No. 27.
BONED TURKEY.
Split the turkey down the back, clear the back of meat, then take all the meat off the wings without breaking the skin, then from the side of the breast, afterwards from the thighs and legs. We have now taken all the meat off in one piece, leaving only the carcass of bones. Now take 2 pounds veal-cutlet, or large-sized chicken, or sausage-meat, ¼ pound ham, a half-sized can truffles peeled and sliced in half, a can of mushrooms sliced in half, 1 large stalk celery, 1 teaspoonful thyme, a half of a small onion, a bunch of parsley; chop fine, except the truffles and mushrooms; season with pepper and salt to taste. Take all the dressing together and put it in the meat (which is all in one piece) taken off the turkey; sew the back up; then sew this in a bag, and boil gently. A small-sized turkey will take 2½ hours; a large-sized, 3 hours. Place the carcass in ½ gallon of water and let boil till water is reduced to 3 pints; put in it pepper and salt and a small piece of onion; then take off and strain. Melt 1 box of gelatine in a cupful of water. When melted, put in the cool soup, with the whites of 2 beaten eggs and 2 egg shells. Put it on the fire and stir till it boils. Let boil 10 minutes, then strain through a flannel bag. Take a small mould of jelly, garnish with eggs, parsley, beets, and carrots, putting the jelly alternately between each till mould is filled. When the turkey is done put it in a close pan and press it. After getting perfectly cool, jelly with cool jelly, just cool enough to spread until the turkey is entirely covered. Put the garnishing moulds on the breast of turkey. Garnish dish with watercress, beets, and carrots.
No. 28.
CUSTARD FRITTERS.
Half pint milk, 5 eggs, ½ cupful of sugar, 1 gill of cream, common butter. Beat the milk, cream, sugar, and eggs together; strain, put into a small bowl, set in saucepan with boiling water to reach half way up the sides of the bowl; steam very gently until set—about 20 minutes—place on the ice until cold; cut into pieces 1½ inches long by 1 square; dip into common batter, and fry in plenty of hot lard, a deep fawn color. Serve sprinkled with sugar.
No. 29.
PEACH SAUCE.
Place the peach juice from the can into a small saucepan, add an equal volume of water, a little more sugar, and 8 or 10 raisins, boil this 10 minutes, strain, and just before serving add 8 drops of extract of bitter almonds.
No. 30.
LOBSTER FRITTERS.
Common batter, 1 lobster, ½ cupful mushrooms, yolks of 4 eggs, 1 cupful of cream, 1 tablespoonful of butter, celery, salt, thyme, white pepper, saltspoonful of parsley, and 1 tablespoonful of flour. Put the lobster in 2 quarts of boiling water, with ½ cupful salt; boil 25 minutes; when cold remove the meat and fat; cut into small neat slices; put the flour and butter on the fire in a small stewpan, stir with a wooden spoon until it bubbles, then add the cream boiling, and the seasoning; let it boil two minutes, add the yolks and lobster, and mix; set it back to simmer 4 minutes; pour it out on a well greased dish, and set it away to get firm by cooling; then cut into neat pieces, dip in batter, and fry yellow in plenty of lard made hot for the purpose; have a few nice branches of parsley, quite dry, and fry in the lard just while you count 15 seconds. Serve on the fritters.