Part 6

Melt the butter in a small saucepan, and when dissolved shake in the flour, stirring all the time until the paste is quite smooth; add a little salt and pepper, and then pour in gradually the water and vinegar; stir well until the sauce has boiled for a few minutes. It will then be quite ready.

No. 172.--Sauce Royale.

1 turnip. 1 carrot. 1 onion. 1 tomato. 1/2 ounce flour. 2 ounces butter. 1 pint water. 1/2 teaspoon salt.

Prepare the vegetables, slice them, and fry in an ounce of butter for five minutes; add water and salt, and simmer gently for one and a half hours. Strain and thicken with one ounce of butter and the flour.

No. 173.--Salad Sauce.

1/2 pint soaked haricot beans. 1 onion. 1 ounce butter. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 1 tablespoon vinegar. 1 strip lemon peel. A tiny piece of mace. 1 pint water. 1/2 dozen peppercorns.

Dissolve the butter in a saucepan, then place in it the haricot beans, onion sliced, mace, lemon peel, peppercorns and water. Boil two hours, rub through a sieve and allow to cool; then strain again to remove scum, add vinegar, and pour over salad.

No. 174.--Salad Sauce.

1 small onion. 8 slices of beetroot. 2 tablespoons of vinegar. 1/2 pint haricot bean stock. 1 ounce butter. 1/2 teaspoon Worcester sauce. 1/4 teaspoon mustard. 1 teaspoon lemon juice. 2 teaspoons browned flour. Pepper and salt to taste.

Dissolve the butter in a small stewpan, place in the onion sliced and fry ten minutes; then add stock and beetroot, and simmer for twenty minutes; add the mustard, sauce, lemon juice, and flour, and simmer five minutes, stirring all the time; rub through a sieve, and when cold stir in the vinegar.

This quantity is only sufficient for a small salad.

No. 175.--Salad Sauce.

1 pint tomato juice. 1 carrot. 1 turnip. 1 onion. A very small piece each of mace and cinnamon. 2 tablespoons cooked haricot beans. 2 tablespoons vinegar. 1 teaspoon salt. 1/4 teaspoon pepper. 1 ounce butter.

Slice the vegetables and fry in the butter for ten minutes; then place in a stewpan with the tomato juice (tinned will answer the purpose), mace, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Boil for half an hour, then place in the beans and simmer for twenty minutes; rub through a sieve, and when cold stir in the vinegar. It is then ready for use.

No. 176.--Salad Sauce.

The yolks of two eggs. 1 gill of milk. 1/2 gill of vinegar. A large pinch of salt. The same of pepper.

Drop the yolks into a small enamelled stewpan, add the pepper and salt, and stir well with a wooden spoon; pour in the milk, which should be just at boiling point, then stir briskly over a gentle heat for about ten minutes, or until the sauce thickens, but it must on no account be allowed to boil, or it will curdle. When sufficiently thick, remove from the fire, stir in the vinegar, and stand on one side to get thoroughly cold. It is then ready for use.

No. 177.--Sauce Superbe.

1 large turnip. 1 large carrot. 1 large onion. 1 large tomato. 1 small stick of celery. 1 teaspoon salt. 2 tablespoons pearl barley. 2 ounces butter. 1 1/2 pints water. { 12 peppercorns. { 2 cloves. { A very little each of mace and cinnamon, tied in muslin.

Slice the vegetables, except the tomato, and fry in the butter until a nice brown; place in a stewpan together with the water, barley, salt and flavourings, and boil three-quarters of an hour. Add tomato sliced, simmer half an hour, stirring frequently, and strain. If required for masking, thicken with one ounce each of brown flour and butter.

Note.--The vegetables and barley may be served as a stew, or used in various ways.

No. 178.--Tomato Sauce.

1 pound tomatoes. 1 carrot. 1 turnip. 1 onion. A few peppercorns. 1/4 pint water. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 2 ounces butter. 1 ounce flour.

Scald and peel the tomatoes, and slice them (or half a pint of tinned tomato juice may be used); also slice the carrot, turnip and onion, and fry altogether in one and a half ounces of butter for ten minutes. Add water, peppercorns and salt, and stew gently for half an hour. Strain into a small enamelled saucepan, put in the flour and half an ounce of butter mixed together, and stir over a moderate heat until it boils.

No. 179.--Tomato Sauce.

Another way.

1/2 pint tomato juice. 1 small onion. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 6 peppercorns. 1 ounce flour. 1 ounce butter.

Slice the onion, and boil it in the tomato juice with the peppercorns and salt for one hour; strain. Mix the flour and butter on a plate with a knife; when thoroughly incorporated, place in the tomato juice and stir until it boils.

No. 180.--Tomato and Haricot Bean Sauce.

1 pint soaked haricot beans. 1 onion. Tomato liquor. The seeds of vegetable marrow, if handy, or any odd pieces of vegetable. 1 ounce flour. 1 ounce butter. 1 1/2 pints water. 3/4 teaspoon salt.

Boil altogether for about two hours; strain, rubbing the beans through a sieve with a wooden spoon. Add to this an equal quantity of cooked tomato liquor, which is already seasoned with butter, pepper and salt. Thicken with the paste of flour and butter, stirring over the fire until it boils. Be sure that the sauce is sufficiently seasoned before sending to table.

No. 181.--Tomato Sauce Piquante.

1 1/2 pounds tomatoes. 3 middling-sized apples. 2 small onions. 1/2 gill vinegar. 1 gill water. Pepper and salt to taste.

Slice the tomatoes, onions, and apples into a small stewpan, add water and vinegar and a little pepper and salt, simmer gently until tender, rub through a hair sieve, re-warm and serve.

Note.--Should the liquor boil away too soon, a little more water may be added as required.

No. 182.--Sauce Tournee.

1 pint white stock. A large sprig of parsley. 6 button mushrooms chopped. 1 large onion.

Simmer altogether for half an hour, then strain very carefully. If desired very rich, a dessertspoonful of cream may be placed in the tureen and the sauce poured over gradually, stirring all the time.

No. 183.--Vegetable Sauce.

1 carrot. 1 onion. 1 turnip. A little celery. 1 ounce flour. 1 ounce butter. 1 1/2 pints water. 1/2 teaspoon salt. { 1 dozen peppercorns. { 1 inch stick of cinnamon. { 1 teaspoon mixed herbs.

Prepare the vegetables, cut them up in small pieces, place in a saucepan with the water, salt and flavourings, simmer for one hour; strain, replace in the saucepan, which should have been rinsed, and thicken with flour and butter, or if a little cold boiled rice is handy it may be substituted for the flour, and should be added with one ounce of butter to the sauce five minutes before it is strained. A teaspoonful of lemon juice added the last thing will give additional piquancy to the sauce.

Note.--This quantity will make about three-quarters of a pint of sauce.

No. 184.--White Sauce.

1 ounce butter. 1/2 ounce flour. 1/4 pint each milk and water. A pinch of salt.

Mix the flour and butter well together on a plate with a knife, place this paste in a small enamelled saucepan, add salt and milk, and stir over the fire until it is perfectly smooth and has boiled for one minute. It is then ready for use.

No. 185.--Rich White Sauce.

1 1/2 ounces butter. 1/2 ounce flour. Yolk of one egg. 1/4 pint each milk and water. A pinch of salt.

Prepare sauce same as No. 184, and stand the saucepan on one side for ten minutes, then drop into it the yolk of an egg, and stir over a gentle heat for a few minutes, but on no account allow it to boil again, or the sauce will curdle.

SALADS.

No. 186.--Beetroot Salad.

2 medium-sized beets. Hard-boiled yolk of 1 egg. Tablespoon chopped watercress. Pepper and salt to taste. Sauce No. 176.

Peel and slice the beets (about a quarter of an inch thick), and pile the slices in a glass dish or bowl, sprinkle with the watercress and yolk of egg rubbed through a wire sieve, and pour the sauce round the base.

No. 187.--Cabbage Salad.

1 nice cabbage, or sufficient young greens to make a dish.

Boil the cabbage in the usual way. When cooked, after thoroughly extracting all the water, stand on one side to get quite cold. Place in a salad bowl or glass dish, and pour over it half a pint of salad sauce No. 173.

No. 188.--Carrot Salad.

1 dozen young carrots. Water. 1 teaspoon salt. 1 strip lemon peel.

Scrape the carrots and throw them into cold water; then place them in a saucepan with sufficient water to cover, with salt and lemon peel. Boil half an hour or until tender, place them on a board, cut into thick slices, which place in salad sauce No. 176; gently toss them in this till each piece is covered with the sauce, then turn them into a dish or bowl, and garnish with sprigs of watercress.

No. 189.--Cucumber Salad.

1 medium-sized cucumber. 1 ounce butter. 1/4 teaspoon salt. 1/4 teaspoon pepper. 2 tablespoons water. A little grated nutmeg. Sauce No. 174.

Peel and slice the cucumber (about quarter inch thick), and if not very young remove the seeds, place the slices in a stewpan together with the water, butter, salt and nutmeg. Simmer until tender, leaving the lid off so as to reduce the liquor. Arrange the slices in a dish, taking care not to break them, sprinkle with the pepper, pour over the sauce, and do not serve until perfectly cold.

No. 190.--Haricot Bean Salad.

1/2 pint soaked haricot beans. 1 pint of water. 1 ounce butter. 1/2 teaspoon salt. A little grated nutmeg. 1/2 pint Sauce No. 174.

Dissolve half an ounce of butter in a saucepan, place in the beans and water, and boil one and a half hours; add salt and boil another half hour. When done, strain (saving the liquor), and turn the beans into a basin containing half an ounce of oiled butter and the nutmeg. Stir the beans about carefully, and then place them in a dish or salad bowl; pour the sauce over, and stand on one side to get thoroughly cold.

No. 191.--Onion Salad.

2 large Spanish onions. 1 strip of lemon peel. 1/2 dozen peppercorns. Sauce No. 176.

Peel and quarter the onions, and boil them in salted water with the peppercorns and lemon peel. When quite tender, lift them out and place on one side to drain and get cold. When quite cold, place them in a dish or bowl, pour half the sauce over, and reserve the remainder to pour over just before sending to table.

No. 192.--Potato Salad.

4 good-sized cold potatoes. 1 tablespoon of chopped watercress. 1/2 pint Sauce No. 175.

The potatoes may either be boiled in their skins or peeled; in the first way they will be the better flavoured and more nourishing, in the latter a better colour. They must be taken up carefully directly they are tender, and not allowed to break up at all. Cut into slices about half an inch thick, stamp out into fancy shapes and arrange prettily in a small bowl or dish; sprinkle them with the watercress, which should have been thoroughly washed in salted and rinsed in fresh water; then pour over the sauce.

This salad, which is generally much appreciated, will be found a very useful way of using up cold potatoes.

No. 193.--Sea Kale Salad.

6 or 8 heads of kale. Sauce No. 176.

Boil the kale until tender in salted water. When quite done, strain, and stand on one side to get cold. Cut into pieces about one inch long, place in a dish or bowl, pour over half the sauce, and the remainder just before sending to table.

No. 194.--Vegetable Salad.

4 young carrots. 4 young potatoes. 1 shalot. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 3 tomatoes. 1 teaspoon minced watercress 1/2 pint water. 1 tablespoon vinegar.

Scrape the carrots and potatoes very clean, and stew them gently until tender in the vinegar, salt and water, but on no account must they be allowed to break. When done, take up carefully and place on a board to cool. Scald the tomatoes by plunging them first into boiling water and then into cold; remove the skins and seeds and cut into small slices. When the vegetables are quite cold, cut them up into ornamental shapes, and arrange them with the tomatoes and shalot very finely minced in a salad bowl, pour over a Mayonnaise sauce or salad sauce No. 176, and sprinkle the watercress on the top. Hard-boiled eggs may be added if liked.

PIES, PUDDINGS, ETC.

No. 195.--Alexandra Pie.

1 pint soaked haricot beans. 1 carrot. 1 turnip. 2 onions. 1/2 pint liquor. 1 ounce butter. 1/2 pound mashed potatoes. 2 ounces bread crumbs. 1 egg. 1 teaspoon salt. 1 quart water.

Slice the carrot, turnip and onions, boil them with the beans one and a half hours, add salt and boil half an hour, strain, turn the beans and vegetables on to a large plate and place on one side to cool. Dissolve the butter in a frying pan, and fry the beans and vegetables until slightly browned; turn into a pie dish, pour over the liquor which was strained off, place in the mashed potatoes, and lastly cover with the egg and bread crumbs well mixed. The white and yolk should be beaten separately. Bake in a rather hot oven until a nice brown.

No. 196.--Asparagus Pudding.

40 heads of asparagus. 1 1/2 ounces flour. 2 ounces butter. 4 eggs. 1 tablespoon milk. 1/2 teaspoon salt. A little pepper.

Place the flour and butter in a basin and beat them thoroughly, then add the salt, pepper, milk, the eggs well beaten, and the tender green part of the asparagus cut very small; stir all well together, then pour into a well-buttered mould or basin, and steam for one and a half hours. Turn out, and serve with asparagus sauce poured over.

No. 197.--Baked Batter.

3 ounces flour. 2 eggs. 1/2 pint milk. 1 ounce butter. A pinch of salt.

Place the flour and salt in a basin, beat up the eggs in another basin; add half the butter to the milk, and place in the oven for a few minutes to allow the butter to dissolve, then add the milk to the eggs and pour on to the flour, stir briskly with a wooden spoon, grease a baking tin or dish with the remainder of the butter, pour in the batter, and bake in a rather hot oven for half an hour.

No. 198.--Whole Meal Biscuits.

4 ounces whole meal flour. 2 ounces white flour. 1 egg. 1/2 teaspoon baking powder. 1 1/2 ounces butter. 1 1/2 ounces sugar. 1/2 tablespoon golden syrup.

Mix the two flours, the butter, baking powder, and sugar well together on the paste-board; make a hole in the centre into which break the egg, and pour in the syrup, then mix with the hand until all be thoroughly incorporated. Roll the paste very thin, stamp out the required size, prick over with a fork, and bake in a brisk oven until crisp.

No. 199.--Cherry Tartlets.

1 pound cherries. 1/4 pound white sugar. 1/2 pint water. Short paste.

Place the sugar and water in an enamelled stewpan over a gentle heat; remove the stalks, and place the cherries in this syrup; boil gently until tender, removing the scum as it rises. Have ready one dozen little tartlet tins, line them with the paste, bake for ten minutes, then fill them with cherries and a little syrup, and finish baking.

No. 200.--Chestnut Cakes.

1 pound chestnuts. 2 eggs. 2 teaspoons castor sugar. 2 1/2 ounces butter.

Boil the chestnuts half an hour, strain, and after removing shells and skins, rub them through a wire sieve with a wooden spoon. Mix the sugar and two ounces of the butter to a cream, add the chestnuts, flour and eggs well beaten, and stir all well together. Take a tin greased with the remaining half ounce of butter, place the mixture in it in the shape of little hills, and bake in a moderate oven for twenty to thirty minutes; or the mixture may be spread over the tin in a thin layer, and when done stamped out into fancy shapes.

No. 201.--French Plum Pasties.

6 ounces whole meal flour. 2 ounces white flour. 3 ounces butter. A little water. Stewed French plums. 1 egg.

Make a paste of the flour, butter, water, and half the egg; roll out rather thin; cut into four-inch squares, place a French plum, having removed the stone, in the centre of each square, moisten the edges with a little water, fold them over, brush over with the remainder of the beaten egg, and bake in a moderate oven for fifteen or twenty minutes.

Note.--They may be eaten either hot or cold, and will be found

## particularly suitable for travelling, etc.

No. 202.--Potted Haricot Beans.

(See POTTED LENTILS.)

No. 203.--Lentil Pudding.

1 tablespoon soaked lentils. 1/4 pint water. 2 tablespoons soaked sago. 1/2 ounce butter. 1 turnip. 1 carrot. 1 shalot. 1/2 teaspoon salt. Paste for crust No. 207.

Slice the carrot and turnip, mince the shalot, and place them in a stewpan with the lentils, butter, and water; boil for about half an hour, add salt and sago, and stir for three minutes. Line a small pudding basin with paste, pour in the mixture, cover with more paste, tie a floured cloth over, and boil for three hours.

No. 204.--Potted Lentils.

1 quart soaked lentils. 1 quart water. 4 ounces butter. 1 teaspoon salt. A pinch of sweet herbs. 6 cloves. 6 allspice. 12 peppercorns. 1 inch cinnamon stick. A piece of mace size of a shilling.

Dissolve the butter in a saucepan, then place in all the ingredients except the salt. Remove the scum as it rises. Boil one hour, add salt, boil again half an hour, then remove the lid and stir constantly for another half hour, or until the lentils are reduced to a thick pulp. Rub through a wire sieve with a wooden spoon until only the husks remain. When quite cold, place in a dish or jar, and pour oiled butter over the top to exclude the air. It will keep good for some days.

Note.--The thick remaining in the sieve may be re-boiled for stock.

No. 205.--Baked Mushroom Pudding.

1/2 pound haricot bean pulp. 6 or 8 button mushrooms. 1 shalot. 2 teaspoons of Worcester or other sauce. 3 eggs. 1 ounce butter. Pepper and salt to taste.

To obtain the pulp, rub about three-quarters of a pound of well-cooked beans through a wire sieve, add the mushrooms and shalot very finely minced, stir in the yolks of the eggs reserving the whites, add seasoning if required; grease a deep tin or pie dish with the butter, pour in the mixture, and bake for about half an hour, or until set. In the meantime beat the whites to a stiff froth, and after beating add the sauce, turn the pudding on to a hot dish, arrange the froth prettily over it, and return to the oven to set the egg. Serve quickly.

This pudding may be steamed instead of baked, but the whites of eggs will not then be required.

No. 206.--Boiled Mushroom Pudding.

Mushrooms. Pudding crust.

Butter a pudding basin, line it with paste, fill with mushrooms, add pepper and salt to taste (about one teaspoonful of salt and half of pepper to one dozen good sized mushrooms), adding gravy made by stewing the peel and stalks of the mushrooms for half an hour in sufficient water to cover them, and strained before using. Cover with paste, flour a cloth and tie firmly over, and boil for three hours.

No. 207.--Plain Paste for Puddings.

3/4 pound flour. 6 ounces butter. Rather less than 1/2 pint water. A pinch of salt. 1 teaspoon baking powder.

Pass the flour through a sieve on to a board, mix with it the salt and baking powder, and thoroughly rub in the butter. Make a hole in the centre of the paste, pour in the water, stirring it into the paste at the same time with the other hand. When sufficiently moist to adhere in the shape of a ball, roll out to the required thickness. If cooked in a basin the pudding will require to boil for at least three hours; if in a cloth, less time will be found sufficient.

No. 208.--Puff Paste.

1/2 pound Vienna flour. 6 ounces butter. 1 egg. 1/2 tea-cup cold water. 1 teaspoon lemon juice.

Place the flour in the middle of a paste-board, and lightly roll the butter in it, then divide the butter into two equal parts, and place one half on one side. Chop the other half in the flour, then make a hole in the centre, in which place the lemon juice, the egg (whole), and the water; mix well together, and put in a cool place for about fifteen minutes. Then roll it out half an inch thick. Place the other half of the butter in the centre, fold over two sides of the paste, and roll out again; this latter counts as the first roll, and the paste must be rolled out five times in all, allowing an interval of ten minutes between each roll. The paste should then be left for at least two hours in a cool place with a damp cloth over it before being used.

Note.--In warm weather, the butter, egg, and water should be kept in a basin with ice for at least half an hour before using.

No. 209.--Potato Pie.

4 or 6 potatoes, according to size. Cooked haricot beans. 1 onion. About one tablespoon of chopped mint or parsley. Puff or short paste.

Parboil the potatoes, slice and lay them in a pie-dish with the onion sliced, as many beans as are liked, and a few tablespoons of the liquor. Sprinkle over the parsley or mint, cover with paste, and bake.

No. 210.--Potato Pudding.

4 or 6 potatoes, according to size. 1 onion or shalot. 1 gill of milk. 2 hard boiled eggs. 1 teaspoon salt. 1 teaspoon mixed sweet herbs. Paste for crust No. 207.

Boil the potatoes, onion and egg separately for fifteen minutes, then slice and mix well together, sprinkling in the salt and herbs. Line a middling sized pudding basin with paste, fill with the mixture, pour in the milk, cover with paste, wetting round the edges so that they join well, tie a cloth over, plunge it into a large saucepan half full of boiling water, and boil rather fast for three and a half hours.

Note.--A vegetable sauce should be served with the pudding.

No. 211.--Boiled Rice.

For Curries, etc.

About 12 ounces of rice. A pinch of salt. Water.

Place the rice in a saucepan, cover with cold water and bring to the boil, then strain away the water and return the rice to the saucepan, add fresh cold water and the salt, and boil for fifteen minutes, then strain it through a colander again.

Stand the colander containing the rice on a plate, cover it with a cloth and place in a warm (not hot) oven for two hours. Stir the rice occasionally with a fork.

No. 212.--Summer Pie.

1/2 peck green peas. 1 cabbage lettuce. 1 onion. 1 egg. 1 tablespoon chopped mint. 1/2 teaspoon salt. Puff or short paste.