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Zuppa Inglese

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4 eggs, separated
4 ounces sugar
4 ounces plain flour, sifted
Pinch of salt
Strega liqueur (or a mixture of cognac and rum)
½ pint double cream, whipped
¾ pint vanilla pastry cream (see below)
1 pint chocolate pastry cream (see below)
2 ounces chopped nuts
Coarsely grated orange peel
Chopped glacé cherries

Combine eggs and sugar in the top of a double saucepan and whisk over hot but not boiling water until thick and creamy. The mixture must not boil, or eggs will curdle. Remove from heat and allow to cool a little. Then lightly fold in sifted flour and salt.

Divide mixture into 3 sponge tins (7-inch, 6-inch, and 4-inch) and bake layers in a moderately hot oven (400° – M5) for 12 to 15 minutes. Cool and turn out of tins.

Cut each of the three sponge cakes into 2 layers and then cut 1 layer of each pair 1 inch smaller than the other. Sprinkle each layer with a little liqueur. Then sandwich sponge layers alternately with whipped cream, vanilla pastry cream, and chocolate pastry cream mixed with chopped nuts.

Assemble cake like an upturned “flowerpot”. Spread outside of cake with remaining chocolate pastry cream. Pipe with whipped cream and decorate with grated orange peel and glacé cherries.

Vanilla pastry cream: Cream 3 ounces sugar, 3 egg yolks and 11/2 ounces plan flour with a little milk in a bowl. Heat 3/4 pint milk infused with a vanilla pod in the top of a double saucepan. Stir gradually into the sugar and egg yolk mixture. Return mixture to top of double saucepan and cook over water, stirring constantly until mixture is thick and creamy. (Note: do not let mixture boil or eggs will curdle.) Cool.

Chocolate pastry cream: Cream 4 ounces sugar, 4 egg yolks and 2 ounces plain flour with a little milk in a bowl. Heat 1 pint milk with 3 ounces grated chocolate in the top of a double saucepan. Stir gradually into sugar and egg yolk mixture. Return mixture to top of double saucepan and cook over water, stirring constantly, until mixture is thick and creamy. (Do not let boil.) Allow to cool before using.

Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 36 Park Street, London W.1. © Robert Carrier 1968

Sole Soufflés with Asparagus

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6 fillets of sole
Butter
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 pound fish fillets
1 egg white
Cayenne pepper
⅔ cup heavy cream
Sprigs of parsley

Sauce
1 small package frozen asparagus
Salt
⅔ heavy cream
1 egg
Freshly ground black pepper

Lightly butter six individual soufflé dishes. Line each one with a sole fillet which you have seasoned generously with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Put fish fillets through a grinder. Add egg white, season to taste with salt, freshly ground black pepper and cayenne, and blend until smooth in an electric blender or press through a fine sieve. Beat in cream and continue beating over ice until mixture is smooth and fluffy. Correct seasoning.

Fill the center of each dish with the fish mousse.

Please soufflé dishes in an ovenproof dish containing 1 inch of boiling water. Bake in a slow oven (325° F.) for 25 minutes, or until mousse tests firm and sole flakes easily with a fork.

Sauce: Cook asparagus in lightly salted boiling water until just tender. Drain and blend in an electric blender with heavy cream and egg. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Serve the soufflés in their dishes (or, if desired, turned out), garnished with sauce and a sprig of parsley. Serves 6.

Grosset & Dunlap New York, Printed and manufactured in the Netherlands. © Robert Carrier 1967

Salmon Garni

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1 young salmon (about 6 pounds)
3 envelopes gelatin
⅔ cup lukewarm water
1 egg white and shell
1 medium onion, coarsely chopped
1 stalk celery, thinly sliced
Mayonnaise or Sauce Verte (see card 39)

Court-bouillon
7 ½ cups water
1 bottle dry white wine
1 large onion sliced
4 carrots, sliced
2 stalks celery, sliced
2 bay leaves
Bouquet Garni

Decoration
Cucumber peel for “stalks” and “leaves”
Flesh of skinned tomatoes and hard-boiled egg whites for “flowers”
Hard-boiled egg yolks or radishes for “flower” centers

To poach salmon: combine elements of court-bouillon in a kettle large enough to hold salmon (court-bouillon must cover salmon; if necessary, add a little more water and dry white wine); bring to a boil; skim; lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Let court-bouillon cool slightly; lower the cleaned salmon into it. Bring to a boil; lower heat and allow fish to simmer gently for 15 minutes.

Let fish cool in court-bouillon, then transfer to a large board or platter. Remove the skin carefully, cutting it at the tail and stripping it to the head. Wash fish carefully under gently running water, and dry carefully with a clean cloth. Salmon must be dry.

Prepare aspic: reduce court-bouillon to 6 cups. Let cool. Dissolve gelatin in ½ cup water and add to court-bouillon. Crush egg shell, mix with white of egg, chopped onion and celery, and place mixture in the bottom of a large saucepan. Our over court-bouillon; simmer for 10 minutes and strain through a clean cloth.

Decorate salmon as desired with cucumber peel, tomato, white of egg, and hard-boiled egg yolks or radishes, and chill in refrigerator before covering with liquid aspic. Serve with mayonnaise or Sauce Verte.

Sauce Verte
⅔ cup well-flavored mayonnaise
½ cup puréed spinach
Salt, fresh ground black pepper and cayenne
Lemon juice

Make a Sauce Verte by combining well-flavored mayonnaise with puréed spinach. Season to taste with salt, pepper, cayenne and a little lemon juice, and pass through a fine sieve.

Grosset & Dunlap New York, Printed and manufactured in The Netherlands, © Robert Carrier 1967