664. English Truffles

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (17)
Instructions (14)
  1. Put twelve truffles to soak for four hours in lukewarm water.
  2. With a hard hair-brush remove all the earth from them.
  3. Wash again.
  4. Put them into a stewpan with a few slices of bacon, two onions, half a head of celery, half a carrot, a clove of garlic, two bay-leaves, a sprig of thyme, four of parsley, a teaspoonful of salt, one of sugar, a half of pepper, two glasses of sherry, and a pint of broth.
  5. Let them simmer for half an hour or more, but till tender.
  6. Place them in the oven for twenty minutes longer.
  7. Remove the truffles and place them on a dish.
  8. Have a little mashed potatoes, and make a border, and place the truffles on in pyramid to prevent them moving.
  9. Strain the gravy they were in.
  10. Skim off the fat.
  11. Reduce it to about a gill.
  12. Put a teaspoonful of arrow-root in a cup, with a spoonful of water, mix it, and put to the gravy.
  13. Boil a few minutes.
  14. Pour over, and serve.
Original Text · last edited 12 days ago
664. English Truffles.—Put twelve of them to soak for four hours in lukewarm water; then with a hard hair-brush remove all the earth from them; then wash again, put them into a stewpan, with a few slices of bacon, two onions, half a head of celery, half a carrot, a clove of garlic, two bay-leaves, a sprig of thyme, four of parsley, a teaspoonful of salt, one of sugar, a half of pepper, two glasses of sherry, and a pint of broth; let them simmer for half an hour or more, but till tender; place them in the oven for twenty minutes longer, remove the truffles and place them on a dish; have a little mashed potatoes, and make a border, and place the truffles on in pyramid to prevent them moving, strain the gravy they were in, skim off the fat, reduce it to about a gill, put in a teaspoonful of arrow-root in a cup, with a spoonful of water, mix it, and put to the gravy, boil a few minutes, pour over, and serve. I peeled some of them, cooked the same way, they eat better; but they did not look so well.
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