Croûtes à la Russe.—Prepare some round, biscuit-
crisp croûtons, and place on each a slice of hard-
boiled egg seasoned with oil and vinegar, a cube of
smoked or hung beef, and pile over it all some rich
and rather stiff horseradish cream. For this cleanse
and scrape a stick of young horseradish very finely,
mix it quickly into a gill of stiffly whipped sour
cream, and season with cayenne and a few drops of
chilli vinegar.