few moments,
take it off, season with pepper and salt, add the whipped cream, pour
into small moulds and let it set. When cold turn out and garnish with
aspic cut into dice.
11.--Spider Cake.
Beat 2 eggs very light, add 1 cup sour milk and 1 cup of sweet milk;
stir into this 2 cups corn-meal and 1/2 cup of flour, 1 tablespoonful of
sugar and 1 teaspoonful each of salt and soda. Mix, and heat thoroughly,
and then pour it into the spider; pour over it 1 cup of sweet milk, but
_do not stir it into the batter_. Bake in a hot oven 1/2 an hour. Slip
it carefully onto a platter and serve at once.
12.--Hungarian Patties.
Make a paste with 1/2 a lb. of flour, 1/4 of a lb. of lard, the yolk of
1 egg, 1/2 a teaspoonful of lemon juice, and 1/2 a teaspoonful of baking
powder. Line some patty pans with this paste and fill with the following
mixture. Mince 2 ozs. of chicken and 6 mushrooms, and an anchovy, season
with cayenne, salt, and a little lemon peel. Mix enough white sauce with
this, put into the patty pans, cover with paste, brush them over with an
egg, bake in a hot oven.
13.--Clam Pie, No. 2.
Put the required number of small, soft-shell clams into a saucepan, and
bring to a boil, in their own liquor. Cut cold boiled potatoes into
small cubes. Line a pudding-dish with pie-crust around the sides, and
put a tea-cup in the centre of the dish to support the top crust when it
is added. Put a layer of clams, then the potatoes, salt and pepper, and
bits of butter; dredge with flour when all the clams and potatoes are
used. Add the liquor and a little water if necessary. Put on the top
crust, cutting several slits in it for the steam to escape. Bake 45
minutes.
14.--Broiled Live Lobster.
Kill the lobster by inserting a sharp knife in its back between the body
and tail shells cutting the spinal cord. Split the shell the entire
length of the back, remove the stomach and intestinal canal, crack the
large claws and lay the fish as flat as possible. Brush the meat with
melted butter, season with salt and pepper, place in a broiler, and with
the flesh side down, cover and broil slowly until a delicate brown,
about 20 minutes. Turn the broiler and broil 10 minutes longer. Serve
hot, with a sauce of melted butter.
15.--Cheese Fondu, No. 2.
One cup of bread-crumbs very fine and dry, 2 scant cups of _fresh_ milk,
1/2 a lb. of grated cheese, 3 eggs beaten very light, a small spoonful
of melted butter, pepper a
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