Salmi of Moor Fowl or Wild Duck

Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode · De Salis, Mrs. (Harriet Anne) · 1888
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Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode
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Ingredients (9)
Instructions (8)
  1. Carve the birds very neatly, and strip every particle of skin and fat from the legs, wings, and breasts.
  2. Braise the bodies well and put them with the skin and other trimmings into a very clean stewpan.
  3. Add two or three sliced shalots, a bayleaf, a small blade of mace and a few peppercorns.
  4. Pour in a pint of good veal gravy, and boil briskly till reduced nearly half.
  5. Strain the gravy, pressing the bones well, skim off the fat, add a dust of cayenne and squeeze in a few drops of lemon.
  6. Heat the game very gradually in it, but it must not be allowed to boil.
  7. Place sippets of fried bread round the dish, arrange the birds in a pyramid, give the same a boil and pour over.
  8. A couple of wineglasses of port or claret should be mixed with the gravy.
Original Text
Salmi of Moor Fowl or Wild Duck. Carve the birds very neatly, and strip every particle of skin and fat from the legs, wings, and breasts, braise the bodies well and put them with the skin and other trimmings into a very clean stewpan. Add two or three sliced shalots, a bayleaf, a small blade of mace and a few peppercorns, then pour in a pint of good veal gravy, and boil briskly till reduced nearly half, strain the gravy, pressing the bones well, skim off the fat, add a dust of cayenne and squeeze in a few drops of lemon; heat the game very gradually in it, but it must not be allowed to boil. Place sippets of fried bread round the dish, arrange the birds in a pyramid, give the same a boil and pour over. A couple of wineglasses of port or claret should be mixed with the gravy.
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