Mexican Recipes

MEXICAN MEALS
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1.) MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP
1 - 3 lb. frying chicken, skinned, cut into serving pieces
2 cups canned tomatoes
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup chopped onion
2/3 cup canned mildly hot California chilies, diced (or 1/3 cup
for milder flavored soup)
2 cups cooked, drained pinto beans
Place chicken pieces in large saucepan; add enough water to
cover. Cook until tender, about 25 minutes.
Remove chicken pieces from broth and put in the tomatoes, garlic
and chilies. Slide chicken meat off the bones and return meat to
the broth. Add beans and simmer about 15 minutes. Yield: about 2
quarts. Approx. calorie serving: 1 cup equals 190 calories.
Serve with tortilla. 1 tortilla equals 60 calories.
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2.) TACO DIP
1 lb. hamburger
1 dry pkg. taco seasoning
6 oz. green taco sauce
16 oz. can refried beans
16 oz. carton sour cream
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Brown hamburger. Add taco seasoning, taco sauce and refried
beans. Mix well. Pour into loaf pan; spoon sour cream over and
sprinkle with the cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Eat with Nacho chips.
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3.) TACO SEASONING
2 tsp. chili powder
1-1/2 tsp. paprika
1-1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. onion powder
3/4 tsp. garlic salt
1/2 tsp. salt
dash cayenne pepper
Combine all above ingredients. Make 3 tablespoons.
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4.) JALAPENO BEAN DIP
5 small jalapeno peppers
2-1/2 cups chili hot beans, mashed
1 tbsp. oil
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
Cut off tops of peppers. Combine whole peppers and remaining
ingredients in saucepan. Simmer 15 minutes, adding water if
needed, to keep beans from sticking to bottom of pan. Cool
mixture and remove peppers. Serve dip with fresh vegetables.
NOTE: This is a Mexican vegetable dish, but can easily be an
appetizer when served with crackers.
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5.) SPANISH RICE
1 cup uncooked rice
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
2 tbsp. cooking oil
2 cups chopped canned tomatoes
1 cup water
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. prepared mustard
1 beef bouillon cube
Saute rice, onion and green pepper in oil until vegetables are
tender. Add remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat
and simmer 20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is
tender. Serves 6 - 8.
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6.) SOPA SECA (Mexican Rice)
2 tsp. olive oil
1/2 tsp. minced garlic
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 large tomato, chopped
1 cup uncooked, converted rice
1 small green bell pepper, seeded and diced
1 - 13 oz. can chicken broth
dash of red pepper
1/2 tsp. oregano
1/2 tsp. salt
Heat oil in a dutch oven over moderate heat. Add garlic, onion
and tomato. Cover and cook 3 minutes, or until onion is soft.
Add rice and cook for 2 minutes, stiffing, until rice is shiny
and hot. Stir in green pepper, chicken broth, red pepper,
oregano and salt. Bring to a boil. cover and bake for 20 minutes
at 400 degrees.
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7.) MEXICAN CORN
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen corn or 1 can No.2 whole kernel corn
1/4 cup diced pimiento
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
sweet pepper slices, to garnish
Heat butter or margarine over low heat. Add and cook until onion
is transparent. Add green pepper. Add corn. Cook corn covered,
over low heat, about 10 minutes, or until tender.
During the last few minutes of cooking, mix in diced pimento.
Season to taste with salt and pepper. Mix gently. Garnish with
sweet red pepper slices. Serves 4.
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8.) BURRO-LADAS
(Burritos baked like enchiladas with sauce and cheese)
SAUCE:
3 - 8 oz. cans tomato sauce
1 10-1/2 oz. can tomato soup
1 - 16 oz. can tomatoes, chopped
1-1/2 cups water
2 - 1 tsp. chili powder, to taste
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. salt
FILLING:
2 tbsp. oil
2 lbs. ground round
2 - 4 oz. cans sliced mushrooms, drained
1 cup finely chopped onion
3 cups grated cojack cheese
12 flour tortillas
For sauce, blend together all ingredients in a 2 quart saucepan
over medium heat; stir and bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer,
cover and continue 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
For filling, heat oil in large frying pan; add ground round,
onions and mushrooms. Brown together. Add 1-1/2 cups of sauce to
meat, stir and simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Grease two
9x13 inch pans.
Spread 1/2 cup meat mixture on bottom of each tortilla and
sprinkle with about 2 tbsp. grated cheese. Roll up and place
seam down in prepared pans. Place 6 in each pan with at least
1/2 inch between each burro-lada.
Divide remainder of sauce and pour each half evenly over each
pan; cover and bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 20 minutes.
Remove cover and sprinkle remaining cheese evenly over each pan.
Continue to bake uncovered 10 minutes or until bubbly. Let stand
at least 5 minutes before serving. Makes 12 generous servings.
Approximate preparation time: 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
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9.) PUNISHMENT CHILI
1 stalk celery, chopped
1/2 chopped large onion
1 chopped clove garlic onion
1-1/2 lb. venison hamburger
3 pints canned tomatoes
1/2 pkg. chili seasoning (Durkee's)
2 cans hot chili beans
1 tsp. garlic salt
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. Italian seasoning
3 tsp. chili powder
10 drops liquid smoke
1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup brown sugar
Brown celery, large onion, garlic onion, venison hamburger. Add
remaining ingredients. Simmer all day but stir and taste often.
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10.) RIP SNORTIN' CHILI
1 can chili beans
2 cans Italian flavored whole tomatoes, chopped
1 can Nacho Cheese soup
1/2 cup Cheez Whiz
1 lb. hamburger
1 lb. Italian sausage
1 medium onion
1 can mushrooms
1 can tomato sauce
TOPPING:
Nacho chips
shredded cheddar cheese
Brown hamburger, sausage, onion, mushrooms; drain grease off.
Put in crockpot with rest of the ingredients and slow cook 1-2
hours. Top with crushed Nacho chips and shredded cheddar cheese.
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11.) MEXICAN HOT DISH
1 lb. pork sausage
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup uncooked macaroni
2 tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. chili powder
1 - 1 lb. can tomatoes
1/2 cup dairy sour cream
grated cheese
Lightly brown the meat. Drain off fat. Add onions and green
pepper. Cook until tender. Stir in next six ingredients. Cover
and simmer 20 minutes. Check macaroni to make sure it is cooked
throughout. Stir in sour cream - heat throughout. Pass grated
cheddar with this hot dish. Makes 4 - 6 servings.
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12.) MEXICAN MEATBALLS
(Albondigas)
1 beaten egg
3/4 cup soft bread crumbs
1/4 cup milk
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp dried oregano
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 lb. ground pork
24 pimento stuffed olives
1 - 16 oz. can tomatoes, cut up
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 tsp. instant beef bouillon
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 tsp. dried oregano, crushed
bottled hot pepper sauce
In a bowl, combine egg, bread crumbs, milk, salt, pepper and
oregano; mix well. Add beef and pork; combine thoroughly. Shape
meat mixture into 24 meatballs around the 24 olives. Set aside.
In 10 inch skillet, combine undrained tomatoes, 1/2 cup water,
onion, bouillon granules, garlic, 1/4 tsp. oregano, and bottled
hot pepper sauce. Bring to boil; simmer uncovered for 15 minutes.
Drop meatballs into sauce, cover and simmer about 30 minutes or
UNtil meatballs are done. Remove meatballs from sauce, cover and
keep warm. Skim excess fat from sauce. Boil sauce about 10
minutes to reduce mixture to 1-1/2 cups. Serve over meatballs.
Makes 6 servings.
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13.) TORTILLA CHIP CASSEROLE
3/4 cup chopped onion
2 tbsp. butter
1 can (15 oz.) tomato sauce
1 can (4 oz.) diced green chilies
2 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. red pepper
1 pkg. (7-1/4 oz.) tortilla chips, crushed
2 cups Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
1 cup dairy sour cream
1 lb. ground beef
1 cup cheddar cheese
Saute onion in butter. Add sauce, chilies, cumin, salt, red
pepper. Simmer 10 minutes. Layer in buttered 9 inch square pan,
half of each of the following: Tortilla chips, Monterey Jack
cheese, beef and sauce. Repeat once.
Bake in preheated 350 degree oven, about 25 minutes. Spread sour
cream on top and cheddar cheese. Return to oven 10 minutes.
Makes 6 - 8 servings.
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14.) BIG BATCH OF CHILI
1 qt. tomatoes or 29 oz. can
3 cans 16 oz. chili beans
3 cans 16 oz. kidney beans
1 large green pepper
1 large onion
12 oz. bottle taco sauce
salt and pepper to taste
12 oz. jar chili sauce
5 lbs. hamburger (can be part ground pork)
1/2 qt. Mogen David red wine
Brown the meat. Add remaining ingredients and simmer. Cook at
least 30 minutes.
Serves 12 - 16. Leftovers freeze well. Good to serve with
cornmeal muffins and bowl of grated cheddar.
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15.) WET BURRITTOS
1 lb. ground beef
1/4 cup chopped onion
salt and pepper, to taste
1 pkg. dry taco seasoning mix
1 cup water
1 can refried beans
2 tbsp. margarine
2 tbsp. flour
1 cup milk
1 can enchilada sauce
1 large can tomato sauce
lettuce
2 medium tomatoes
sour cream
tortillas
grated cheddar cheese
Brown and drain ground beef with chopped onion and salt and
pepper. Add taco seasoning mix, water and refried beans.
In saucepan combine margarine, flour, salt and pepper to taste.
Make a paste and add milk all at once. Bring to a boil until
thick, stirring frequently. Add enchilada sauce and tomato
sauce. Bring to a boil and turn off.
Chop up lettuce into fine strips; chop up tomatoes into pieces.
Fill flour tortillas with about 1/4 cup hamburger mix, chopped
lettuce, tomatoes and 1 tbsp. sour cream. Roll up tortillas and
place in a lightly greased 9x13 pan. Fill all tortillas to make
a single layer in pan. Pour tomato mixture over tortillas. Top
with thick layer of grated cheddar cheese.
Bake at 325 degrees for 30 minutes or until heated thoroughly.
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16.) CREPES ENSENADA
4 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
1 large can diced green chilies (Ortega - drained)
1 lb. Jack cheese, grated
2 small cans chopped black olives
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1 dozen flour tortillas
2 jars salsa
1-1/2 cans cheddar cheese soup
1 lb. cheddar cheese grated
Mix first five ingredients and divide evenly on flour tortillas.
Roll up and place in a 9x13 inch pan.
Mix the sour cream and cheese soup and pour over rolled
tortillas.
Pour salsa over the sour cream and soup. Top with cheddar cheese
grated.
Bake uncovered 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until bubbly.
Serves 8 - 12 and may be prepared in advance.
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17.) MEXICAN MEAL
1 medium bag taco chips, crushed
1 lb. hamburger
1 medium onion, chopped
1 can cheddar cheese soup
1/2 can milk
1 pkg. taco seasoning
1/2 head lettuce, chopped
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 - 8 oz. pkg. each of shredded mozarella and cheddar cheese.
Crush taco chips in a greased 9x13 pan. Brown hamburger and
onion, draining if necessary. Mix soup, milk and seasonings and
heat. Mix with meat and onion mixture. Spoon over crushed taco
chips. Sprinkle lettuce and tomatoes on top of mixture. Top with
cheeses and bake at 350 degrees for 1/2 hour, or until
completely warm.
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18.) COOL RANCH DORITOS HOT DISH
3 cups broken "Cool Ranch" Doritos chips
1 lb. ground beef
1 small onion, chopped
1/4 cup green pepper, chopped
1 - 1-1/4 oz. package taco seasoning mix
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup chunky taco sauce, or salsa
2/3 of a 15 ounce can whole kernel corn, drained
8 oz. (2 cups) shredded mozarella cheese
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover the bottom of a greased 8x8
pan with half of the broken chips.
Brown the ground beef with the onion and green pepper; drain
grease. Stir in taco seasoning and water; cook according to taco
seasoning package directions.
Stir in the corn and taco sauce or salsa. Spread meat mixture
evenly over chips. Sprinkle cheese evenly over the meat mixture,
and top with remaining chips.
Bake for 30 - 35 minutes or until bubbly. Great with a dinner
salad on the side.
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19.) MEXICAN CHICKEN
3 cups cooked chicken, diced
2 cans (10-3/4 oz.) cream of mushroom soup
16 oz. can tomatoes and green chili sauce
4 oz. can diced green chilies (optional)
1 6-7 oz. pkg. plain Doritos
10 oz. sharp Cheddar cheese, grated
Mix chicken, soup, chili sauce and diced chilies. In large
greased casserole dish, make layer of Doritos, add layer of
chicken mix, sprinkle with half of cheese. Repeat layers with
Doritos on top.
Bake in 350 degrees for 30 minutes until bubbly.
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20.) TACO PIZZA
1 lb. hamburger, browned and drained
1 - 1-1/4 oz. pkg. of Ortega Taco Seasoning Mix
1 - 16 oz. can of Old El Paso Refried Beans
2 medium onions, diced
1 lb. grated sharp cheddar cheese
3 medium tomatoes, cubed
1/4 head lettuce, chopped
1 - 16 oz. sour cream
1 pkg. Azteca Flour Tortillas, super or medium size.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. To browned, drained hamburger, add
taco mix and 3/4 cup water. Simmer on low for 10 minutes. Heat
refried beans as per instructions on can.
On a cookie sheet, spread flour tortillas to cover pan. Spread
refried beans evenly over shells. Add taco seasoned hamburger.
Sprinkle diced onions over entire layer of hamburger. Next, add
grated cheese, again, over the entire pizza. Put in oven and
bake until cheese is melted, approximately 10 minutes. Remove
from oven and add cubed tomatoes, then chopped lettuce. Return
to oven for 2 - 3 minutes. Remove from oven and cut into
squares. Serve with sour cream. With each bite, a dollop of sour
cream enhances the Mexican flavor.
This is a great meal for unexpected company. Easy to make, and
filling for everyone.
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21.) TUNA TAMALE PIE
3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
3 cups boiling water
1 tsp. salt
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1/4 cup chopped onion
2-1/2 cups cooked kidney beans, drained
2 cups stewed tomatoes
1 cup finely shredded cheese
2 - 6-1/2 oz. cans chunk style tuna
1 or 2 tsp. chili powder
1/4 cup pepper
Slowly stir cornmeal into boiling, salted water, while stirring
constantly. Cook until thick. Mix the rest of the ingredients in
a bowl.
Pour half of the cornmeal mush into a greased 2 qt. baking dish.
Top with the tuna mixture. Cover with the rest of the mush.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Serves 4 to 6.
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22.) TACO PIE
1 - 8 oz. sour cream
6 slices American cheese
2 cups taco chips
shredded lettuce
1 lb. ground beef
1 pkg. taco seasoning mix
1/2 cup water
1 - 8 oz. pkg. crescent rolls
Brown the ground beef. Drain off any grease. Add taco mix and
water. Simmer 5 minutes. Place your crescent rolls in the bottom
of an ungreased 10 inch pie tin. Sprinkle 1 cup taco chips on
the crust. Add the ground beef mixture, sour cream and American
cheese. Sprinkle remaining chips.
Bake at 375 degrees for 25 minutes. Serve with shredded lettuce.
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23.) TOMATO-BEEF STEW WITH BISCUITS
1 to 2 lbs. beef stew meat cut into 1 inch pieces (may
substitute venison for the stew meat)
1 cup chopped onion
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 can 4 oz. mushroom stems and pieces
1 can 16 oz. whole tomatoes
1 can 6 oz. tomato paste
2-1/2 cups hot water
1 tbsp. sugar
1-1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp. dried thyme leaves
1/4 tsp. dried marjoram leaves
1 cup thinly sliced carrots
1 cup sliced celery
1/4 cup cold water
2 tbsp. flour
2 cups Bisquick baking mix
1/3 cup margarine, melted
1 cup sour cream
Cook and stir beef and onion in oil in dutch oven until beef is
brown. Stir in mushrooms (with liquid), tomatoes (with liquid),
tomato paste, hot water, salt, sugar and pepper. Heat to
boiling, stirring occasionally, until beef is almost tender,
about 1-1/2 hours. Add bay leaf, thyme, marjoram, carrots and
celery. Cover and simmer 30 minutes. Mix cold water and flour
until smooth; gradually stir into beef mixture. Heat to boiling,
stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute; reduce heat.
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Mix remaining ingredients until soft
dough forms; beat vigorously 20 strokes. Drop by spoonfuls onto
hot beef mixture. Bake until biscuits are brown, about 15
minutes. Makes 5 - 6 servings.
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24.) DAVE'S CALIFORNIA FAJITAS
6 super-size flour tortillas
3 chicken breasts, skinned, boned, cut in 3x1/2 inch pieces
1/2 red onion, coarsely chopped
1/2 large green pepper, coarsely chopped
1/4 lb. cheddar cheese, shredded
1 can refried beans
1 large tomato, cut in medium chunks
Optional: sour cream, ripe olives or salsa with fresh tomato
Fajita seasoning, if available, or substitute taco seasoning
Saute chicken breasts in a large pan (single layer) sprayed with
Pam. When cooked through, but still moist, sprinkle with Fajita
or taco seasoning (about 1/3 pkg.), stir. Add onion and green
pepper. Cook and stir briefly until hot. Veggies will be crisp
tender.
Make each Fajita individually.
Spread tortilla with about 2 tbsp. refried beans down the
center. Add cheese and microwave on high until cheese is soft
and melted around the edges (about 15 seconds). Scoop a generous
portion of chicken mixture on top of beans and cheese. Add
chopped tomatoes. Fold bottom of tortilla up and fold or roll
tightly enough to eat out of hand. Makes six fajitas. Optional:
Add sour cream, ripe olives or salsa with the fresh tomato.
If the meal is begun with taco chips and salsa, the fajitas may
be served as individually ordered (for instance "hold the
refried beans".) The guests waiting for their fajita to be
served are busy with the chips.
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25.) MEXICAN PINTO BEANS
1 lb. dry pinto beans
6 cloves of garlic
1 lb. bacon
2 lbs. Co-Jack cheese
2-1/2 lbs. port steak
1 bottle 7 oz. La Victoria green taco sauce
1/2 lb. sour cream
3 oz. jalapeno peppers
4 tsp. salt
4 tsp. pepper
one-sixteenth oz. tortilla chips
1 pkg. flour tortilla
Soak pinto beans in water overnight. Drain water and refill with
water. Simmer about 3-1/2 to 4 hours until beans are soft. Fry
bacon up, then crumble and put into the bacon grease, and also
add cut-up garlic cloves; then add beans WITHOUT any bean juice
and fry 10 minutes and keep stirring. Also add 2 tsp. salt and
pepper.
Then take a potato masher and smash beans up and add 1/4 cup of
bean juice; cover and simmer on low for 20 minutes.
Put 1/3 of fried beans aside and the rest in a dish and top with
1/2 lb. cheese.
MEAT: Cut port meat into small pieces and put into frypan with 2
cloves garlic and 1-1/2 cups water, also 2 tsp. salt and pepper
and simmer for 40 minutes or until all water is gone. Then add
the green taco sauce and simmer 10 more minutes.
Warm tortillas up and add meat, beans, cheese and sour cream;
then rollup into a burrito, serve with chips with jalapeno and
cheese and also a side of beans with cheese.
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26.) CHICKEN ENCHILADAS
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, minced
1-1/2 cups Italian tomatoes, drained, chopped, reserve liquid
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
1 tsp. jalapeno pepper, chopped
1/8 tsp. pepper
8 oz. chicken (2 chicken breasts skinned, boned, cooked, chopped)
4 corn tortillas, 10 inch size
4 oz. cheddar cheese, shredded
black olives, chopped for garnish
sour cream or plain yogurt
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Saute onions and garlic. Add
tomatoes, liquid mushrooms and seasonings. Stir occasionally
until sauce is thickened (5 to 8 minutes). Take half of sauce
and mix with chicken in bowl, set aside.
Using a frying pan, heat each tortilla one minute. Lay tortilla
flat, spread with cheese and chicken mixture and roll to close.
Place seamside down in pan. Repeat three times. Pour remaining
sauce over top, sprinkle some cheese and bake until cheese is
brown. Top with black olives and sour cream or yogurt.
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27.) ENCHILADA PIE
6 corn tortillas
oil for softening tortillas
2 bunches green onions, sliced
12 oz. salsa or taco sauce
1 (8 oz.) can pitted black olives, sliced
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a skillet, heat 1/4 inch oil
over medium heat. Dip each tortilla into oil and fry a few
seconds until it blisters and becomes limp. Remove with tongs
and drain briefly. In a 2 quart casserole dish, alternate layers
of tortillas, onions, salsa, olives and cheese.
Cover and bake for 20 - 25 minutes. Makes 6 servings.
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28.) ENCHILADAS
1-1/2 lbs. ground beef
1 pkg. tortillas
2 cans enchilada sauce
1/4 cup onion
1/4 cup green pepper
1/2 lb. cheddar cheese, grated
oil
1 cup sour cream
1 cup black olives
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Fry tortillas in oil until air
pockets form (10 seconds, heat oil to almost smoking). Brown
meat with half of the onion. Add 1/2 cup sauce to mixture. Coat
tortillas with sauce. Place mixture in center of tortilla, add
some cheese and some of the green pepper and roll. Place in
baking dish and bake for 20 minutes. Garnish with sour cream,
lack olives and remaining cheese.
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29.) ENCHILADAS
(A Second Recipe)
1 pkg. cheddar cheese, grated
1-1/2 to 2 lb. hamburger
1 pkg. enchilada sauce mix, dry
2 pkgs. soft-shell tortillas
Brown the hamburger. Add a dash of salt, pepper and chili
powder. Prepare the package of enchilada sauce mix on the stove
according to the directions on the package. Drain the hamburger.
Set aside.
Deep fry the tortillas in HOT oil, dipping one at a time for
only a couple seconds each. Pile the deep-fried tortillas onto
paper towels to remove excess oil. Add small amount of enchilada
sauce to hamburger, and small amount of sauce in bottom of a
9x11 glass cake pan. Set sauce aside. Spoon 1 heaping tbsp. of
hamburger mix onto flat, hot tortilla; add grated cheese. Roll
tortilla with hamburger and cheese inside and put rolled
tortilla into cake pan. Line rolled tortillas close together to
fill the cake pan.
Pour remaining sauce over top of rolled enchiladas, submerging
them. Sprinkle remaining grated cheese on top. Bake, covered, at
300 degrees for 10 minutes. Serve immediately.
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30.) CREAM CHEESE AND MUSHROOM ENCHILADAS
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tbsp. cooking oil
28 oz. can tomatoes
1 tbsp. honey
1 tbsp. chili powder
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. ground coriander
16 oz. fresh mushrooms, sliced
2 tbsp. margarine
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, cut up
1 cup sour cream
3/4 cup sliced green onions
8 - 7 inch flour tortillas
2 cups shredded pepper cheese
dash ground red pepper
Cook onion and garlic in oil until tender. Stir in tomatoes (cut
up), honey, 1 tsp. chili powder, cumin, coriander, and red
pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer uncovered about
30 minutes or until thick, stirring occasionally.
In a saucepan cook mushrooms and remaining chili powder (2 tsp.)
in margarine on medium high 4 to 5 minutes until mushrooms are
tender and liquid evaporates. Reduce heat. Stir in cream cheese
until melted. Add 1/4 cup sour cream and the chopped green
onion. Spoon 1/3 cup mushroom mixture in center of each
tortilla. Sprinkle with pepper cheese and rollup. Place seamside
down in a greased 12x7x2 inch baking dish. Spoon tomato mixture
over tortillas.
Cover and bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until
heated through. Top with shredded pepper cheese and return to
oven until cheese melts. Serve on a bed of lettuce and tomatoes,
with sour cream, if desired. Serves 4 - 5 .
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31.) GREEN ENCHILADA SUPREME CASSEROLE
1-1/2 lbs. hamburger
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
3/4 to 1 cup sliced black olives
1 soup can of milk
1 - 4 oz. can green chilies
8 oz. cheddar cheese, shredded
1 - 16 oz. bag of Tostados
Brown hamburger with chopped onion. Mix soups, milk and green
chilies. Add to hamburger and let simmer for 20 minutes. In a
9x13 pan, spread a thin layer of hamburger sauce, then a layer
of Tostado chips, and then a layer of shredded cheese. Repeat
layers. On top of last layer of hamburger sauce, spread black
olives and then top with cheese.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. If preferred, garnish
with sour cream.
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32.) SOPAIPILLAS MEXICAN FRIED COOKIE
4 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. shortening
1-1/4 cups water
Sift together dry ingredients. Add shortening and water and
knead until smooth. Put into plastic bag and let stand for 2
hours. Roll very thin and cut into small triangles.
Fry in deep fat heated to 375 degrees until golden brown. Turn
once. Drain on paper towels and serve with honey or sprinkle
with cinnamon sugar. Makes 12 servings.
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33.) APPLE FIZZ
Beverages that go well with Mexican food are: Beer (Mexican or
otherwise), margaritas, hot chocolate, or apple fizz. If you
choose hot chocolate, stir with a cinnamon stick.
To make Apple Fizz: mix equal portions of cold apple juice and
ginger ale in a pitcher, or pour half apple juice and half
ginger ale over ice cubes in each glass.
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Free Desert Recipes
MAGIC PIE RECIPE
4 eggs
1/4 cup margarine
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups milk or half and half
1 cup coconut
1 teaspoon vanilla
Place all ingredients in blender at one time and blend until
mixed together. Pour into a buttered 10-inch piepan. Bake in a
350 degree oven for 1 hour. When done, crust will be on bottom,
custard in the middle, an coconut on top - right where they
belong.
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CHOCOLATE CHERRY CHEESECAKE
Crust:
1-1/4 cups chocolate wafer crumbs (about 18 wafers)
2 tbsp. sugar
3 tbsp. melted butter or margarine
Filling:
2 (250 g or 8-oz) packages cream cheese
1 (125 g or 4-oz) package cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup whipping cream
3 medium eggs
1 (19-oz.) can cherry pie filling
2 tbsp. chocolate cherry liqueur (optional)
2 tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 oz. grated semi-sweet chocolate
Combine chocolate wafer crumbs, 2 tbsp. sugar and melted butter.
Press into bottom of 9 inch spring form pan. Bake in moderate
oven, 350 degrees, for 10 minutes. Cool. Reduce oven temperature
to 300 degrees.
Have cream cheese at room temperature. Beat in large mixing bowl
at medium speed until creamy. Gradually beat in the one cup of
sugar and cocoa. Add vanilla. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat
until smooth. Pour over chocolate crust. Bake in slow oven, 300
degrees, about one hour until center of cake is firm. Remove
from oven and cool to room temperature.
Combine cherry pie filling with liqueur, if being used. Pour
over cooled cheesecake.
Add the two tbsp. sugar and vanilla to whipping cream in bowl.
Whip until stiff. Spoon onto cake, covering evenly. Chill
several hours before serving.
Decorate with grated chocolate. Makes 10 to 12 servings. This
cheesecake freezes well.
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BRANDIED PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE
Crust:
1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/4 cup sugar
Filling:
2 (250 g) pack cream cheese at room temperature
1 (125 g) pack cream cheese at room temperature
1 cup sugar
4 medium eggs
1 (14 oz.) can pumpkin (no spices added)
2-1/2 tsp. ginger
1 tbsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cloves
1/3 cup brandy
whipped cream
preserved ginger
For crust, combine crumbs, sugar and butter in a bowl and mix
well. Press crumb mixture firmly into bottom of 10 inch spring
form pan and 2 inches up sides. Bake in moderate oven, 350
degrees for 10 minutes.
For filling beat together cream cheese and sugar until light and
fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each
addition until smooth and creamy. Add pumpkin, ginger, cinnamon,
nutmeg, cloves and brandy and mix until well blended. Pour
cheese mixture into crust and bake in slow oven, 325 degrees,
for 50 or 60 minutes, or until well risen. Turn off heat and let
cheesecake cool in oven. When cold, decorate top with whipped
cream and sliced ginger.
SICILIAN RICOTTA CHEESECAKE
Sponge cake:
Butter
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
Finely chopped rind of 1/2 lemon
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
3 egg whites
Filling:
1-1/2 cup sugar
1-1/2 lb. fresh ricotta cheese
1 lb. mixed candied fruit
1/8 tsp. ground cinnamon
3 1-oz. squares semi-sweet chocolate, chopped in pieces
8 tbsp. Maraschino liqueur
To make the sponge cake:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 10 inch spring-form
cake pan.
Whisk the eggs yolks with the sugar, grated lemon rind and 3
tbsp. hot water until light and foamy.
Sift the flour and baking powder together, and fold it into the
egg yolk mixture.
Whisk the egg whites until stiff, but not dry. With a large
spoon, fold them into the cake mixture.
Pour the mixture into the prepared cake pan and bake for 15 to
20 minutes, or until the cake is a rich golden color and springs
back when pressed lightly. Turn out and cool on a wire rack.
For the filling:
Dissolve the sugar in 3 tbsp. of water over low heat. Beat the
sugar syrup with the ricotta cheese until it is smoothly
blended. Put aside about half of the best pieces of candied
fruit to decorate the cake. Chop the remainder coarsely.
Add the cinnamon to the sweetened ricotta and beat until smooth
and creamy. Put aside a few tbsp. of the mixture for decoration.
Combine the remainder with the chopped fruit and chocolate.
Cut the sponge cake in half horizontally. Put one layer on the
bottom of the cake pan, cut side up, and sprinkle it with half
of the Maraschino. Spread with the remaining cheese mixture. Fit
the ring of the cake pan in position and chill the cake for
several hours.
When ready to serve, remove the cake from the pan and place it
on a large, flat serving dish. Coat the top and sides with the
reserved cheese and decorate with the reserved candied fruit.
You may also decorate the cake with whipped cream, and the
candied fruits may be supplemented with chopped nuts.
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Many Ways for Cooking Eggs 2

EGGS A L'AURORE
Hard−boil six eggs, cut them into halves lengthwise, take out the yolks,
keeping them whole. Cut the whites into fine strips. Make a cream sauce.
Add to it two tablespoonfuls of finely chopped sardines or finely chopped
lobster or crab, a tablespoonful of tarragon vinegar. Add the whites of the
eggs, and, when quite hot, add the yolks, without breaking them. Turn this
at once into a heated dish, garnish the dish with triangular pieces of toast,
and send to the table. Or, if you like, make the sauce, season it and put a
layer into the bottom of the baking−dish, then a layer of Parmesan cheese,
then a layer of the yolks, pressed through a sieve, and so on, alternating,
having the last layer of the yolks of the eggs. Dust over a few bread
crumbs, put here and there bits of butter, and brown quickly in the oven.
EGGS A LA DAUPHIN
Remove the shells from six hard−boiled eggs, cut them into halves,
lengthwise, take out the yolks, press them through a sieve. Add four level
tablespoonfuls of melted butter, and half a teaspoonful of salt, a grating of
nutmeg and two tablespoonfuls of Parmesan cheese. Add half a cupful of
cream to a half cupful of sifted bread crumbs. Mix this with the yolks, rub
until smooth, then add one well−beaten egg, and the yolk of one egg. Cover
the bottom of the baking dish with the mixture forming it in a pyramid and
cover with the chopped whites. Have ready two extra hard−boiled eggs,
take out the yolks, press them through a sieve, all over the top. Garnish the
edges of the dish with triangular pieces of toasted bread, cover the whole
with cream sauce, brown in the oven, and serve at once.
EGGS A LA BENNETT
6 hard−boiled eggs 2 tablespoonfuls of butter 1 teaspoonful of anchovy
sauce 1 tablespoonful of finely chopped chives or onion 1/2 cupful of bread
crumbs 1/2 teaspoonful of salt
Cut the eggs into halves lengthwise; remove the yolks, rub them with half
the butter, salt, onion and anchovy paste. Fill these back into the whites.
Cover the bottom of a baking dish with ordinary white sauce, stand in the
eggs, put over the bread crumbs, baste them with the remaining butter,
melted, and stand in the oven long enough to brown.
EGGS BROULLI
Beat four eggs. Add to them four tablespoonfuls of stock, four
tablespoonfuls of cream, a saltspoonful of salt and half a saltspoonful of
pepper. Turn them into a saucepan, stand in a pan of hot water, stir with an
egg−beater until they are thick and jelly−like. Turn at once into a heated
dish, garnish with toast and send to the table.
SCALLOPED EGGS
4 hard−boiled eggs 2 tablespoonfuls of butter 2 level tablespoonfuls of
flour 1/2 pint of milk 1 cupful of finely chopped cold cooked chicken or
fish 1 teaspoonful of salt 1 saltspoonful of pepper
Chop the eggs rather fine. Rub the butter and flour together, add the milk,
stir until boiling, add the salt and pepper. Put a layer of eggs in the bottom
of a casserole, or baking dish, then a layer of the fish or chicken, then a
little white sauce, and so continue until the ingredients are used. Dust the
top thickly with bread crumbs and bake in a moderate oven until nicely
browned.
EGG FARCI
6 hard−boiled eggs 2 cupfuls of mashed potatoes 1 cupful of finely
chopped cold cooked meat 1 tablespoonful of chopped parsley 1
tablespoonful of butter 1 tablespoonful of flour 1 gill (a half cupful) of milk
1 level teaspoonful of salt 1 teaspoonful of onion juice 1 saltspoonful of
pepper
Hard−boil the eggs, chop them fine, mix them with the meat, add the salt,
pepper and parsley. Rub the butter and flour together, add the milk, stir
until boiling; add this gradually to the potatoes. When smooth add the
hard−boiled eggs, meat and parsley. Fill into small custard cups or into
shirring dishes, brush with milk and brown in the oven. These make a nice
supper or luncheon dish.
EGG BALLS
These are used for soup and for garnishing of vegetable dishes. Hard−boil
four eggs, throw them at once into cold water, remove the shells. Put the
yolks through a sieve, then add a half teaspoonful of salt, a dash of white
pepper and the yolk of one raw egg, or you may take a part of the white of
one egg. Mix thoroughly and make into balls the size of a marble, using
enough flour to prevent sticking to the hands. Drop these into a kettle of
boiling stock, or into hot fat. Drain on brown paper.
DEVILED EGG SALAD
6 eggs 1 head of lettuce 1 pimiento 1 teaspoonful of onion juice 1/2
teaspoonful of paprika 1/2 cupful of chopped boiled tongue 1 saltspoonful
of salt 1 saltspoonful of pepper
Hard−boil the eggs, throw them into cold water, remove the shells, cut
them lengthwise. Take out the yolks without breaking the whites. Rub the
yolks through a sieve into a bowl, then add the tongue and all the
seasoning. If the mixture is dry add a tablespoonful or two of cream or
olive oil. Roll the mixture into balls that will fit the spaces from which they
were taken in the whites, making each ball round. Arrange the lettuce over
a platter, stand the whites in the lettuce, and at serving time baste
thoroughly with French dressing.
JAPANESE HARD EGGS
1 cupful of rice 1/2 pint of white sauce 6 eggs 1 tablespoonful of chopped
parsley, if you have it, and a suspicion of onion juice
Put the eggs into a saucepan of cold water, bring to boiling point, and
simmer gently twenty minutes. Wash the rice through several cold waters,
sprinkle it into a kettle of boiling water and boil it for thirty minutes.
Remove the shells, break the eggs while they are hot, cut them into halves
crosswise. Make the cream sauce, and add the onion juice. When the rice is
done, drain, sprinkle it in the center of a large platter, press the halves of
the eggs down into it, and pour over the cream sauce. Garnish with the
chopped parsley. This takes the place of both meat and starchy vegetables
for either luncheon or supper.
EGGS EN MARINADE
1 dozen eggs 3 very red beets 1 quart of cider vinegar 24 whole cloves 1
teaspoonful of mustard seed 1 saltspoonful of celery seed 1 teaspoonful of
salt 2 saltspoonfuls of pepper
Hard−boil the eggs; plunge them into cold water and remove the shells.
Stick the cloves into the eggs. Pare the beets, cut them into blocks and boil
them in about a pint of water. To this water add the vinegar, bring it to
boiling point, add salt, pepper and the celery and mustard seed. Put the eggs
into a glass jar and pour over the boiling vinegar; put on the tops and stand
them aside for three weeks. A tablespoonful of grated horseradish or a half
cupful of nasturtium seeds will improve the flavor and prevent mold.
EGGS A LA POLONAISE
6 eggs 2 level tablespoonfuls of butter 1 tablespoonful of chopped parsley 1
teaspoonful of salt 1 saltspoonful of pepper
Hard−boil four of the eggs; when done remove the shells, cut the eggs into
halves lengthwise and take out the yolks, without breaking the whites. Press
the yolks through a sieve into a bowl, and add the raw yolks of the
remaining two eggs, with the parsley, salt and pepper. Beat the white of the
raw eggs until light, not stiff, then work them into the yolk mixture. Cover
the bottom of a shallow baking pan with part of this mixture, then fill the
spaces in the whites with some of the remaining mixture. Put the whites of
the eggs together, making them look like whole eggs. Arrange these in the
center of the dish. If you have any of the yolk mixture left, put it around in
a sort of a border. Pour over a little melted butter, dust thickly with soft
bread crumbs and bake in a quick oven until slightly brown. Serve plain or
with cream sauce.
EGGS A LA HYDE
6 eggs 1/2 can of mushrooms 1 tablespoonful of grated onion 2
tablespoonfuls of chopped parsley 1/2 cupful of sweet cream 2 level
tablespoonfuls of butter 2 level tablespoonfuls of flour 1/2 pint of chicken
stock or cocoanut milk 1 teaspoonful of salt 1 saltspoonful of pepper
Hard−boil the eggs, and when done remove the shells and cut the eggs into
halves lengthwise, keeping the whites whole. Remove the yolks, press them
through a sieve, add to them the cream, half the salt and a dash of cayenne.
Mix thoroughly and fill into the whites and arrange them neatly on a granite
or silver platter. Put the butter into a saucepan, add the onion and flour,
then the stock or cocoanut milk, and the mushrooms; stir, until it boils, add
the remaining salt and pepper; take from the fire and add the parsley. Pour
this over the eggs on the platter, dust thickly with bread crumbs, run into a
quick oven until brown.
EGGS A LA VINAIGRETTE
6 eggs 1 head of lettuce 8 tablespoonfuls of olive oil 1 tablespoonful of
chopped parsley 4 tablespoonfuls of vinegar 1 tablespoonful of chopped
gherkin 1 tablespoonful of chopped olives 1 tablespoonful of grated onion
Hard−boil the eggs, throw them into cold water; remove the shells and cut
them into slices lengthwise. Wash and dry the lettuce, arrange it on a small
meat platter, put over the top slices of hard−boiled eggs, letting one slice
overlap the other. Fill the center of the dish with sliced, peeled tomatoes.
Put a half teaspoonful of salt in a soup plate, add a saltspoonful of pepper
and the oil; put in a piece of ice and stir until the salt is dissolved. Remove
the ice, add all the other ingredients but the parsley, mix thoroughly, pour
this over the eggs, dust with parsley and serve as a supper dish.
EGGS A LA RUSSE
6 eggs 1 small can of caviar (2 tablespoonfuls) 1/2 pint of stock 1
teaspoonful of onion juice 1 dash of pepper
Hard−boil the eggs, remove the shells, cut them into halves lengthwise;
take out the yolks without breaking the whites, and press them through a
sieve, then add the caviar, onion juice and pepper. Heap these back into the
whites. Boil the stock until reduced one−half, baste the eggs carefully, run
them into the oven until hot, pour over the remaining hot stock and send to
the table.
EGGS LYONNAISE
6 eggs 1 onion 2 level tablespoonfuls of butter 2 level tablespoonfuls of
flour 1/2 pint of milk 1/2 teaspoonful of salt 1 dash of pepper
Hard−boil the eggs, remove the shells, throw them in cold water. Cut the
onion into thin slices; put it, with the butter, into a saucepan, shake until the
onion is tender, then add the flour, milk and seasoning; stir until boiling. At
serving time cut the eggs into slices crosswise, put them in a shallow
baking dish, cover with cream sauce and run in the oven just a moment
until they are very hot.
EGG CROQUETTES
6 eggs 1/2 pint of milk 2 level tablespoonfuls of butter 3 level
tablespoonfuls of flour 1 teaspoonful of onion juice 1 tablespoonful of
chopped parsley 1/2 saltspoonful of grated nutmeg 1 teaspoonful of salt 1
saltspoonful of pepper
Hard−boil the eggs and chop them fine. Rub the butter and flour together,
add the milk, stir until you have a thick, smooth paste. Add all the
seasoning to the egg, mix the eggs into the white sauce and turn out to cool.
When cold form into cylinders, dip in egg beaten with a tablespoonful of
water, roll in bread crumbs and fry in deep hot fat. Serve with cream sauce.
EGG CHOPS
6 hard−boiled eggs 1/2 pint of finely chopped cooked ham 1/2 pint of milk
2 level tablespoonfuls of butter 4 level tablespoonfuls of flour 1
tablespoonful of chopped parsley 1 teaspoonful of onion juice 1/2
teaspoonful of salt 1 dash of cayenne 1 dash of white pepper
Chop the eggs very fine, mix them with the ham; add the parsley, onion
juice and pepper. Rub the butter and flour together and add the milk. Stir
until you have a smooth, thick sauce, then add the salt; mix this with the
other ingredients and turn it out to cool. When cold form into a chop about
the size of an ordinary mutton chop. Dip first in egg beaten with a
tablespoonful of water, then cover carefully with bread crumbs and fry in
deep hot fat. Serve with either tomato or brown sauce.
PLAIN SCRAMBLED EGGS
Put two tablespoonfuls of butter in a shallow frying pan. Add a
tablespoonful of water to each egg. Six eggs are quite enough for four
people. Add a half teaspoonful of salt, and a saltspoonful of pepper. Give
two or three beats−−enough to break the eggs; turn them into the frying
pan, on the hot butter. Constantly scrape from the bottom of the pan with a
fork, while they are cooking. Serve with a garnish of broiled bacon and
toast.
SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH CHIPPED BEEF
Pull apart a quarter of a pound of chipped beef, cover with boiling water,
let it stand ten minutes, drain and dry. Put it into a saucepan with two level
tablespoonfuls of butter, four eggs, beaten until they are well mixed, and a
dash of pepper. Stir with a fork until the eggs are "set."
EGGS SCRAMBLED WITH LETTUCE
Remove the outside leaves from one head of lettuce; wash, dry, and with a
very sharp knife cut them into shreds. Chop sufficient onion to make a
tablespoonful. Put a tablespoonful of butter into a saucepan, add the onion,
shake until the onion is soft, then add six eggs, beaten without separating
until well mixed, but not light. Add a half teaspoonful of salt, a half
saltspoonful of pepper and the shredded lettuce. Stir with a fork until the
eggs are "set," turn at once onto a heated platter, garnish with triangular
pieces of toast and send to the table.
SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH SHRIMPS
6 eggs 1 can of shrimps or its equivalent in fresh shrimps 1 green pepper
1/2 pint of strained tomato 1/2 teaspoonful of salt
Beat the eggs until well mixed, without separating. Put the butter in a
saucepan, add the pepper, chopped; shake until the pepper is soft, add the
tomato and all the seasoning, and the shrimps. Bring to boiling point, push
to the back of the stove where it will simmer while you scramble the eggs.
Put the scrambled eggs on toast in the center of a platter, pour over and
around the shrimp mixture and send to the table.
EGGS SCRAMBLED WITH FRESH TOMATOES
3 tomatoes 4 eggs 1 teaspoonful of onion juice 1 level teaspoonful of salt 1
saltspoonful of pepper 2 tablespoonfuls of butter
Peel the tomatoes, cut them into halves and squeeze out the seeds. Cut the
tomatoes into small bits, put them into a saucepan with the salt, pepper and
butter; when these are hot add the eggs, beaten until well mixed, stir until
the eggs are "set," turn into a heated dish, garnish with toast and send to the
table.
EGGS SCRAMBLED WITH RICE AND TOMATO
This is an exceedingly nice dish for supper where one does not care for
meat. Four or six eggs can be used to each half−pint of cold boiled rice, and
either three fresh tomatoes, chopped, or two−thirds of a cupful of solid
strained tomato. Put a tablespoonful of butter, a half teaspoonful of salt, a
saltspoonful of pepper and the tomatoes into a saucepan; when hot add the
rice, and when the rice is hot add the eggs, beaten without being very light.
As soon as the eggs are "set" serve this in a vegetable dish covered with
squares of toasted bread. This recipe is also nice with hard−boiled eggs;
proceed as directed, and at last add the hard−boiled eggs, sliced.
SCRAMBLED EGGS WITH ASPARAGUS TIPS
1 small can of asparagus tips 6 eggs 1 tablespoonful of butter 1/2
teaspoonful of salt 1 dash of pepper
Beat the eggs, add the salt, pepper and butter. Put them into a saucepan, add
at once the asparagus tips and stir with a fork until the mixture is "set."
EGG FLIP
This dish is exceedingly nice for a child or an invalid. Separate one egg,
beat the white to a stiff froth, add the yolk and beat again. Heap this in a
pretty saucer, dust lightly with powdered sugar, put in the center a
teaspoonful of brandy, and serve at once. Sherry or Madeira may be
substituted for the brandy.
OMELETS
A plain French omelet is, perhaps, one of the most difficult of all things to
make; that is, it is the most difficult to have well made in the ordinary
private house. Failures come from beating the eggs until they are too light,
or having the butter too hot, or cooking the omelet too long before serving.
In large families, where it is necessary to use a dozen eggs, two omelets
will be better than one. A six−egg omelet is quite easily handled. Do not
use milk; it toughens the eggs and gives an unpleasant flavor to the omelet.
An "omelet pan," a shallow frying pan, should be kept especially for
omelets. Each time it is used rub until dry, but do not wash. Dust it with salt
and rub it with brown paper until perfectly clean.
To make an omelet: First, put a tablespoonful of butter in the middle of the
pan. Let it heat slowly. Break the eggs in a bowl, add a tablespoonful of
water to each egg and give twelve good, vigorous beats. To each six eggs
allow a saltspoonful of pepper, and, if you like, a tablespoonful of finely
chopped parsley. Take the eggs, a limber knife and the salt to the stove.
Draw the pan over the hottest part of the fire, turn in the eggs, and dust over
a half teaspoonful of salt. Shake the pan so that the omelet moves and folds
itself over each time you draw the pan towards you. Lift the edge of the
omelet, allowing the thin, uncooked portion of the egg to run underneath.
Shake again, until the omelet is "set." Have ready heated a platter, fold over
the omelet and turn it out. Garnish with parsley, and send to the table.
If one can make a plain French omelet, it may be converted into many,
many kinds.
OMELET WITH ASPARAGUS TIPS
Make a plain omelet from six eggs, have ready a half pint of cream sauce,
and either a can or a bundle of cooked asparagus. Cut off the tips,
preserving the lower portions for another dish. When the omelet is turned
onto the heated platter, put the asparagus tips at the ends, cover them with
cream sauce, pour the rest of the cream sauce in the platter, not over the
omelet.
OMELET WITH GREEN PEAS
Make a six−egg omelet. Have ready one pint of cooked peas, or a can of
peas, seasoned with salt, pepper and butter. Just before folding the omelet
put a tablespoonful of peas in the center, fold, and turn out on a heated
platter. Pour the remaining quantity of peas around the omelet, and send at
once to the table. If you like, you may pour over, also, a half pint of cream
sauce.
HAVANA OMELET
Put two tablespoonfuls of butter and two chopped onions over hot water
until the onion is soft and thoroughly cooked. Peel four tomatoes, cut them
into halves and press out the seeds. Then cut each half into quarters, add
four Spanish peppers cut in strips, a level teaspoonful of salt and a dash of
red pepper. Cook until the tomato is soft. Make a six−egg omelet. Turn it
onto a heated platter, put the tomato mixture at the ends, and send at once
to the table.
OMELET WITH TOMATO SAUCE
Make a plain omelet with six eggs. Pour over a half pint of tomato sauce,
and send to the table.
OMELET WITH OYSTERS
Drain, wash, and drain again twenty−five oysters. Throw them into a hot
saucepan and shake until the gills curl. Rub together two level
tablespoonfuls of flour and two of butter. Drain the oysters, put the liquor
into a half−pint cup, add sufficient milk to fill the cup. Add this to the
butter and flour. When boiling, add the oysters, a level teaspoonful of salt
and a dash of red pepper. Make a six−egg omelet, turn it onto a heated dish,
arrange the oysters around the omelet, pour over the cream sauce, and send
to the table.
OMELET WITH SWEETBREADS
This is a very good way to make sweetbreads do double duty. Boil a pair of
sweetbreads until they are tender. Remove the membrane, cut them into
slices; make a cream sauce. Add the sweetbreads, and, if you like, a half
can of chopped mushrooms. Make a six−egg omelet, arrange the slices of
sweetbread around the omelet and pour over the cream sauce.
OMELET WITH TOMATOES
Beat six eggs. Add a half pint of rather thick stewed tomatoes, a level
teaspoonful of salt and a saltspoonful of pepper. Beat the eggs and tomatoes
together, and make precisely the same as a plain omelet. Do not, however,
add water, as the tomatoes answer the purpose.
OMELET WITH HAM
Mix a half cup of chopped ham with the eggs after they have been beaten
with the water, and finish the same as a plain omelet.
OMELET WITH CHEESE
Beat six eggs until they are thoroughly mixed. Add a half cupful of thick
cream, four tablespoonfuls of grated cheese, a saltspoonful of black pepper
and a half teaspoonful of salt. Mix and finish the same as plain omelet.
OMELET WITH FINE HERBS
Beat six eggs until thoroughly mixed. Add a half cupful of cream, a
tablespoonful of finely chopped parsley, a saltspoonful of pepper and a half
teaspoonful of salt. Finish the same as a plain omelet. Serve on a heated
platter and put over a little thin Spanish sauce.
SPANISH OMELET
Beat six eggs. Add six tablespoonfuls of water. Add a saltspoonful of
pepper, a tablespoonful of finely chopped parsley, a teaspoonful of onion
juice. Put six thin slices of bacon in the omelet pan. Cook slowly until all
the fat is tried out. Remove the bacon, add a tablespoonful of chopped
onion. Cook until the onion is slightly brown, turn in the eggs and finish the
same as a plain omelet. Turn onto a heated platter, garnish with red and
green peppers, and, if you like, put two tablespoonfuls of stewed tomatoes
at each end of the omelet.
OMELET JARDINIERE
Chop sufficient chives to make a tablespoonful. Add a tablespoonful of
parsley, a tablespoonful of finely chopped onion, and, if you have it, a little
of the green tops of celery. Mix this with six eggs, add six tablespoonfuls of
water and beat. Make the same as a plain omelet.
OMELET WITH FRESH MUSHROOMS
This is one of the most delicious of all the luncheon dishes. Put two
tablespoonfuls of butter, a pound of mushrooms, sliced, a half cup of milk
and a teaspoonful of salt into a saucepan. Cover and cook slowly for twenty
minutes. Make two six−egg omelets. Turn them, side by side, on a large
heated platter, pour over the fresh mushrooms and serve at once.
OMELET O'BRIEN
Put two tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan with four tablespoonfuls of
chopped onion. Cook until the onion is tender. Then add four chopped
Spanish peppers, two tablespoonfuls of thick tomato, or one whole raw
tomato cut into bits, four sliced cooked okra, a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of
pepper. Let these cook twenty minutes. Make a six−egg plain omelet, using
bacon fat instead of butter for the cooking. Remove the slices of bacon
before they are too hard, as they must be used for a garnish. Turn the
omelet onto a heated platter, pour around it the pepper mixture, garnish
with the bacon, and send to the table. Canned mushrooms may be added, if
desired.
OMELET WITH POTATOES
4 eggs 1 cupful of mashed potatoes 2 level tablespoonfuls of butter 1
tablespoonful of chopped parsley 1 level teaspoonful of salt 1 saltspoonful
of pepper
Beat the eggs, without separating, until thoroughly mixed; add them
gradually to the mashed potato, beating all the while; add the salt and
pepper. Put the butter into a good−sized saute or omelet pan; when hot, turn
the ingredients into the pan, and smooth it down with a pallet knife. Let this
cook slowly until nicely browned; fold it over as you would a plain omelet,
and turn onto a heated dish. The parsley may be sprinkled over the top, or
added to the mixture.
SWEET OMELETS
OMELET A LA WASHINGTON
Put three eggs into a bowl, and three into another bowl. Add three
tablespoonfuls of water to each, and beat. Have two omelet pans, in which
you have melted butter. Grate an apple into one bowl, and into the other put
a little salt and pepper. Stand two tablespoonfuls of jelly in a dish over hot
water while you cook the omelets. Proceed as for plain omelet. The one to
which you have added the apple, turn out on a plate. Before folding the
other, put in the center the softened currant jelly, then fold it and turn it out
by the side of the other omelet. Dust both with powdered sugar, and send at
once to the table. Serve a portion of each.
OMELET WITH RUM
Make a plain omelet with six eggs, turn it on a heated platter. Dust it with
powdered sugar, and score it across the top with a red−hot poker. Dip four
lumps of sugar into Jamaica rum and put them on the platter. Put over the
omelet four tablespoonfuls of rum; touch a lighted match to the rum, and
carry the omelet to the table, burning. Baste it with the burning rum until
the alcohol is entirely burned off.
SWISS SOUFFLE
Allow one egg to each person. Have everything in readiness. The
maraschino cherries must be drained free from the liquor. Separate the
eggs. Beat the whites until they are stiff. Add a level tablespoonful of
powdered sugar to each white, and beat until dry and glossy. Add the yolks
of three eggs. Mix quickly. Add the grated rind of one lemon and a
tablespoonful of lemon juice. Heap this into individual dishes. Make a tiny
little hole in the center and put in a maraschino cherry, leaving the hole
large enough to hold a tablespoonful of the liquor when the omelet is ready
to serve; dust it with powdered sugar, bake in a quick oven about three
minutes, take it from the oven, pour in the maraschino juice and send at
once to the table. These will fall if baked too much, but when well made
and served quickly, is one of the daintiest of desserts.
OMELET A LA DUCHESSE
This is a sweet baked omelet, and is served the same as one would serve an
omelet souffle.
6 eggs 1/2 cupful of water 1/2 a lemon's yellow rind, grated 1/2 cupful of
thick cream 1/2 cupful of granulated sugar 1 teaspoonful of vanilla or
orange flower water 1 small bit of cinnamon
Put the sugar, water, cinnamon and lemon rind over the fire, boil until it
spins a thread and stand aside to cool. Separate the eggs; beat the yolks
until creamy, and add the cream, then the strained syrup. Add the vanilla,
and when cool fold in the well−beaten whites. Turn at once into a shallow
silver or granite dish, dust thickly with powdered sugar and bake in a quick
oven until brown.
OMELET SOUFFLE
This is, perhaps, one of the most difficult of all dishes to make. When,
however, you have accomplished the art, you have one of the most
satisfactory desserts. Like the preceding recipe, it must be made at the last
moment and sent from the oven directly to the table. The eggs must be
beaten to just the right point and the oven must be very hot. Get everything
in readiness before beginning to make the souffle.
Select a bowl, perfectly clean, and arrange the star tube and pastry bag, if
you are going to use one. If not, get out a baking dish. Sift six
tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar. Separate six eggs. Put three of the yolks
aside (as you will only use three), and beat the other three until creamy.
Beat the whites until they are very stiff but not dry or broken. Now add
three tablespoonfuls of the sifted powdered sugar. Beat for fully ten
minutes. Then add the beaten yolks, the grated rind of a lemon and at the
last a tablespoonful of lemon juice. Mix carefully and quickly, but
thoroughly. Put four or five tablespoonfuls of this in the bottom of a platter,
or baking dish. Put the remaining quantity quickly in the pastry bag, and
press it out into roses. It is easier to make it in small rosettes all over the
foundation. Dust quickly with the remaining three tablespoonfuls of sugar.
Bake in a quick oven until golden brown. This will take about five minutes.
Serve immediately. To be just right, this must be hot to the very center,
crisp on top, moist underneath. If baked too long, the moment the top is
touched it will fall, becoming stringy and unpalatable.
Omelet souffles are frequently flavored with rum, which must be mixed
with the sugar. Sometimes they are sprayed with sherry just as they are
taken from the oven. They may be built up into different forms, and
garnished with candied or maraschino cherries, or chopped nuts.

Many Ways for Cooking Eggs 1

SAUCES
English Drawn Butter, Plain Hollandaise; Anchovy, Bechamel, Tarragon,
Horseradish, Cream or White, Brown Butter, Perigueux, Tomato, Paprika,
Curry, Italian
COOKING OF EGGS
To Preserve Eggs, Egging and Crumbing, Shirred Eggs, Mexicana, On a
Plate, de Lesseps, Meyerbeer, a la Reine, au Miroir, a la Paysanne, a la
Trinidad, Rossini, Baked in Tomato Sauce, a la Martin, a la Valenciennes,
Fillets, a la Suisse, with Nut−Brown Butter, Timbales, Coquelicot, Suzette,
en Cocotte. Steamed in the Shell, Birds' Nests, Eggs en Panade, Egg
Pudding, a la Bonne Femme, To Poach Eggs, Eggs Mirabeau, Norwegian,
Prescourt, Courtland, Louisiana, Richmond, Hungarian, Nova Scotia,
Lakme, Malikoff, Virginia, Japanese, a la Windsor, Buckingham, Poached
on Fried Tomatoes, a la Finnois, a la Gretna, a l'Imperatrice, with
Chestnuts, a la Regence, a la Livingstone, Mornay, Zanzibar, Monte Bello,
a la Bourbon, Bernaise, a la Rorer, Benedict, To Hard−boil, Creole,
Curried, Beauregard, Lafayette, Jefferson, Washington, au Gratin, Deviled,
a la Tripe, a l'Aurore, a la Dauphin, a la Bennett, Brouilli, Scalloped, Farci,
Balls, Deviled Salad, Japanese Hard, en Marinade, a la Polonnaise, a la
Hyde, a la Vinaigrette, a la Russe, Lyonnaise, Croquettes, Chops, Plain
Scrambled, Scrambled with Chipped Beef, Scrambled with Lettuce,
Scrambled with Shrimps, Scrambled with Fresh Tomatoes, Scrambled with
Rice and Tomato, Scrambled with Asparagus Tips, Egg Flip
OMELETS
Omelet with Asparagus Tips, with Green Peas, Havana, with Tomato
Sauce, with Oysters, with Sweetbreads, with Tomatoes, with Ham, with
Cheese, with Fine Herbs, Spanish, Jardiniere, with Fresh Mushrooms,
O'Brien, with Potatoes
SWEET OMELETS
Omelet a la Washington, with Rum, Swiss Souffle, a la Duchesse, Souffle
SAUCES
The philosophy of a sauce, when understood, enables even an untrained
cook to make a great variety of every day sauces from materials usually
found in every household; to have them uniform, however, flavorings must
be correctly blended, and measurements must be rigidly observed. Two
level tablespoonfuls of butter or other fat, two level tablespoonfuls of flour,
must be used to each half pint of liquid. If the yolks of eggs are added, omit
one tablespoonful of flour or the sauce will be too thick. Tomato sauce
should be flavored with onion, a little mace, and a suspicion of curry.
Brown sauce may be simply seasoned with salt and pepper, flavored and
colored with kitchen bouquet. Spanish sauce should also be flavored with
mushrooms, or if you can afford it, a truffle, a little chopped ham, a
tablespoonful of chives, shallot and garlic. Water sauce, drawn butter and
simple sauce Hollandaise, when they are served with fish, must be flavored
with a dash of tarragon vinegar, salt and pepper.
3 tablespoonfuls of butter 1/2 pint of boiling water 2 tablespoonfuls of flour
1/2 teaspoonful of salt 1 dash of pepper
Rub two tablespoonfuls of butter and the flour together, add the boiling
water, stir until boiling, add the salt and pepper; take from the fire, add the
remaining tablespoonful of butter and it is ready for use. It must not be
boiled after the last butter is added.
PLAIN SAUCE HOLLANDAISE
Make English drawn butter and add to it, when done, the yolks of two eggs
beaten with two tablespoonfuls of water; cook until thick and jelly−like,
take from the fire and add one tablespoonful of tarragon vinegar or the juice
of half a lemon.
ANCHOVY SAUCE
Rub two teaspoonfuls of anchovy essence with the butter and flour and then
finish the same as English drawn butter.
SAUCE BECHAMEL
2 tablespoonfuls of butter 1 yolk of an egg 1/2 cup of milk 1 saltspoonful of
pepper 1 tablespoonful of flour 1/2 cup of stock 1/2 teaspoonful of salt
Rub the butter and flour together, add the stock and the milk and stir until
boiling; add the salt and pepper, take from the fire and add the beaten yolk
of the egg, heat for a moment over hot water, and it is ready for use.
TARRAGON SAUCE
Add two tablespoonfuls of tarragon vinegar to an English drawn butter.
HORSERADISH SAUCE
Make an English drawn butter, and, just at serving time, add a half cupful
of freshly grated horseradish. If you are obliged to use that preserved in
vinegar, press it perfectly dry before using it.
CREAM OR WHITE SAUCE
2 tablespoonfuls of butter 1/2 pint of milk 2 tablespoonfuls of flour 1/2
teaspoonful of salt 1 saltspoonful of pepper
Rub the butter and flour together, add the milk cold and stir until boiling;
add the pepper and salt and it is ready for use.
BROWN BUTTER SAUCE
6 tablespoonfuls of butter 1 teaspoonful of mushroom catsup 1
tablespoonful of vinegar 4 tablespoonfuls of stock
Melt the butter, brown it and then skim; pour it carefully into a clean
saucepan, add the vinegar, catsup and stock, boil a minute, and it is ready
for use.
SAUCE PERIGUEUX
4 tablespoonfuls of butter 1/2 pint of stock 1 glass of white wine 1/2
teaspoonful of salt 2 tablespoonfuls of flour 1 bay leaf 2 chopped truffles 1
saltspoonful of pepper 1 teaspoonful of kitchen bouquet
Chop the truffles and put them with the bay leaf and wine in a saucepan on
the back of the stove. Rub half the butter and flour together, add the stock,
stir until boiling and add one teaspoonful of kitchen bouquet, the salt and
pepper, and then the truffles; cook ten minutes, add the remaining quantity
of butter and use at once.
TOMATO SAUCE
Rub together two level tablespoonfuls of flour and two of butter. Add a half
pint of strained tomatoes. Stir until boiling. Add a teaspoonful of onion
juice, a half teaspoonful of salt and a saltspoonful of pepper. Strain and use.
PAPRIKA SAUCE
Rub together two level tablespoonfuls of flour and two of butter, with a
tablespoonful of paprika. Add a half pint of chicken stock. Stir until
boiling. Add a half teaspoonful of salt, and strain. This sauce may be used
over chicken as well as eggs.
CURRY SAUCE
Chop fine one onion. Cook it with two level tablespoonfuls of butter until
soft. Do not brown. Add two level tablespoonfuls of flour, one teaspoonful
of curry powder and a half teaspoonful of salt. Mix and add a half pint of
boiling water. Stir until boiling, and strain.
ITALIAN SAUCE
Chop sufficient carrot to make a tablespoonful; chop one onion. Place them
in a saucepan with three level tablespoonfuls of butter, a bay leaf and a
blade of mace. Shake the pan over the fire until the vegetables are slightly
browned. Drain off the butter and add to it two level tablespoonfuls of
flour, a half cupful of good stock, a half cupful of strained tomatoes, and
bring to a boil. Add a half teaspoonful of salt and a dash of cayenne. Strain.
Stir until boiling, strain again and add four tablespoonfuls of sherry.
COOKING OF EGGS
Any single food containing all the elements necessary to supply the
requirements of the body is called a complete or typical food. Milk and
eggs are frequently so called, because they sustain the young animals of
their kind during a period of rapid growth. Nevertheless, neither of these
foods forms a perfect diet for the human adult. Both are highly nutritious,
but incomplete.
Served with bread or rice, they form an admirable meal and one that is
nutritious and easily digested. The white of eggs, almost pure albumin, is
nutritious, and, when cooked in water at 170 degrees Fahrenheit, requires
less time for perfect digestion than a raw egg. The white of a hard−boiled
egg is tough and quite insoluble. The yolk, however, if the boiling has been
done carefully for twenty minutes, is mealy and easily digested. Fried eggs,
no matter what fat is used, are hard, tough and insoluble. The yolk of an
egg cooks at a lower temperature than the white, and for this reason an egg
should not be boiled unless the yolk alone is to be used.
Ten eggs are supposed to weigh a pound, and, unless they are unusually
large or small, this is quite correct.
Eggs contain from 72 to 84 per cent. of water, about 12 to 14 per cent. of
albuminoids. The yolk is quite rich in fat; the white deficient. They also
contain mineral matter and extractives.
To ascertain the freshness of an egg without breaking it, hold your hand
around the egg toward a bright light or the sun and look through it. If the
yolk appears quite round and the white clear, it is fresh. Or, if you put it in
a bucket of water and it falls on its side, it is fresh. If it sort of topples in the
water, standing on its end, it is fairly fresh, but, if it floats, beware of it. The
shell of a fresh egg looks dull and porous. As it begins to age, the shell
takes on a shiny appearance. If an egg is kept any length of time, a portion
of its water evaporates, which leaves a space in the shell, and the egg will
"rattle." An egg that rattles may be perfectly good, and still not absolutely
fresh.
TO PRESERVE EGGS
To preserve eggs it is only necessary to close the pores of the shells. This
may be done by dipping them in melted paraffine, or packing them in salt,
small ends down; or pack them in a keg and cover them with brine; or pack
them in a keg, small ends down and cover them with lime water; this not
only protects them from the air, but acts as a germicide.
Eggs should not be packed for winter use later than the middle of May or
earlier than the first of April. Where large quantities of the yolks are used,
the whites may be evaporated and kept in glass bottles or jars. Spread them
out on a stoneware or granite plate and allow them to evaporate at the
mouth of a cool oven. When the mixture is perfectly dry, put it away. This
powder is capable of taking up the same amount of water that has been
evaporated from it, and may then be used the same as fresh whites.
EGGS AND CRUMBING
To do this successfully one must prepare a mixture, and not use the egg
alone. If an egg mixture or a croquette is dipped in beaten egg and rolled in
cracker crumbs and dropped into fat, it always has a greasy covering. This
is the wrong way. To do it successfully and have the articles handsome,
beat the egg until well mixed, add a teaspoonful of olive oil, a
tablespoonful of water and a dash of pepper. Dip the articles into this
mixture, and then drop them on quite a thick bed of either sifted dry bread
crumbs or soft white bread crumbs.
I prefer sifted dry bread crumbs for croquettes, and soft white crumbs for
lobster cutlets and deviled crabs.
SHIRRED EGGS
Cover the bottoms of individual dishes with a little butter and a few fresh
bread crumbs; drop into each dish two fresh eggs; stand this dish in a pan of
hot water and cook in the oven until the whites are "set." Put a tiny bit of
butter in the middle of each, and a dusting of salt and pepper.
EGGS MEXICANA
Put two tablespoonfuls of butter in a saucepan. Add four tablespoonfuls of
finely chopped onion and shake until the onion is soft, but not brown. Then
add four Spanish peppers cut in strips, a dash of red pepper and a half pint
of tomatoes; the tomatoes should be in rather solid pieces. Add a seasoning
of pepper and salt. Let this cook slowly while you shir the desired quantity
of eggs. When the eggs are ready to serve, put two tablespoonfuls of this
sauce at each side of the dish, and send at once to the table.
EGGS ON A PLATE
Rub the bottom of a baking dish with butter. Dust it lightly with salt and
pepper. Break in as many fresh eggs as required. Stand the dish in a basin
of water and cook in the oven five minutes, or until the whites are "set."
While these are cooking, put two tablespoonfuls of butter in a pan and
shake over the fire until it browns. When the eggs are done, baste them
with the browned butter, and send to the table.
EGGS DE LESSEPS
Shir the eggs as directed. Have ready, carefully boiled, two sets of calves'
brains; cut them into slices; put two or three slices between the eggs, and
then pour over browned butter sauce.
EGGS MEYERBEER
To each half dozen eggs allow three lambs' kidneys. Broil the kidneys. Shir
the eggs as directed in the first recipe. When done, put half a kidney on
each side of the plate and pour over sauce Perigueux.
EGGS A LA REINE
6 eggs 1/2 pint of chopped cold cooked chicken 1/2 can of mushrooms 2
tablespoonfuls of butter 2 tablespoonfuls of flour 1/2 pint of milk 1/2
teaspoonful of salt 1 saltspoonful of pepper
Use ordinary shirring dishes for the eggs; butter them, break into each one
egg, stand these in a pan of boiling water and in the oven until they are
"set." Rub the butter and flour together, add the milk, stir until boiling, add
the salt, pepper, chopped chicken and mushrooms, and put one
tablespoonful of this on top of each egg and send at once to the table. This
is also nice if you put a tablespoonful of the mixture in the bottom of the
dish, break the egg into it, and then at serving time put another
tablespoonful over the top.
EGGS AU MIROIR
Cover the bottom of a graniteware or silver platter with fresh bread crumbs,
break in as many eggs as are needed for the number of persons to be served.
Put bits of butter here and there, stand the platter over a baking pan of hot
water in the oven until the eggs are "set," dust them with salt and pepper
and send them to the table.
EGGS A LA PAYSANNE
6 eggs 1/2 cupful of cream 2 tablespoonfuls of grated onion 1 clove of
garlic 1/2 teaspoonful of salt 1 saltspoonful of pepper
Add the onion and the garlic, mashed, to the cream; pour it in the bottom of
a baking dish, break on top the eggs, dust with salt and pepper, stand the
baking dish in a pan of water and cook in the oven until the eggs are "set."
Serve in the dish in which they are cooked.
EGGS A LA TRINIDAD
6 eggs 2 lamb's kidneys 1 cupful of fresh bread crumbs 2 level
tablespoonfuls of butter 2 level tablespoonfuls of flour 1/2 pint of stock 1
teaspoonful of kitchen bouquet 1/2 teaspoonful of salt 1 saltspoonful of
pepper
Split the kidneys, cut out the tubes; scald them, drain, and cut them into
thin slices. Put the butter into a saucepan, add the kidneys, toss until the
kidneys are cooked, then add the flour, stock, kitchen bouquet, salt and
pepper; stir until boiling. Grease a shallow granite or silver platter, break
into it the eggs, sprinkle over the bread crumbs and stand them in the oven
until the eggs are "set," then pour over the sauce, arrange the kidneys
around the edge of the dish and send at once to the table.
EGGS ROSSINI
6 eggs 4 chicken livers 12 nice mushrooms 1/2 cupful of stock 1/2
teaspoonful of salt 1 dash of pepper
Put the stock in a saucepan and boil rapidly until reduced one−half, add a
drop or two of browning. Throw the chicken livers into boiling water and
let them simmer gently for ten minutes; drain. Slice the mushrooms and put
them, with the livers, into the stock; let them stand until you have cooked
the eggs. Put a tablespoonful of butter in the bottom of a shallow platter;
when melted break in the eggs, stand them in the oven until "set," garnish
with the livers and mushrooms and pour over the sauce.
EGGS BAKED IN TOMATO SAUCE
Make a tomato sauce. Pour one−half in the bottom of a baking dish or
granite platter, break in from four to six fresh eggs, cover with the other
half of the sauce, dust the top with grated cheese, and bake in a moderate
oven until "set," about fifteen or twenty minutes. Serve for supper in the
place of meat.
EGGS A LA MARTIN
Make a half pint of cream sauce. Put half of it in the bottom of a baking
dish or into the bottom of ramekin dishes or individual cups. Break fresh
eggs on top of the cream sauce, dust with a little salt and pepper, pour over
the remaining cream sauce, sprinkle the top with grated cheese, and bake in
a moderate oven until the cheese is browned and eggs are "set." Serve in
the dish or dishes in which they are cooked.
EGGS A LA VALENCIENNE
6 eggs 1 pint of dry boiled rice 1/2 pint of strained tomato 2 mushrooms 2
tablespoonfuls of grated Parmesan cheese 2 level tablespoonfuls of butter 2
level tablespoonfuls of flour 1/2 saltspoonful of grated nutmeg 1/2
teaspoonful of paprika 1 teaspoonful of salt 1/2 saltspoonful of pepper
Rub the butter and flour together, add the strained tomato, stir until boiling,
add the mushrooms, sliced, salt, paprika, nutmeg and pepper. Take a
granite or silver platter, put in two tablespoonfuls of butter extra, let the
butter melt and heat; break into this the eggs, being very careful not to
break the yolks. Let the eggs cook in the oven until "set." Then put around
the edge of the dish as a garnish the boiled rice, pour over the eggs the
tomato sauce, dust the top with the Parmesan cheese and send at once to the
table.
FILLETS OF EGGS
6 eggs 4 tablespoonfuls of good stock 1/2 teaspoonful of salt 1 saltspoonful
of pepper
Beat the eggs with the stock, add the salt and pepper. Turn them into a
buttered square pan, stand this in another of boiling water, and cook in the
oven until the eggs are thoroughly "set." Cut the preparation into thin fillets
or slices, dip in either a thin batter made from one egg, a half cupful of milk
and flour to thicken, or they may be dipped in beaten egg, rolled in bread
crumbs and fried in deep hot fat. Arrange the fillets in a platter on a napkin,
one overlapping the other; garnish with parsley and send to the table with a
boat of tomato or white sauce.
EGGS A LA SUISSE
Cover the bottom of a baking dish with about two tablespoonfuls of butter
cut into bits. On top of this, very thin slices of Swiss cheese. Break over
some fresh eggs. Dust with salt and pepper. To each half dozen eggs, pour
over a half cup of cream. Then cover the top with grated Swiss cheese and
bake in the oven until the cheese is melted and the eggs "set." Send this to
the table with a plate of dry toast.
EGGS WITH NUT−BROWN BUTTER
These eggs may be shirred or poached and served on toast. Put two
tablespoonfuls of butter in a saute or frying pan. As soon as it begins to
heat, break into it the eggs and cook slightly until the yolks are "set;" dish
them at once on toast or thin slices of broiled ham. Put two more
tablespoonfuls of butter in the pan, let it brown, and add two tablespoonfuls
of vinegar; boil it up once and pour over the eggs.
EGG TIMBALES
Butter small timbale molds or custard cups, dust the bottoms and sides with
chopped tongue and finely chopped mushrooms. Break into each mold one
fresh egg. Stand the mold in a baking pan half filled with boiling water, and
cook in the oven, until the eggs are "set." Have ready nicely toasted rounds
of bread, one for each cup, and a well−made tomato or cream sauce.
Loosen the eggs from the cups with a knife, turn each out onto a round of
toast, arrange neatly on a heated platter, fill the bottom of the platter with
cream or tomato sauce, garnish the dish with nicely seasoned green peas
and serve at once.
EGGS COQUELICOT
Grease small custard or timbale cups and put inside of each a cooked
Spanish pepper. Drop in the pepper one egg. Dust it lightly with salt, stand
the cups in a pan of boiling water and cook in the oven until the eggs are
"set." Toast one round of bread for each cup and make a half pint of cream
sauce. When the eggs are "set," fill the bottom of the serving platter with
cream sauce, loosen the peppers from the cups and turn them out on the
rounds of toast. Stand them in the cream sauce, dust on top of each a little
chopped parsley and send to the table.
EGGS SUZETTE
Bake as many potatoes as you have persons to serve. When done, cut off
the sides, scoop out a portion of the potato, leaving a wall about a half inch
thick. Mash the scooped−out portion, add to it a little hot milk, salt and
pepper, and put it into a pastry bag. Put a little salt, pepper and butter into
each potato and break in a fresh egg. Press the potato from the pastry bag
through a star tube around the edge of the potato, forming a border. Stand
these in a baking pan and bake until the eggs are "set." Put a tablespoonful
of cream sauce in the center of each, and send to the table.
EGGS EN COCOTTE
Chop fine one good−sized onion. Cook it, over hot water, in two level
tablespoonfuls of butter. When the onion is soft add a quarter of a can of
mushrooms, chopped fine, two level tablespoonfuls of flour and one cupful
of stock. Stir until boiling. Add a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, a half
teaspoonful of salt and a saltspoonful of pepper. Put a tablespoonful of this
sauce in the bottom of individual cups. Break into each cup one egg. Pour
over the remaining mixture. Stand the cups in a pan of hot water and bake
in a moderate oven about five minutes.
EGGS STEAMED IN THE SHELL
Eggs put into hot water and kept away from the fire are much better than
eggs actually boiled for only a short time. The greater the number of eggs
to be cooked, the greater the amount of water that must be used. To cook
four eggs, put them into a kettle, pour over them two quarts of water, cover
the kettle and allow them to stand for ten minutes. Lift them from the
water, put them into a large bowl, cover with boiling water, and send at
once to the table. The whites will be coagulated, but should be soft and
creamy, while the yolks will be perfectly cooked. If you should add six
eggs to this volume of water, lengthen the time of standing. A single egg,
dropped into a quart of water, must stand five minutes.
BIRDS' NESTS
Separate the eggs, allowing one to each person. Beat the whites to a stiff
froth. Heap them into individual dishes, make a nest, or hole, in the center.
Drop into this a whole yolk. Stand the dish in a pan of water, cover, and
cook in the oven about two or three minutes. Dust lightly with salt and
pepper, put a tiny bit of butter in the center of each, and send at once to the
table. This is one of the most sightly of all egg dishes.
EGGS EN PANADE
2 eggs 6 slices of bread 1/2 cupful of milk or cream 4 tablespoonfuls of
olive oil 1 tablespoonful of chopped parsley 1/2 teaspoonful of salt 1
saltspoonful of pepper
Trim the crusts from the bread. Beat the eggs until well mixed, but not
light, then add the milk or cream, salt and pepper. Put the oil in a shallow
frying pan, dip the slices of bread in the beaten egg and drop them into the
hot oil; when brown on one side, turn and brown the other. Dish on a hot
platter, dust with the chopped parsley and send at once to the table.
EGG PUDDING
6 eggs 6 slices of bread 1 tablespoonful of chopped parsley 2
tablespoonfuls of chopped chives 2 tablespoonfuls of butter 1 tablespoonful
of flour 1/2 pint of milk 1/2 teaspoonful of salt 1 saltspoonful of white
pepper
Break the eggs in a bowl, add all the seasoning. Rub the butter and flour
together, add the milk, stir until boiling, and then add this to the eggs; beat
together until thoroughly mixed. Crumb the bread, removing the crusts; stir
this in at last. Turn into a buttered baking dish, cover with grated cheese,
and bake in the oven until thoroughly "set" and a nice brown. It makes an
exceedingly good, easily digested luncheon or supper dish for children.
EGGS A LA BONNE FEMME
1 Spanish or 2 Bermuda onions 2 level tablespoonfuls of butter 2 level
tablespoonfuls of flour 1/2 pint of milk 6 eggs 1 teaspoonful of salt 1
saltspoonful of pepper 1/2 saltspoonful of grated nutmeg
Separate the whites and yolks of the eggs. Put the butter into a saucepan,
add the onions, cut into very thin slices; shake until the onions are soft, but
not brown, then dust over the flour, mix, and add the milk, salt, pepper and
nutmeg. Stir carefully until this reaches boiling point, then stand it on the
back part of the stove where it will keep hot for at least ten minutes. Beat
the yolks of the eggs until very creamy, then stir them into the sauce, take
from the fire, and fold in the well−beaten whites of the eggs. Turn into a
baking dish or casserole and bake in a hot oven fifteen minutes; serve at
once.
TO POACH EGGS
Use a shallow frying pan partly filled with boiling water. The eggs must be
perfectly fresh. The white of an egg is held in a membrane which seems to
lose its tenacity after the egg is three days old. Such an egg, when dropped
into boiling water, spreads out; that is, it does not retain its shape. When
ready to poach eggs, take the required number to the stove. The water must
be boiling hot, but not actually bubbling. Break an egg into a saucer, slide it
quickly into the water, and then another and another. Pull the pan to the
side of the stove, where the water cannot possibly boil. With a tablespoon,
baste the water over the yolks of the eggs, if they happen to be exposed.
They must be entirely covered with a thin veil of the white. Have ready the
desired quantity of toast on a heated platter, lift each egg with a slice or
skimmer, trim off the ragged edges and slide them at once on the toast.
Dust with salt and pepper, baste with melted butter, and send to the table.
EGGS MIRABEAU
Cut a sufficient number of rounds of bread, toast them carefully and cover
them with _pate de foie gras_, put on top of each a poached egg, pour over
sauce Perigueux, and send to the table.
EGGS NORWEGIAN
Cover rounds of toasted bread first with butter and then with anchovy paste,
put on top of each a poached egg, pour over anchovy sauce, and send at
once to the table.
EGGS PRESCOURT
Toast slices of bread, put thin slices of chicken on each, on top of this a
poached egg, cover with sauce Bernaise, and serve at once.
EGGS COURTLAND
Mince sufficient cold chicken to make a half cupful. Make a half pint of
cream sauce, add the minced chicken, a half teaspoonful of salt and a dash
of red pepper. Toast a sufficient quantity of bread, put it on a heated platter,
pour over a small quantity of the minced chicken and cream sauce, put on
each a poached egg, cover with the remaining sauce, dust with parsley and
serve with a garnish of green peas.
EGGS LOUISIANA
Make a half pint of tomato sauce, toast a sufficient quantity of bread, butter
the bread and put on each slice a poached egg; cover with the tomato sauce.
EGGS RICHMOND
Chop sufficient cold chicken to make a half cupful, add an equal quantity
of finely−chopped mushrooms, add this to a half pint of cream sauce. Add
one unbeaten egg to a pint of cold boiled rice, season it with salt and
pepper, make into round, flat cakes, and fry in hot fat. Arrange these on a
heated platter, pour over the cream sauce mixture, and put on top of each a
poached egg.
HUNGARIAN EGGS
Boil a cup of rice until tender and dry. Make a half pint of paprika sauce.
Turn the rice into the center of a platter, smooth it down, cover the top with
poached eggs, pour over the paprika sauce and send at once to the table.
EGGS NOVA SCOTIA
Put a poached egg on top of a flat codfish cake, pour over cream or tomato
sauce, and send to the table.
EGGS LAKME
Cut cold chicken or turkey into very thin slices, and stand over hot water, in
a dish, until heated; toast a sufficient quantity of bread, butter the slices, put
on each a slice of chicken or turkey, dust lightly with salt and pepper. On
top of these place a poached egg, cover with tarragon sauce, and send to the
table.
EGGS MALIKOFF
Toast rounds of bread, cover them with caviar which has been seasoned
with a little onion and pepper. Put on top of each a poached egg, cover with
horseradish sauce, and send to the table.
EGGS VIRGINIA
Grate six ears of corn. Add half cupful of milk, a half cupful of flour and
two eggs, beaten separately, and a half teaspoonful of salt and a dash of
pepper. Drop the mixture in large tablespoonfuls in hot fat. When brown on
one side, turn and brown on the other. Drain and arrange neatly on a large
platter. Put a poached egg on the top of each cake, cover with cream sauce
and send to the table. This dish, with green peas, makes quite a complete
meal.
JAPANESE EGGS
Carefully boil one cup of rice, drain dry. Make a half pint of cream sauce,
add to it a teaspoonful of grated onion and a teaspoonful of chopped celery.
Poach the desired number of eggs. Put the rice in the center of a platter,
cover it with the eggs, pour over the sauce. Dust the dish with parsley, and
send at once to the table. The edge of this dish may be garnished with
broiled sardines or carefully broiled smoked salmon.
EGGS A LA WINDSOR
6 eggs 6 rounds of toast 2 level tablespoonfuls of butter 2 level
tablespoonfuls of flour 1/2 pint of chicken stock 1 tablespoonful of chopped
parsley 1 tablespoonful of chopped olive 1 tablespoonful of chopped
Spanish pepper 1/2 teaspoonful of salt 1 saltspoonful of black pepper
Rub the butter and flour together and add the stock; stir until boiling, and
add the salt and pepper. Toast the bread. Poach the eggs, put them on the
toast, pour over carefully the sauce, heap the chopped vegetables, mixed, in
the center of each egg and send to the table.
EGGS BUCKINGHAM
Allow one egg to each person that is to be served. Cut either a dry or a
Virginia ham into very thin slices; allow one thin square to each person.
Toast squares of bread, remove the crust. Broil the ham quickly; put each
square of ham on a square of toast, put on top a poached egg, dust lightly
with pepper and send to the table.
POACHED EGGS ON FRIED TOMATOES
Cut solid tomatoes into slices a quarter of an inch thick, dust them with salt
and pepper, dip them in egg beaten with a tablespoonful of water, roll them
thickly with bread crumbs, dip them again in the egg, dust again with bread
crumbs, and fry in deep hot fat. Drain on brown paper, dish on a heated
platter, put a poached egg in the center of each slice, dust with salt and
pepper, put a tablespoonful of tomato sauce over each egg and send at once
to the table. Cream sauce may be used in the place of tomato sauce.
EGGS A LA FINNOIS
6 eggs 2 level tablespoonfuls of butter 2 level tablespoonfuls of flour 1/2
pint of strained tomato 1 tablespoonful of chopped chives 2 green peppers
Rub the butter and flour together, add the tomatoes, and the peppers,
chopped very fine. Stir until this reaches boiling point, and stand it over hot
water. Poach the eggs in deep water. Toast six rounds of bread; arrange the
toast on a platter, put one egg on each slice, pour around the tomato sauce,
dust thickly with the chives and send to the table.
EGGS A LA GRETNA
6 eggs 2 heads of celery 2 level tablespoonfuls of butter 2 level
tablespoonfuls of flour 1/2 pint of milk 1 teaspoonful of salt 1 saltspoonful
of pepper
Cut the celery into inch lengths, wash thoroughly, cover with boiling water
and simmer gently thirty minutes until the celery is tender; drain, saving the
water in which the celery was cooked for another purpose. Rub the butter
and flour together, add the milk, salt and pepper; when boiling add the
celery; stand this over hot water while you poach the eggs and toast six
squares of bread. Butter the toast, put on each slice one egg; put these
around the edge of a large platter, turn the celery into the middle of the dish
and send at once to the table. To increase the beauty of this dish, and to
give it a greater food value, you may garnish between the toast and celery
with carefully boiled rice; this then makes an exceedingly nice supper dish.
EGGS A L'IMPERATRICE
Toast six slices of bread; butter them, put on top a thin slice of _pate de foie
gras_, and on top of this a hot poached egg. Baste with a little melted
butter, dust with salt and pepper and send at once to the table. This is one of
the most elegant of all the egg dishes.
EGGS WITH CHESTNUTS
This is an exceedingly nice dish to serve in the Fall when chestnuts are
fresh. Shell a quart of chestnuts, blanch them, then boil them until tender;
drain and press through a colander. Add a half cupful of hot milk, a
tablespoonful of butter, a teaspoonful of salt and a saltspoonful of pepper.
Beat until light and stand over a kettle of hot water while you poach six or
eight eggs. Dish the chestnut puree in a small platter, cover the poached
eggs over the top, dust them with salt, pepper and chopped parsley.
EGGS A LA REGENCE
6 eggs 1/2 cupful of chopped cold cooked ham 1 grated onion 1/2 can of
chopped mushrooms 2 tablespoonfuls of butter 2 tablespoonfuls of flour
1/2 pint of chicken stock 1/2 teaspoonful of salt 1 saltspoonful of pepper
Stand the ham over hot water until thoroughly heated. Rub the butter and
flour together, add the stock, stir until boiling, add the mushrooms, sliced,
the salt, pepper and the onion; stand this over hot water while you poach
the eggs. Dish the eggs, cover them with the sauce, strained, and cover with
the chopped ham. Garnish the dish with mashed potatoes or boiled rice, and
send at once to the table.
EGGS A LA LIVINGSTONE
6 squares of toast 1 tureen of pate−de−foie−gras 6 eggs 1/2 cupful of good
stock 2 tablespoonfuls of sherry 1 teaspoonful of kitchen bouquet 1/2
teaspoonful of salt 1 dash of pepper
Toast the bread, butter it and put on top of each slice of toast a slice of
_pate de foie gras_; put this on a heated dish, stand it at the mouth of the
oven door while you poach the eggs. Put into a saucepan all the other
ingredients, bring to a boil, put one poached egg on each slice of _pate de
foie gras_; baste with the sauce and send at once to the table.
EGGS MORNAY
6 eggs 2 tablespoonfuls of butter 2 tablespoonfuls of flour 1/2 pint of milk
1/2 teaspoonful of salt 1/2 teaspoonful of paprika 4 tablespoonfuls of grated
Parmesan cheese
Rub the butter and flour together, add the milk, stir until boiling, add the
salt and paprika, and if you have it, a teaspoonful of soy; pour half of this
sauce in a shallow granite platter or baking dish. Poach the eggs, drain them
carefully, and put them over the top of the sauce, cover with the remaining
sauce, dust with Parmesan cheese and run in the oven a moment to brown.
EGGS ZANZIBAR
1 small egg plant 1 thin slice of ham 6 eggs 2 tablespoonfuls of sherry 2
tablespoonfuls of tomato catsup 2 level tablespoonfuls of butter 1 dash of
pepper
Cut the egg plant into slices, season it with salt and pepper, dip in egg and
bread crumbs and fry carefully in deep hot fat; put this on brown paper in
the oven to dry. Broil the ham, cut it into squares sufficiently small to go
neatly on top of each slice of egg plant. Poach the eggs, and heat the other
ingredients for the sauce. Dish the egg plant on a platter, put on the ham,
and on each piece of ham an egg; baste with sauce and send to the table.
EGGS MONTE BELLO
6 eggs 2 level tablespoonfuls of butter 2 level tablespoonfuls of flour 1/2
pint of strained tomato 1 teaspoonful of onion juice 1/2 teaspoonful of salt
1 saltspoonful of pepper
Put about two quarts of water into a small deep saucepan; when boiling
very hard drop in, one at a time, the eggs. In dropping them in, the white
will fold over the yolk and make the eggs round. Push them to the back of
the stove to stand for two minutes. Lift them with a skimmer, dip them in
an egg beaten with a tablespoonful of water, dust them with bread crumbs
and fry them in deep hot fat. You cannot use a frying basket. Just drop them
in the fat, and as they are browned lift them out onto soft paper to drain.
Rub the butter and flour together, add the tomato and seasoning; when
boiling dish the eggs on a heated platter, pour around tomato sauce and
send to the table.
EGGS A LA BOURBON
6 eggs 1/2 pint of stock 1 tablespoonful of butter 6 tablespoonfuls of grated
Parmesan cheese 1/2 teaspoonful of salt 1 dash of pepper
Put the stock in a small saucepan, poach the eggs in it, two at a time; lift
them carefully and lay them on a hot granite or silver dish. When all are
poached, dust over the cheese and stand them in the hot oven for just a
moment until the cheese is melted. In the meantime boil the stock until it is
reduced one−half, add the butter, baste it over the eggs and send to the
table. This dish may be garnished with triangular pieces of toast.
EGGS BERNAISE
6 whole eggs 4 yolks of eggs 4 tablespoonfuls of stock 4 tablespoonfuls of
olive oil 1 tablespoonful of chopped parsley 1 tablespoonful of tarragon
vinegar 1 tablespoonful of butter 1 tablespoonful of flour 1/2 cupful of
strained tomato 1 teaspoonful of onion juice 1/2 teaspoonful of salt
Put the stock, yolks of eggs and olive oil into a saucepan, stir over hot
water until you have a thick, smooth sauce like mayonnaise; take from the
fire, and when slightly cool stir in the tarragon vinegar and parsley. Rub the
butter and flour together, add the tomato, and when boiling add a palatable
seasoning of salt and pepper. Toast six halves of English muffins or squares
of bread. Heat a platter, butter the toast, put it on the hot platter, and poach
the eggs. Put one poached egg on each slice of toast, fill the bottom of the
dish with tomato sauce and put a tablespoonful of Bernaise sauce on top of
each egg. These may be garnished with a little chopped truffle, or a little
chopped parsley.
EGGS A LA RORER
Toast rounds of bread, one for each person. Butter them. Heat, in boiling
water, the choke of a French artichoke, one for each slice of bread. Make
sauce Hollandaise, and put one artichoke bottom on each slice of bread on a
heated platter. Put in the center a poached egg and pour over the sauce
Hollandaise. Garnish the dish with nicely cooked French or fresh green
peas.
EGGS BENEDICT
Separate two eggs. Break the yolks, add a cupful of milk, a half teaspoonful
of salt, one and a half cupfuls of flour and a tablespoonful of melted butter.
Beat well, add two level teaspoonfuls of baking powder and fold in the
well−beaten whites. Bake on a griddle in large muffin rings. Broil thin
slices of ham. Make a sauce Hollandaise. Chop a truffle. Poach the required
number of eggs. Dish the muffins, put a square of ham on each, then a
poached egg and cover each egg nicely with sauce Hollandaise. Dust with
truffle and serve at once.
TO HARD−BOIL EGGS
Put the eggs in warm water, bring the water quickly to the boiling point,
then push the kettle to the back of the stove, where the water will remain at
200 degrees Fahrenheit, for twenty minutes. If these are to be used for
made−over dishes, throw them at once into cold water, remove the shells,
or the yolks will lose their color.
EGGS CREOLE
Put two tablespoonfuls of butter and four of chopped onions into a
saucepan, cook until the onion is soft, but not brown. Then add four peeled
fresh tomatoes that have been cut into pieces, and three finely chopped
green peppers. Cook this fifteen minutes, and add a level teaspoonful of
salt. Have the eggs hard−boiled, and cut into slices. Put them into a baking
dish, pour over the sauce, re−heat in the oven, and serve with a dish of
boiled rice.
CURRIED EGGS
Peel, and cut into slices, three large onions. Put them in a saucepan with
two tablespoonfuls of butter. Stand over hot water and cook until the onions
are soft. Add a teaspoonful of curry powder, a clove of garlic mashed, a
saltspoonful of ground ginger, a half teaspoonful of salt and a tablespoonful
of flour; mix thoroughly and add a half pint of water. Stir until boiling.
Have ready six hard−boiled eggs, cut them into slices, arrange them over a
dish of carefully boiled rice, on a hot platter, strain over the sauce, and send
at once to the table. This dish is made more attractive by a garnish with
sweet Spanish peppers, cut into strips.
EGGS BEAUREGARD
Hard−boil five eggs. Separate the whites from the yolks. Put the yolks
through a sieve. Put the whites either through a vegetable press, or chop
them very fine. Make a half pint of cream sauce, season it and add the
whites. Have ready a sufficient amount of toast, carefully buttered. Put this
on a heated platter, cover over the cream sauce and the whites, dust the tops
with the yolks, then with salt and pepper. Garnish the edge of the dish with
finely chopped parsley, and send at once to the table.
EGGS LAFAYETTE
Hard−boil six eggs, chop them, but not fine. Make a half pint of curry
sauce. Put the chopped eggs over a bed of carefully boiled rice, cover with
the curry sauce, garnish with strips of Spanish pepper and serve. This dish
may be changed by using tomato sauce in place of the curry sauce.
EGGS JEFFERSON
Select the desired number of good−sized tomatoes, allowing one to each
person. Cut off the blossom end, scoop out the seeds, stand the tomatoes in
a baking pan in the oven until they are partly cooked. Put a half teaspoonful
of butter and a dusting of salt and pepper into the bottom of each, and break
in one egg. Put these back in the oven until the eggs are "set." Have ready a
round of toasted bread for each tomato, stand the tomato in the center of the
bread, fill the bottom of the dish with cream sauce, and send to the table.
EGGS WASHINGTON
Add a half pint of crab meat to a half pint of cream sauce. Season with salt
and pepper. Have ready either bread pates or pates made from puff paste.
Put a tablespoonful of the crab mixture in the bottom of each. Break in an
egg. Stand in the oven until the egg is "set." Or you may poach the eggs and
slide them into the pate. Pour over the remaining quantity of crabmeat
sauce, and send at once to the table.
EGGS AU GRATIN
Make a pint of cream sauce. Hard−boil six eggs. Cut them into slices. Put
them in the baking dish and cover with the cream sauce. Dust thickly with
cheese, and brown quickly in the oven.
DEVILED EGGS
Hard−boil twelve eggs. Remove the shells. Cut the eggs into halves,
crosswise. Take out the yolks without breaking the whites. Press the yolks
through a sieve. Add four tablespoonfuls of finely chopped chicken, tongue
or ham. Add a half teaspoonful of salt, a saltspoonful of pepper and two
tablespoonfuls of melted butter. Rub the mixture. Form it into balls the size
of the yolks and put them into the places in the whites from which the yolks
were taken. Put two halves together, roll them in tissue paper that has been
fringed at the ends, giving each a twist. If these balls are made the size of
the yolk, and put back into the whites, they may be placed on a platter,
heated, and served on toast, with cream sauce; then they are very much like
the eggs Bernhardt.
EGGS A LA TRIPE
Hard−boil eight eggs. Remove the shells, cut eggs crosswise in rather thick
slices. Cut three small onions into very thin slices. Separate them into rings,
cover them with boiling water and boil rapidly ten minutes; drain, then
cover them with fresh water and boil until they are tender; drain again, but
save the water. Now mix the eggs and onions carefully, without breaking.
Put two level tablespoonfuls of butter and two of flour into a saucepan.
Mix. Add a grating of nutmeg, a saltspoonful of black pepper, the juice of a
lemon, and a half−pint of the water in which the onions were boiled. Bring
to the boiling point, add two tablespoonfuls of cream; then add the eggs and
onions. When thoroughly hot, dish them in a conical form, garnish with
triangular pieces of toast, and serve.