Chicory à la Théodore

Mrs. A.B. Marshall's cookery book · A. B. Marshall · 1894
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Mrs. A.B. Marshall's cookery book
Time
Cook: 15 min Total: 15 min
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Ingredients (9)
Instructions (8)
  1. Take five or six heads of chicory, put them in cold water for an hour or so before cooking.
  2. Take off the outside leaves which can be used up for making a purée soup.
  3. Put the best parts of the chicory into a stewpan with plenty of boiling water and a little salt and boil them for about twelve to fifteen minutes.
  4. Take up and drain off all the water by pressing them between two plates or in the cullender until quite dry.
  5. Chop the chicory up very fine and put it into a sauté pan with two ounces of butter and two finely chopped eschalots.
  6. Season with a little pepper and salt, and a tiny dust of nutmeg.
  7. Add a tablespoonful of flour and stir together till it boils.
  8. Mix into the purée a quarter of a pint of very stiffly
Original Text
Chicory à la Théodore. (Chicorée à la Théodore.) Take five or six heads of chicory, put them in cold water for an hour or so before cooking, then take off the outside leaves which can be used up for making a purée soup; put the best parts of the chicory into a stewpan with plenty of boiling water and a little salt and boil them for about twelve to fifteen minutes, then take up and drain off all the water by pressing them between two plates or in the cullender until quite dry; chop the chicory up very fine and put it into a sauté pan with two ounces of butter and two finely chopped eschalots, season with a little pepper and salt, and a tiny dust of nutmeg, add a tablespoonful of flour and stir together till it boils, then mix into the purée a quarter of a pint of very stiffly
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