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The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book

by Victor Hirtzler

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August 6

BREAKFASTLUNCHEON
GrapesCanapé St. Francis
Hominy in creamEggs Montebello
RollsCold roast beef
CoffeeCosmopolitan salad
Buttermilk
DINNER
Consommé paysanne
Salted almonds
Salmon steak, Calcutta
Parisian potatoes, Hollandaise
Broiled squab on toast
Artichokes with melted butter
Stewed corn
Hearts of romaine, Roquefort dressing
Assorted French pastry
Coffee

Eggs Montebello. Poach four eggs, allow them to become cool, roll in flour, then in bread crumbs, and fry in swimming hot lard or butter. Serve on a napkin, and garnish with fried parsley. Serve sauce Montebello separate.

Sauce Montebello. Equal parts of Béarnaise and tomato sauce mixed.

Cosmopolitan salad. Put in a salad bowl in bouquets such vegetables as peas, string beans, carrots, cauliflower, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, etc. There should be at least four different kinds. In the center place a handful of shelled shrimps or lobster cut in slices, or crab meat. Serve with French dressing, well seasoned.

Consommé paysanne. Cut two leaves of white cabbage in one inch squares, and put in a casserole. Add one sliced carrot, one sliced turnip, one leek and two leaves of celery, also sliced. Also add two ounces of butter, cover, and simmer in oven until soft. Be careful that it does not burn. Drain off the butter, add one quart of consommé, and boil for ten minutes. Add a little chopped chervil.

Salmon steak, Calcutta. Put two slices of salmon, about one and one-half inches thick, in a flat buttered pan, season with salt and pepper, add one-half glass of white wine and one-half cup of fish stock, cover with buttered paper, and cook in oven for twenty minutes. Then put the fish on a platter and keep hot. Pour over the fish a sauce made as follows: Heat two ounces of butter in a casserole, add one spoonful of flour and one of curry powder, and heat through. Then add the broth the fish was cooked in, and one pint of fish stock, and boil for ten minutes. Bind with the yolks of two eggs and one-half cup of cream. Strain, put back in the casserole, and whip one ounce of fresh butter into it. When the butter is melted it is ready to pour over the fish. Garnish the fish with fleurons.

Parisian potatoes, Hollandaise. Cut a quart of potatoes with a round Parisian spoon, put in cold water, add a little salt, and boil very slowly. When done, drain off the water, and put the potatoes in the oven to dry. Then put the potatoes in one ounce of melted butter mixed with a little chopped parsley, roll carefully so they will not break, and serve.

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