Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners Part 31

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WATERMELON WITH SHERRY SAUCE

CONSOMMe PRINTANIERE--IMPERIAL RINGS

STUFFED HEARTS WITH VEGETABLES

POTATO PUFF

CABBAGE SALAD

RASPBERRY WHIP--WHITE NUT CAKE

ICED COFFEE

WATERMELON WITH SHERRY SAUCE

Scoop b.a.l.l.s out of the center of watermelon using French potato cutter.

Pour over Sherry Sauce and place them carefully in a freezer, packed in salt and ice, let stand until thoroughly chilled (about one and a half hours). Serve with Sherry Sauce in tall champagne gla.s.ses.

SHERRY SAUCE

Cook one cup sugar with one-fourth cup of water three minutes. Cool slightly and add one-half cup Sherry, three tablespoons Sloe gin and a sprinkle of salt. Chill and pour over watermelon b.a.l.l.s.

CONSOMMe PRINTANIERE

To one quart of Chicken Consomme add one tablespoon each of cooked carrot and turnip, cut in small fancy shapes (using French vegetable cutter for this purpose), small peas, French beans and asparagus tips.

Heat these vegetables in a small quant.i.ty of hot consomme; drain, place them in hot soup tureen and pour over boiling consomme.

IMPERIAL RINGS

Cut stale bread in one-third inch slices. Stamp out circles three inches in diameter; with a smaller cutter (size of top of pepper shaker) cut out center, leaving rings about one-third inch wide. Brush with melted b.u.t.ter, sprinkle lightly with salt and paprika, and brown delicately in the oven. Serve in a circle overlapping each other on a plate covered with a doily.

STUFFED HEARTS WITH VEGETABLES

Clean and wash three calves' hearts; stuff and skewer into shape. Draw small strips of salt pork (lardoons) through edges of hearts. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, dredge with flour and brown well in hot Cottolene, with two slices onion, four slices carrot, one blade celery cut fine, two sprays parsley, two small bits bay leaf, three cloves and one-half teaspoon peppercorns. When hearts are richly browned, remove to Dutch oven, ca.s.serole or deep baking dish. Add two cups Brown Stock, cover closely and cook slowly in the oven until tender (about two hours), basting six times while cooking.

Cut three slices of stale bread one-third inch thick, shape with large round cutter; with a small cutter remove centers to form rings: brush with melted b.u.t.ter and brown delicately in the oven. Arrange them on hot serving platter, set a heart in each ring and surround with new carrots and turnips cut Julienne style and cooked in boiling salted water until tender. There should be one and one-half cups each. Drain and dress with Maitre d'Hotel b.u.t.ter.

STUFFING FOR HEARTS

1/2 cup cracker crumbs.

1/2 cup stale bread crumbs.

2 inch cube fat salt pork finely chopped.

2 blades celery finely chopped.

1/2 teaspoon finely chopped parsley.

1 tablespoon onion finely chopped.

Salt, pepper.

PROCESS: Mix ingredients in the order given and season well with salt and pepper.

POTATO PUFF

Prepare two and one-half cups hot mashed potatoes. Add two and one-half tablespoons b.u.t.ter, one-half teaspoon baking powder, season with salt and pepper and moisten with one-half cup hot cream or milk, beat thoroughly. Add the whites of two eggs beaten until stiff. Pile lightly in a b.u.t.tered baking dish and bake until well puffed and browned.

NEW CABBAGE SALAD

Mix two cups of new cabbage, finely shredded, with one-half cup of celery cut in small pieces and one mild onion finely chopped. Add one-half tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce to one cup of boiled salad dressing and mix thoroughly with cabbage. Chill. Serve in onion cups or in nests of crisp lettuce leaves.

RASPBERRY WHIP

1-1/2 cups red raspberries.

1 cup powdered sugar.

White 1 egg.

PROCESS: Mix sugar with berries and turn into bowl in which white of egg is slightly beaten, then mash berries and sugar and mix thoroughly with egg. Beat with a wire whip until mixture is stiff to stand. Pile lightly on a chilled serving dish and surround with macaroons. Serve with

GOLDEN SAUCE

1 egg.

1 cup powdered sugar.

3 tablespoons Sherry wine.

PROCESS: Beat yolks until thick and light, add one half the sugar gradually, beating constantly: beat whites until stiff, gradually adding the remaining half cup sugar. Combine mixtures, add wine and beat thoroughly.

WHITE NUT CAKE

1/3 cup Cottolene.

1-1/2 cups fine sugar.

3/4 cup cold water.

2-1/4 cups pastry flour.

4 teaspoons baking powder.

1/4 teaspoon salt.

Whites 4 eggs beaten until stiff.