For à la St. Garat (veal cutlets)
Chaufroix de Côtelettes à la Fermière.—For this
the cutlets are braised, trimmed, and, when cold,
coated with a creamy maître d'hotel sauce stiffened
with strong savoury jelly, and served round a mound
of salad. If coated with espagnole sauce similarly
stiffened and served (round a pile of cucumber and
tomato tossed in Sucdoise sauce), they are called
Chaufroix de Côtelettes à la Russe, while, if coated
with different sauces, such as tomato, velouté, and
espagnole, and dished alternately round a pile of any
nice salad, they are called à la Pompadour; if
masked with mayonnaise aspic, and served on an
aspic border with a macédoine of vegetables in the
centre, they are called en Bellevue, a name also
applied to them if larded with tongue, ham, or
truffles, and braised, then set in aspic, from which
they are cut out when cold, and dished with a
jardinière garnish. Lamb and veal can also be
served by any of these recipes, or the cutlets may be
braised, and, when cold, spread rather thickly with
sieved pâté de foie gras, then coated with any rich
brown sauce, such as Périgueux, madère, &c., and
served with any salad to taste. Veal cutlets may be
braised in white stock, and, when cold, carefully
trimmed, spread with a thin slice of ham (or, if
preferred, with a thick layer of ham cream), and
coated with white mayonnaise; they are then dished
round a pile of tomato salad tossed in mayonnaise,
and the dish containing them is set on a larger one
full of crushed ice, when they are known as
à l'Américaine; this is also excellent for lamb
cutlets. If the veal cutlets are braised, larded with
bacon and tongue, then, when cold, set in aspic,
from which they are cut out, and served with a salad
garnished with a Reform garnish, they are called
à la St. Garat. The remains of a dish of veal
cutlets can be made into a very pretty dish by
masking each cutlet thickly with aspic-thickened
tomato sauce, dishing this round a macédoine of any
nice cooked vegetables garnished with washed and
boned anchovy fillets, turned olives, and tiny slices
of ham. Mutton cutlets can be done in the same