The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook

liver sausage, garnish with green butter forced through a pastry bag and tube, yolks of

“

hard−boiled” eggs forced through a strainer, and red peppers cut in fancy shapes.

Green Butter. Mix yolk one "hard−boiled" egg, two tablespoons butter, one sprig parsley,

one sprig tarragon, one small shallot, one−half teaspoon anchovy paste, one teaspoon capers,

and one teaspoon chopped gherkins, and pound in a mortar; then rub through a very fine

sieve.

Season with salt and pepper, and add a few drops vinegar.

Tongue in Aspic

Cook a tongue according to directions on page 210. After removing skin and roots, run a

skewer through tip of tongue and fleshy part, thus keeping tongue in shape. When cool,

remove

skewer. Put a round pan in ice−water, cover bottom with brown aspic, and when firm

decorate

with cooked carrot, turnip, beet cut in fancy shapes, and parsley. Cover with aspic jelly

mixture, adding it by spoonfuls so as not to disarrange vegetables. When this layer of mixture

firm, put in tongue, adding gradually remaining mixture as in Tomatoes in Aspic.

Birds in Aspic

Clean, bone, stuff, and truss a bird, then steam over body bones or roast. If roasted, do not

dredge with flour. Put a pan in ice−water, cover bottom with aspic jelly mixture, and when

firm

garnish with truffles and egg custard thinly sliced and cut in fancy shapes. The smaller the

the more elaborate may be the designs. When garnishing the small shapes, pieces are so

shapes

difficult

to handle that they should be taken on the pointed end of a larding−needle, and placed as

desired on jelly. Add aspic mixture by spoonfuls, that designs may not be disturbed. When

mixture is added, and firm to the depth of three−fourths inch, place in the bird, breast down. If

sides of mould are to be decorated, dip pieces in jelly and they will cling to pan. Add

remaining

mixture gradually as in Tomatoes in Aspic. Small birds, chicken, capon, or turkey, may be put

in aspic.

Egg Custard for Decorating

Separate yolks from whites of two eggs. Beat yolks slightly, add two tablespoons milk and

few

grains salt. Strain into a buttered cup, put in a saucepan, surround with boiling water to

one−half

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