of Bread to the same length of the pieces of Bone, and about two inches wide; lay a down of the last Farce upon each piece, then the back-bone, and some of the Salpicon, or first Forced-meat upon it; then some of the fine Farce again, smoothed over with a knife dipped in Eggs; strew it with Crumbs and small bits of Butter, bake it in a middling oven, or under a brazing-pan cover, and serve with what Sauce you please.
The Meat is prepared as the last, only that it is put in another form: Cut bits of Veal Cowl to what length and breadth you please, lay the pieces of Back-bone in the Farce, roll them up, and tie them in the Form, of Sausages; broil them slowly in Paper well buttered, and when they are done of a fine brown Colour, wipe the Fat off with a clean cloth, and serve with any Sauce, Anguille a la Napolitaine.
Split an Eel its whole length, rake out the Back-bone, flatten it with the handle of a knife, and cut it into pieces of about three inches long. Make a Farce with some of the Meat, a few hard Yolks of Eggs, a little Butter, chopped Parsley, green Shallots, Pepper and Salt, all mixed with two or three raw Yolks of Eggs; lay this Farce upon the bits of Eels, roll them up, and tie them with packthread; simmer them in a Stew-pan for about half an hour,. with the Juice of a Lemon, a bit of Butter, Pepper and Salt: Let them cool, take off the packthread, dip them in a good Batter-paste, to fry of a fine- Co-lour; and serve with fried Parsley.
Cut an Eel into small pieces, and marinate it about an hour in melted Butter, with chopped Parsley, Shallots, Mushrooms, Pepper and Salt; let the Butter . cool, and mix all together, with two Yolks of Eggs: Spit the Eel on a small skewer, with all the Marinade, like Pork-haslets, strew it well with Bread Crumbs, and broil on a slow fire, basting with good Oil or Butter: Serve with Aspic Sauce, either in the Dish, or in a Boat. See Sauce Articles.
 
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