The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book

Omelet with egg plant. Use any broiled egg plant that may be left over, or fresh egg plant, and cut in small squares about one-half inch in diameter. Put in sauté pan with a little butter and simmer until soft. Then put the omelet pan on the fire with a small piece of sweet butter in it, add twelve beaten eggs, season with salt and pepper, add the egg plant, and then cook the omelet in the usual manner.

Broiled sirloin steak, Cliff House. Season a two-pound steak with salt and pepper, roll in oil, broil, and when done place on a platter. Cut the steak in slices, but do not place them apart. Sprinkle with one teaspoonful of paprika, one tablespoonful of dry English mustard, one teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, three chopped shallots, a little chopped chives, and two ounces of butter in small bits. Set in oven until butter is melted.

Baked tomatoes. Peel four large tomatoes and place on a buttered dish. Season with salt and pepper, put small pieces of butter on top, and set in oven to bake. When done place on platter and pour tomato sauce around them, or serve with their own butter.

Lamb broth, Olympic Club. Put a shoulder of lamb in a roasting pan, season with salt and pepper, add an onion and a carrot, put small bits of butter on top, and roast in oven until done. Then remove the meat from the bones and cut in small squares about one-quarter inch thick. Put the bones and trimmings in a casserole, add an additional two pounds of lamb bones, one turnip, two leeks, two leaves of celery, one spoonful of pepper berries, one bay leaf, two cloves, a little parsley in branches, one gallon of water, and a handful of salt. Bring to a boil, skim, and let simmer for two hours. Then strain through fine cheese cloth, put back in casserole, add the cut-up lamb and one-half pound of boiled rice, give one boil, and serve.

Eggs Agostini. Put one-quarter pound of boiled rice on a platter, lay four poached eggs on top, and cover with tomato sauce.

Consommé Turbigo. Boil one-quarter pound of noodles in salt water. Boil a carrot, cut in the form of matches, in salt water until soft. Cut the breast of a soup hen or chicken in Julienne shape. Add all to two quarts of hot and well-seasoned consommé.

Plombière à la vanille (ice cream). The yolks of eight eggs, one-half pound of sugar, one quart of milk, and one vanilla bean. Mix the yolks of eggs with the sugar. Split the vanilla bean and boil it in the milk. Then pour the milk, the yolks and sugar together, set on the fire, and stir with a wooden spoon until it thickens. Do not let it come to a boil. Strain and freeze, put in moulds, and set in ice box until very hard. Serve with whipped cream.

Plombière aux marrons. Same as vanilla plombière, but add some broken marrons glacés soaked in a little rum, when ready to put in the moulds to harden. Serve with whipped cream, and a whole marron glacé on top of each portion.

Plombière aux fruits. Prepare in the same manner as for plombière aux marrons, but use chopped mixed glacé fruit instead of the marrons.

Eggs au fondu. Poached eggs on toast, covered with Welsh rabbit. Serve hot.

Cream of artichokes. Make three quarts of very light stock veal or chicken broth, strain and add to it four whole artichokes. Boil until the artichokes are soft, then remove and separate the bottoms from the leaves, cut the bottoms in small squares, and place in soup tureen. Then pass the leaves through a fine sieve, and put back in the broth. Melt three ounces of butter in a casserole, add three spoonfuls of flour, heat through, add the broth and boil for ten minutes. Then add a pint of thick cream, bring to a boil, season well with salt and pepper, and strain over the cut-up artichoke bottoms in the tureen.

Fillet of flounder, Piombino. Cut four fillets from one large flounder, place in a buttered pan, season with salt and pepper, add a glassful of claret and one-half cup of water, cover with buttered paper, put in oven and bake until done. Then place the fish on a platter. Make a sauce Génoise from the head and bones of the flounder, add the tail of a lobster cut Julienne style, and four heads of fresh mushrooms cut in the same manner and sautéed in butter. Pour the sauce over the fish. If fresh mushrooms are not available canned ones may be used.

Sweetbreads braisé, Montebello. Put some braised sweetbreads on a platter with their own gravy, and garnish with artichoke bottoms filled with purée of fresh mushrooms. Serve sauce Béarnaise separate; or poured over the sweetbreads, as desired.

Soufflé glacé aux fraises. Mix one pint of whipped cream, one-half pint of fresh strawberry juice, the yolks of four eggs beaten lightly, and four ounces of powdered sugar. Whip separately the whites of five eggs, and add to the mixture. Put in paper cases, and freeze. Serve with a dot of whipped cream on top, and a nice large fresh strawberry on top of the cream.

Soufflé glacé with raspberries. Prepare in the same manner as soufflé glacé aux fraises, but substitute raspberries for the strawberries.

Braised beef. Have the butcher cut an eight pound piece of rump or brisket of beef. Season with salt and pepper, and rub with a small piece of garlic. Melt in a pot about two ounces of butter, and when hot add the beef and roast on top of the range until it is brown on all sides. Then remove the beef, add one ounce of fresh butter to the gravy already in the pot, and when hot add two large spoonfuls of flour, and allow it to brown. Then add three pints of water, bring to a boil, and then put in the beef again. Add two calf's feet, one onion, one carrot, a large bouquet garni, four chopped tomatoes, salt, and a spoonful of whole black peppers. When boiling season well, cover, and put in oven. It will require from three to four hours to become well done. Then remove the beef to a platter, and reduce the sauce one-half. Taste to see if more seasoning is required, and then strain. Pour some of the sauce over the beef, and serve the remainder in a sauceboat. Garnish the beef with the carrot that was cooked with it. Cut the carrot in thin slices.

Larded rump of beef. Lard a piece of rump of beef, and then prepare in the same manner as braised beef.

Fillet of sole, St. Nazaire. Cook four fillets of Sole à la Normande, and garnish with a dozen fried oysters.

Currant jelly. Strip the currants from their stems, and wash them. Put them on to cook, and when they become hot mash them. Boil for twenty-five minutes, then pour into jelly bag and let them drip without squeezing. Measure the juice and return it to the kettle. After it has boiled about ten minutes add heated sugar, allowing a pound of sugar to a pint of juice. Cook until it jells when a little is poured on a saucer. Pour into moulds, and seal when cold.

Broiled veal kidneys, English style. Leave a little fat on two veal kidneys, split them, season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with a tablespoonful of dry English mustard. Then sprinkle with olive oil, and broil. When done place them on four pieces of dry toast. Mix two ounces of butter with the juice of a lemon, one tablespoonful of Worcestershire sauce, a little salt, pepper, grated nutmeg, chopped parsley, and one spoonful of meat extract. Mix well, and pour over the kidneys. Garnish with watercress.

Poached eggs, Colbert. Put some poached eggs on toast, and cover with sauce Colbert.

Ombrelle d'Ostende. Put four pieces of toast on a platter and place on each a large broiled fresh mushroom, head down. Put two broiled oysters on top of the mushrooms, pour maître d'hôtel sauce over them, and lay two strips of broiled bacon across the top of each. Garnish with parsley in branches and quartered lemons.

Compote of pineapple. Pare and core a pineapple, and cut in slices. Make a syrup with one-half pound of sugar and half a pint of water, and stew the pineapple in it until tender, and the syrup is clear. Serve cold, with a few drops of kirschwasser or maraschino sprinkled over it, and a little of its syrup.

Potage Arlequin. Slice two carrots, two beets, two turnips, and add a pound of shelled new peas. Put all in a casserole, cover with two quarts of water, season with salt, add about three pounds of cut-up veal bones, bring to a boil, and skim. Then cover, and cook until soft. Remove the veal bones, and strain the remainder through a fine sieve. Then return to casserole, and if too thick add a little bouillon, chicken broth or stock. Bring to a boil, season with salt and pepper, and stir in three ounces of sweet butter. Serve with bread cut in small squares and fried in butter.

Pompano, Vatel. Use four whole California pompano; or the four fillets from one Florida fish. Put them in a buttered sauté pan, season with salt and pepper, add one-half glass of stock and the juice of a lemon, and cook in oven until done. Then place the fish on a platter. Bring one-half pint of tomato sauce to a boil, add one-half pint of cream sauce, one spoonful of chopped truffles, season well with salt and pepper, and pour over the fish.

Scrambled eggs with cheese. Mix ten eggs with one-half cup of cream, and one-half cup of grated Parmesan or Swiss cheese; season with salt and pepper to taste. Melt two ounces of butter in a casserole, add the eggs, and scramble.

Beignets soufflés. One pint of water, one-quarter pound of butter, one-half pound of flour, nine eggs, and a pinch of salt. Put the butter and salt in the water and bring to a boil. Stir in the flour with a wooden spoon, and work well until it is a smooth paste. Remove from the fire and work in the eggs, one by one. Form in the size of a walnut, and drop into hot lard with a soupspoon, and fry until well browned. The fritters will turn by themselves while frying. When done roll in powdered sugar to which has been added a little cinnamon, and serve on a napkin.

Consommé Ab-del-cader. Cut some carrots and turnips in half-moon shape, and boil in salted water. Cut some royal in the same shape. Also have some profiteroles. Put equal quantities of each in hot consommé, and also one poached yolk of an egg for each person. Have the consommé well seasoned.

Aiguillettes of turbot, Bayard. Cut four fillets of turbot lengthwise, and about four inches long and two inches wide. Place in a buttered pan, season with salt and white pepper, add one-half glass of white wine and one-half cup of fish stock, or water; cover with buttered paper, and cook in oven for ten minutes. Then place the fish on a platter, reduce the broth until nearly dry, add a pint of lobster sauce to which has been added the tail of a lobster, six heads of French canned mushrooms, and two truffles, all cut Julienne style. Pour the sauce over the fish before serving.

Roast sirloin of beef, fermière. Roast sirloin of beef, sauce Madère, garnished with string beans in butter, carrots in butter, and château potatoes.

Chicken sauté, Archiduc. Joint a chicken, and season with salt and pepper. Melt two ounces of butter in a sauté pan; when hot add the chicken and sauté for five minutes. Then add two sliced green peppers, and sauté until the chicken is done. Then place the chicken on a platter, and add another ounce of butter to the sauté pan. When the butter is nice and brown pour the gravy over the chicken, sprinkle with chopped parsley, and garnish with lemons cut in half.

Rachel salad. Cut some artichoke bottoms, boiled celery, potatoes and asparagus tips, and two truffles, in Julienne shape. Arrange the vegetables in a salad bowl in bouquets, place the truffles in the center, and pour some French dressing over all.

Baked apple roll. Roll out one pound of puff paste until it is about one-eighth inch thick. Spread with chopped apples mixed with a little powdered sugar and powdered allspice. Wet the edges of the paste with water and roll up in the form of a big stick. Put in a pan, wash the top with beaten eggs, and bake in a rather hot oven. When done cut in slices, and serve with hard and brandy sauces. Plain cream may be served separate.

Baked apricot roll, blackberry roll, huckleberry roll, or loganberry roll. Prepare in the same manner as apple roll, using the fruit desired.

Cabbage soup, Normande. Separate the outside leaves and the core of a head of cabbage. Put both the leaves and core in a casserole with five pounds of beef bones, one onion, one carrot, a bouquet garni, and a handful of salt. Bring to a boil, season, and boil for two and one-half hours. Slice the rest of the cabbage very thin, place in another casserole, add three ounces of butter, and fry until the moisture is out. Then drain off the butter, and strain the beef and cabbage broth over it. Let it boil slowly for an hour. Season with salt and pepper, and add some bread crust cut in small squares and fried in butter.

Salmon steak, Hongroise. Cut two slices of salmon one and one-half inches thick; season with salt and pepper, roll in oil, and broil on both sides until colored. Then place on a platter, put two ounces of butter on top, and put in oven to finish cooking. When done place on a platter and cover with tomato sauce to which a tablespoonful of paprika has been added.

Bouchettes. Make a mixture as for lady fingers. Put it into a pastry bag, and press out on paper in dots the size of a "quarter." Bake in a moderate oven. Allow to become cold, spread some jam or marmalade on the bottom of one and press another one on the jam, making a ball, and so on. Coat them with a white or pink icing.

Chocolate bouchettes. Make as above, coat with chocolate icing.

Coffee bouchettes. Make as above, coat with coffee icing.

Shirred eggs, Antoine. Plain shirred eggs with broiled strips of bacon on top.

Vanilla blanc mange. One pint of milk, one pint of cream, six ounces of sugar, one ounce of gelatine, and one-half of a vanilla bean. Soak the gelatine in cold water. Put the milk and the vanilla bean on the fire together and let them come nearly to a boil. Then remove from the fire, add the soaked gelatine, and work with a wooden spoon until melted. Strain, and allow to become nearly cold. Then add the cream, and beat, on ice, until it begins to thicken. Then put in moulds and set in ice box for one hour. Turn out of moulds to serve.

Chocolate blanc mange. Use two ounces of chocolate instead of vanilla bean.

Coffee blanc mange. Use a cup of strong coffee instead of vanilla bean.

Blanc mange aux fruits. Make a vanilla blanc mange, and just before putting in moulds mix in one-quarter pound of chopped candied fruits.

Blanc mange aux liqueurs. Add to a vanilla blanc mange a glass of liqueur, such as maraschino, kirschwasser, kummel, rum, or other liqueur. Add the liqueur just before putting into the mould.

Consommé Andalouse. To consommé vermicelli, add just before serving, one peeled raw tomato cut in very small squares.

Filet mignon, Athénienne. Season four small fillets of beef with salt and pepper, broil or sauté them, and serve on a piece of toast with a slice of broiled ham on top. Cover with sauce Hussarde, and garnish with peas in butter.

Sauce Hussarde. Bring to a boil one pint of sauce Madère, or brown gravy; add one-half cup of fresh bread crumbs and boil for two minutes. Then add one ounce of good butter, a little chopped parsley, salt and Cayenne pepper.

Poached eggs, Blanchard. Cut two English muffins in half, toast them, and lay a slice of broiled ham on each. Put a poached egg on top of the ham, and cover with cream sauce.

Cream of parsnips, II. Put three pounds of veal bones in a casserole, add three quarts of water and a handful of salt, bring to a boil, and skim. Then add six sliced parsnips and a bouquet garni, and boil for an hour; then remove the bones and the bouquet. Put three ounces of butter in another vessel, heat, then add three spoonfuls of flour, and when hot add the broth and parsnips. Boil for half an hour, then strain through a fine sieve, put back in the casserole, season with salt and pepper, and add a pint of boiling cream.

Fillet of bass, Argentina. Put two ounces of butter in a casserole, add a sliced onion and a sliced carrot, and simmer until done. Then add a can of sliced French mushrooms, one-half can of sliced pimentos, four peeled and sliced tomatoes, one cupful of tomato sauce, and a little salt and pepper. Boil for ten minutes. Place four fillets of bass in a buttered pan, season with salt and pepper, cover with the above sauce, and bake in oven until done. Serve the fish from a platter with the sauce over it.

Cranberry jelly. To three quarts of cranberries add two pounds of granulated sugar and one quart of water. Cook thoroughly, and force through a fine sieve. Cook the juice for fifteen minutes, and then pour into individual moulds.

Crab apple jelly, and marmalade. To eight quarts of crab apples add three quarts of water. Boil slowly for an hour, adding more water to make up for evaporation. Strain through a flannel bag, but do not squeeze. Measure the juice and add an equal amount of sugar. Boil for twenty minutes, pour into glasses, and seal when cold. Make a marmalade of the remainder of the apples left in the bag, by pressing through a sieve, and then adding an equal amount of cane sugar. Cook until well done. Flavor with lemon or cinnamon.

Orloff salad. Cut out the flesh from two cantaloupes and cut in one-half inch squares. Arrange in a circle in a salad bowl, and in the center put four buttons of artichokes cut in the same manner. Pour one-half cup of French dressing over all.

Consommé Irma. Boil one calf's brains, cut in small squares, and add to a quart of well-seasoned consommé.

Fillet of sole, Talleyrand. Lay four fillets of sole flat on the table and spread with fish force meat (Feb. 11), and sprinkle with a little chopped truffles. On top of each lay another thin fillet, season well with salt and pepper, roll in flour, then in beaten eggs, and finally in fresh bread crumbs. Fry in swimming lard for about ten minutes. Serve on a napkin garnished with parsley in branches and quartered lemons; and with Tartar sauce separate.

Saddle of lamb, Souvaroff. Roast a saddle of lamb, place on a platter, and garnish with a canful of cèpes sauté, and raw horseradish root shaved or scraped with a knife. Cover with brown gravy made from the lamb gravy.

Angel cake, or angel food. One pint of whites of eggs (it will require about sixteen), one pound of sugar, ten ounces of flour sifted with one-half teaspoonful of cream of tartar, and the flavor desired. Beat or whip the whites of eggs very stiff, then gradually put in the sugar and vanilla, lemon or orange flavor; and finally stir in the flour. Put in mould and bake in a very slow oven. When cold glacé with white icing.

Eggs, Oudinot. Cut four hard-boiled eggs in two lengthwise. Take out the yolks and put in a salad bowl, add one-half cup of fresh bread crumbs, one raw egg yolk, and season with salt, pepper, and a little chopped parsley. Mix well, and then stuff the whites of eggs. Place on a buttered dish, cover with cream sauce, sprinkle with grated cheese, put small bits of butter all over the top, and bake in oven until brown.

Potage paysanne. Cut a carrot, white turnip, parsnip, and a small head of green cabbage in round slices the size of a silver half dollar. Put in a casserole with three ounces of butter, salt and a pinch of sugar. Cover casserole and put in oven and simmer until vegetables are done. Be careful not to burn, and when turning do not break the vegetables. When the vegetables are cooked add two quarts of bouillon, stock, or chicken or beef broth, and cook for half an hour. Before serving add chopped chervil, and season with salt and pepper.

Aiguillettes of flounder, Rochefoucault. Place four flat fillets of flounder in a buttered pan, lay some sliced lobster on top, season with salt and pepper, add one-half glass of white wine and one-half glass of water, cover with buttered paper, and put in oven for ten minutes. Then remove the fillets to a platter. Reduce the broth, add one pint of white wine sauce, and strain. To the sauce add one-half can of French mushrooms sliced, and two sliced truffles. Pour the sauce over the fish.

Pompano, Bâtelière. Roll four small California pompano in flour, and season with salt and pepper. Put three ounces of butter in a frying pan, heat, add the fish, and sauté until nice and brown. Then put the fish on a platter; and in the pan put two ounces of butter, heat until the color of hazelnuts, and pour over the fish. Sprinkle with chopped parsley, and garnish with two lemons cut in half.

Waffles, special. One-half pound of flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder, one spoonful of sugar, one ounce of melted butter, one-half pint of milk, one pinch of salt, three yolks and three whites of eggs. Mix the baking powder with the flour, then add the sugar, salt, yolks of eggs, butter and milk, and make a batter that should not be too stiff and hard. Beat the whites of eggs very hard, add to the batter, and mix well. Bake in a well-greased hot iron. (If possible use sour milk.)

Poached eggs, Bombay. Put some boiled rice on a platter, lay four poached eggs on top, and cover with curry sauce.

Consommé Valencienne. Boil one-half pound of rice in salted water, cool; and serve in one quart of hot and well-seasoned consommé. Before serving add some small leaves of chervil, which should be specially selected. Grated Swiss cheese should be served separate.

Frogs' legs, Dilloise. Cut two dozen frogs' legs in two, season with salt and pepper, put in sauté pan with one ounce of butter, and two ounces of bacon cut in small squares. Fry for a few minutes until the bacon is nearly crisp, then add the legs, and simmer for five minutes. Then add one pint of tomato sauce and boil for ten minutes, very slowly. Add a few dashes of Tabasco sauce, and season well.

Porterhouse steak, Jolly. Get from the butcher a nice porterhouse steak, about four pounds in weight. Season with salt and pepper, roll in oil, and broil. When done place on a platter, and cover with sauce Bordelaise with beef marrow. Place a dozen heads of broiled fresh mushrooms on top, and sprinkle with chopped parsley.

Shirred eggs, Amiral. Put two eggs in a buttered shirred egg dish and cook. When nearly done put on top a spoonful of white wine sauce with a little chopped lobster, mushrooms and truffles in it. Finish cooking, and season well with salt and pepper.

Purée of cucumbers. Peel four cucumbers, and cut in slices. Put them in a casserole with two quarts of cold water, season with salt, and bring to a boil. Then drain off the water, cool in cold fresh water, and drain again. Put three ounces of butter in a casserole, add the cucumbers, cover, and simmer in the oven for thirty minutes. Then remove from oven, set on top of range, add three spoonfuls of flour, simmer, then add one quart of boiling milk and one quart of chicken broth, and boil for twenty minutes. Strain through a fine sieve, put back in casserole, season with salt, pepper and a pinch of sugar, add two ounces of sweet butter and a cupful of heated cream. When butter is melted add some bread that has been cut in small squares and fried in butter, and serve.

Italian meringue. Put one pound of sugar and one gill of water into a copper kettle (copper inside and out) and cook to a blow. (See below). Beat six whites of eggs very hard and dry, and then pour into the cooked sugar, stirring constantly, and beat well until cold. It will then be a very smooth meringue paste, which can be used for meringue with whipped cream, or sherbet, or to make small fancy cakes, or for use in decorating cakes, pies, tarts, etc.

How to cook sugar to a blow. Dissolve one pound of sugar in one gill of water, and put on fire to cook. After about five minutes of good boiling dip a skimmer into it and remove immediately. Let the syrup drain a little, and then blow through. If small air bubbles fly out the sugar is cooked to a blow. If no air bubbles fly continue cooking until they do. It may possibly require some time to get it right.

Peas à la Française. In a casserole put two ounces of butter and a head of lettuce sliced very fine. Simmer for five minutes, then add two pounds of shelled peas, six small raw French carrots and one dozen raw fresh asparagus tips. Season with salt and a pinch of sugar, add one pint of chicken broth, cover, and simmer for one hour. Serve with fresh-chopped chervil on top.

Baked pears. Core one dozen pears, but leave the stems on. Put in a pan with half a pint of water and half a pound of sugar, and bake in medium hot oven until soft. Serve either hot or cold, with sauce separate.

Baked peaches. Prick one dozen peaches all over with a fork, and set them close together in a pan. Sprinkle with one-quarter pound of granulated sugar, and add just water enough to cover the bottom of the pan. Bake until soft. Serve cream separate.

Sweetbreads, Lavalière. Prepare some sweetbreads braisé, place on a platter, garnish with peas in butter, and onions glacés. In the gravy put pieces of parboiled salt pork cut in small dices, and cook for ten minutes. Pour over the sweetbreads.

Consommé Allemande. Mix in a bowl three-quarters of a cupful of sifted flour, one-quarter of a cupful of milk, two whole eggs, and a little salt. Let it run through a colander into three pints of boiling consommé, and boil for five minutes.

Consommé Xavier. Same as Consommé Allemande, with the addition of a little chopped chervil just before serving.

Perch au bleu. Put four fresh-killed perch on a platter, and pour a glassful of white wine vinegar over them. Put in a fish kettle on the fire, some water, a handful of salt; and one sliced onion, one carrot, a bay leaf, clove and parsley tied in a bouquet. Boil for five minutes, then add the fish and vinegar, bring to a boil, and then set on side of the range for fifteen minutes. Serve on a napkin garnished with small boiled potatoes, parsley in branches, and lemons cut in half. Serve Hollandaise sauce separate.

Larded tenderloin of beef, Vigo. Lard and roast the tenderloin as given elsewhere. Serve on a platter garnished with stuffed tomatoes, Créole. Cover with its own brown gravy.

Omelet with potatoes. Use left-over cold baked or boiled potatoes. Chop up a cupful and put in an omelet pan with two ounces of butter and fry until golden yellow. Season with salt and pepper, and then add a dozen beaten and seasoned eggs. Cook the omelet in the usual manner.

Eggs, Basque. Put in very hot swimming fat four whole large green peppers, and fry for one minute. Then take out and remove the skin, cut the bottoms off, take out the seeds, and place each pepper in a buttered cup, with the open end up. Then crack an egg in each pepper, season with salt, and place the cups in a pan in a little water, and put in oven to bake. Put some boiled rice on a platter and turn out the peppers with eggs on top, so they will look like stuffed green peppers. Pour some brown meat gravy, or tomato sauce, or cream sauce, around them.

Cold poached eggs, à l'estragon. Select four nice lettuce leaves and place a cold poached egg on each. Cover with sauce mayonnaise, and lay four leaves of tarragon crosswise over each egg.

Salad Cendrillon. Scoop out four cold baked potatoes, fill with Russian salad, and serve on a napkin, garnished with parsley in branches and canapés of anchovies.

Small tenderloin steak, Marseillaise. Chop six shallots and two pieces of garlic, and simmer in two ounces of butter. Then add a peeled tomato cut in small squares, and six chopped anchovies, and simmer for twenty minutes. Then add two cups of brown gravy (sauce Madère), boil for two minutes, add two ounces of butter, stir until melted, and season with salt and Cayenne pepper to taste.

Gnocchis à la Romaine. Put three-quarters of a pound of farina in one quart of boiling milk, and boil slowly for fifteen minutes. Then remove from the fire and bind with the yolks of six eggs and a half cup of cream. Season with salt and white pepper, and set to cool. Then cut in one and one-half inch squares, or in other desired shapes; place on a buttered pan, or deep dish, or individual shirred egg dish; sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese, put small bits of butter on top, and bake in oven until brown.

Gnocchis au gratin. Same as above, except pour sour cream over them, sprinkle with cheese, add butter on top, and bake until brown.

Cream Countess. Make a cream of asparagus soup, and before serving bind with the yolk of one egg for each person. Color with green spinach coloring.

Kingfish, Ubsala. Put four cleaned kingfish on a buttered pan, season with salt and pepper, add one-half glass of white wine and one-half cup of fish stock, bouillon or water, and bake in an oven. Then place the fish on a platter, add one pint of white wine sauce to the juice of the fish in the pan, and reduce by boiling to the thickness of a good sauce. Strain over the fish. Garnish with fleurons.

Eggs, Céléstine. Put four pieces of toast on a buttered platter, lay a slice of broiled ham on top of each, and a poached egg on top of each slice of ham. Cover with cream sauce, sprinkle with grated cheese, put a little butter on each, and bake in a hot oven until brown.