365. Poulards or Capons, with Quenelles and Tongue

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (6)
quenelles
dish assembly
Instructions (12)
  1. Make about twenty quenelles with table spoons, out of forcemeat of veal.
  2. Cook the quenelles.
  3. Make a roll of mashed potatoes.
  4. Place the potato roll round the dish you intend to serve it in.
  5. Cut pieces from a cold tongue, shaped like the quenelles.
  6. Gently warm the tongue pieces in a little gravy.
  7. Place the quenelles on the potato border, having cut a piece off the end so that they may stand properly.
  8. Place a piece of tongue between each quenelle.
  9. Put the fowl in the centre of the dish.
  10. Pour a quart of new white sauce over the fowl and quenelles.
  11. Glaze the tongue.
  12. Serve very hot.
Original Text
365. Poulards or Capons, with Quenelles and Tongue.—When you are either roasting or braising, you make about twenty quenelles with table spoons, out of forcemeat of veal. Proceed and cook the same; when done, make a roll of mashed potatoes, which put round the dish you intend to serve it in, have ready cut from a cold tongue as many pieces of the shape of the quenelles, warm gently in a little gravy, then put the quenelles on the border; having cut a piece off the end, so that they may stand properly, with a piece of tongue between each, put the fowl in the centre, have ready made a quart of a new white sauce, which pour over the fowl and quenelles, glaze the tongue, and serve very hot. I found this dish at first rather complicated, but now my cook can do it well without my assistance; it looks and eats well, but is only adapted for a dinner of importance.
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