A neat Dish of Vegetables

The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined · Mollard, John · 1802

Source: The Art of Cookery Made Easy and Refined
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (12)

dish base

white of raw egg ↝ Egg, white only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
fried bread ↝ Bread, dough, fried [Yeast breads]

vegetable fillings

stewed spinach ↝ Spinach, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
mashed turnips ↝ Turnips, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
mashed potatoes ↝ Potatoes, raw, skin [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
slices of carrots ↝ Carrots, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
button onions blanched ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
pieces of cauliflower ↝ Cauliflower, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
heads of broccoli ↝ Broccoli, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

stewing liquid

a little cullis

alternative dish base

mashed potatoes and yolks of eggs mixed together ↝ Potatoes, raw, skin [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
mashed potatoes and yolks of eggs mixed together ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]

Instructions (13)

Wash a dish with white of raw egg.
Make four divisions in the dish with fried bread.
Place stewed spinach in the first division.
Place mashed turnips in the second division.
Place mashed potatoes in the third division.
Place slices of carrots and some blanched button onions in the fourth division.
Alternatively, place pieces of cauliflower or heads of broccoli in the fourth partition.
Stew the vegetables in a little cullis.
Ensure the essence adheres to the vegetables when they are put into the dish.

Alternative Dish Base

Instead of fried bread, mix mashed potatoes and egg yolks together.
Put this mixture on a dish in as many partitions as approved.
Bake until of a nice colour.
Serve up with any kind of stewed vegetable alternately.

Original Text

A neat Dish of Vegetables.

Wash a dish with white of raw egg, then make four divisions in it with fried bread, and put alternately in each the following vegetables:—in the first, stewed spinach; in the second, mashed turnips; in the third, mashed potatoes; and in the fourth, slices of carrots and some button onions blanched: afterwards stew them in a little cullis, and when they are put into the dish let the essence adhere to them: or in the fourth partition put pieces of cauliflower or heads of broccoli.

N. B. Instead of fried bread to make the divisions, may be used mashed potatoes and yolks of eggs mixed together, and put on a dish in as many partitions as approved; afterwards baked till of a nice colour, and served up with any kind of stewed vegetable alternately.

Notes

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