Jaune Mange.
- 1 package Coxe’s gelatine, soaked in a cup of cold water.
- 2 cups of boiling water.
- Yolks of 4 eggs, beaten light.
- 1 orange—juice and one-half the grated rind.
- Juice of one lemon and one-third of the grated peel.
- 1 cup sherry wine.
- 1 cup of powdered sugar.
- A good pinch of cinnamon.
Put gelatine (soaked), sugar, juice, peels, and spice into a bowl and pour the boiling water over them. Stir until dissolved; put over the fire in a saucepan, and heat almost to boiling. Pour, very gradually, upon the beaten yolks. Return to the fire—in a farina-kettle—and stir one minute. It must not boil. Take it off, add the wine, and strain through double tarlatan.
If you have ice, or if the weather be cold, set the mould containing this in the refrigerator, or in a very cool closet from Saturday to Monday. By making it on the former day, you can add to the excellence of your méringue on the transparent puddings by using the whites of the four eggs required for the receipt. Pass light cakes with the jaune mange.
Third Week. Tuesday.
Quick Lobster Soup.
Three lbs. of fish—the less choice parts of halibut or cod will do—those which are too bony for table use. Cover with three quarts of cold water and boil down to less than two or until the fish is in rags. Strain through a fine sieve and put on to boil. Season with salt and pepper. When you have skimmed it well, stir in a cup of milk in which has been mixed two tablespoonfuls of corn-starch. Boil up well; then add two tablespoonfuls of butter. Stir it in, take out a cupful of soup and beat it into two eggs. Return to the soup and leaving the saucepan on the range, but not over the fire, stir in a can of preserved lobster, freed from bones and cut up small. Cover and stand in a pot of hot water ten minutes before pouring out.
Roast Tenderloin of Beef.
As I have before stated, this is the best, and not the least economical cut for the table, there being no waste and scarcely any bone. Put in the dripping-pan, pour a cup of boiling water over it, and roast carefully, basting often with its own gravy. When nearly done, dredge with flour and baste once with butter. Do not let it once get dry while cooking. Allow about ten minutes per pound if you like it rare and juicy—that is, if your oven be of moderate heat. Pour the fat from the gravy, thicken what is left with browned flour, pepper, and salt, boil up, and put into a gravy-boat. Pass made mustard with it.