The Compleat Cook eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 95 pages of information about The Compleat Cook.

The Compleat Cook eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 95 pages of information about The Compleat Cook.

To dresse a dish of Hartichoaks.

Take and boyle them in the Beef-pot, when they are tender sodden, take off the tops, leaving the bottoms with some round about them, then put them into a Dish, put some fair water to them, two or three spoonfuls of Sack, a spoonfull of Sugar, and so let them boyle upon the Coales, still pouring on the Liquor to give it a good tast, when they have boyled halfe an hour take the Liquor from them, and make ready some Cream boyled and thickned with the yolk of an Egge or two, whole Mace, Salt, and Sugar with some lumps of marrow, boyle it in the Cream, when it is boyled put a good piece of sweet butter into it, and toast some toasts, and lay them under your Hartichoaks, and poure your Cream, and butter on them, Garnish it, &c.

To dresse a Fillet of Veale the Italian way. Take a young tender Fillet of Veale, pick away all the skins in the fold of the flesh, after you have picked it out clean, so that no skins are left, nor any hard thing; put to it some good White-Wine (that is not too sweet) in a bowl & wash it, & crush it well in the Wine; doe so twice, then strew upon it a powder that is called Tamara in Italy, and so much Salt as will season it well, mingle the Powder well upon the Pasts of your meat, then poure to it so much White-Wine as will cover it when it is thrust down into a narrow Pan; lay a Trencher on it and a weight to keep it downe, let it lye two nights and one day, put a little Pepper to it when you lay it in the Sauce, and after it it is sowsed so long, take it out and put it into a Pipkin with some good Beef-broth, but you must not take any of the pickle to it, but onely Beef-broth that is sweet and not salt; cover it close and set it on the Embers, onely put into it with the Broth a few whole Cloves and Mace, and let it stew till it be enough.  It will be very tender and of an excellent Taste; it must be served with the same broth as much as will cover it.

To make the Italian, take Coriander seed two Ounces, Aniseed one ounce, Fennel-seed one ounce, Cloves two ounces, Cinamon one ounce; These must be beaten into a grosse powder, putting into it a little powder of Winter-savoury; if you like it, keep this in a Vial-glasse close stopt for your use.

To dresse Soales.

Take a Pair of Soales, lard them through with watered fresh Salmon, then lay your Soales on a Table, or Pie-plate, cut your Salmon, lard all of an equal length on each side, and leave the Lard but short, then flower the Soales, and fry them in the best Ale you can get; when they are fryed lay them in a warme Pie-plate, and so serve them to the Table with a Sallet dish full of Anchovy sauce, and three or four Oranges.

To make Furmity.

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