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111 EGG Recipes

a little melted butter, dust with salt and pepper and send at once to
the table. This is one of the most elegant of all the egg dishes.


EGGS WITH CHESTNUTS

This is an exceedingly nice dish to serve in the Fall when chestnuts
are fresh. Shell a quart of chestnuts, blanch them, then boil them
until tender; drain and press through a colander. Add a half cupful of
hot milk, a tablespoonful of butter, a teaspoonful of salt and a
saltspoonful of pepper. Beat until light and stand over a kettle of
hot water while you poach six or eight eggs. Dish the chestnut puree
in a small platter, cover the poached eggs over the top, dust them
with salt, pepper and chopped parsley.


EGGS A LA REGENCE

6 eggs
1/2 cupful of chopped cold cooked ham
1 grated onion
1/2 can of chopped mushrooms
2 tablespoonfuls of butter
2 tablespoonfuls of flour
1/2 pint of chicken stock
1/2 teaspoonful of salt
1 saltspoonful of pepper

Stand the ham over hot water until thoroughly heated. Rub the butter
and flour together, add the stock, stir until boiling, add the
mushrooms, sliced, the salt, pepper and the onion; stand this over hot
water while you poach the eggs. Dish the eggs, cover them with the
sauce, strained, and cover with the chopped ham. Garnish the dish with
mashed potatoes or boiled rice, and send at once to the table.


EGGS A LA LIVINGSTONE

6 squares of toast
1 tureen of pate-de-foie-gras
6 eggs
1/2 cupful of good stock
2 tablespoonfuls of sherry


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111 EGG Recipes



1 teaspoonful of kitchen bouquet
1/2 teaspoonful of salt
1 dash of pepper

Toast the bread, butter it and put on top of each slice of toast a
slice of _pate de foie gras_; put this on a heated dish, stand it at
the mouth of the oven door while you poach the eggs. Put into a
saucepan all the other ingredients, bring to a boil, put one poached
egg on each slice of _pate de foie gras_; baste with the sauce and
send at once to the table.


EGGS MORNAY

6 eggs
2 tablespoonfuls of butter
2 tablespoonfuls of flour
1/2 pint of milk
1/2 teaspoonful of salt
1/2 teaspoonful of paprika
4 tablespoonfuls of grated Parmesan cheese

Rub the butter and flour together, add the milk, stir until boiling,
add the salt and paprika, and if you have it, a teaspoonful of soy;
pour half of this sauce in a shallow granite platter or baking dish.
Poach the eggs, drain them carefully, and put them over the top of the
sauce, cover with the remaining sauce, dust with Parmesan cheese and
run in the oven a moment to brown.


EGGS ZANZIBAR

1 small egg plant
1 thin slice of ham
6 eggs
2 tablespoonfuls of sherry
2 tablespoonfuls of tomato catsup
2 level tablespoonfuls of butter
1 dash of pepper

Cut the egg plant into slices, season it with salt and pepper, dip in
egg and bread crumbs and fry carefully in deep hot fat; put this on
brown paper in the oven to dry. Broil the ham, cut it into squares


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