New Vegetarian Dishes Part 28

1 ounce b.u.t.ter.

ounce flour.

pint each milk and water.

A pinch of salt.

Mix the flour and b.u.t.ter well together on a plate with a knife, place this paste in a small enamelled saucepan, add salt and milk, and stir over the fire until it is perfectly smooth and has boiled for one minute. It is then ready for use.

No. 185.--Rich White Sauce.

1 ounces b.u.t.ter.

ounce flour.

Yolk of one egg.

pint each milk and water.

A pinch of salt.

Prepare sauce same as No. 184, and stand the saucepan on one side for ten minutes, then drop into it the yolk of an egg, and stir over a gentle heat for a few minutes, but on no account allow it to boil again, or the sauce will curdle.

SALADS.

No. 186.--Beetroot Salad.

2 medium-sized beets.

Hard-boiled yolk of 1 egg.

Tablespoon chopped watercress.

Pepper and salt to taste.

Sauce No. 176.

Peel and slice the beets (about a quarter of an inch thick), and pile the slices in a gla.s.s dish or bowl, sprinkle with the watercress and yolk of egg rubbed through a wire sieve, and pour the sauce round the base.

No. 187.--Cabbage Salad.

1 nice cabbage, or sufficient young greens to make a dish.

Boil the cabbage in the usual way. When cooked, after thoroughly extracting all the water, stand on one side to get quite cold. Place in a salad bowl or gla.s.s dish, and pour over it half a pint of salad sauce No. 173.

No. 188.--Carrot Salad.

1 dozen young carrots.

Water.

1 teaspoon salt.

1 strip lemon peel.

Sc.r.a.pe the carrots and throw them into cold water; then place them in a saucepan with sufficient water to cover, with salt and lemon peel. Boil half an hour or until tender, place them on a board, cut into thick slices, which place in salad sauce No. 176; gently toss them in this till each piece is covered with the sauce, then turn them into a dish or bowl, and garnish with sprigs of watercress.

No. 189.--Cuc.u.mber Salad.

1 medium-sized cuc.u.mber.

1 ounce b.u.t.ter.

teaspoon salt.

teaspoon pepper.

2 tablespoons water.

A little grated nutmeg.

Sauce No. 174.

Peel and slice the cuc.u.mber (about quarter inch thick), and if not very young remove the seeds, place the slices in a stewpan together with the water, b.u.t.ter, salt and nutmeg. Simmer until tender, leaving the lid off so as to reduce the liquor. Arrange the slices in a dish, taking care not to break them, sprinkle with the pepper, pour over the sauce, and do not serve until perfectly cold.

No. 190.--Haricot Bean Salad.

pint soaked haricot beans.

1 pint of water.

1 ounce b.u.t.ter.

teaspoon salt.

A little grated nutmeg.

pint Sauce No. 174.

Dissolve half an ounce of b.u.t.ter in a saucepan, place in the beans and water, and boil one and a half hours; add salt and boil another half hour. When done, strain (saving the liquor), and turn the beans into a basin containing half an ounce of oiled b.u.t.ter and the nutmeg. Stir the beans about carefully, and then place them in a dish or salad bowl; pour the sauce over, and stand on one side to get thoroughly cold.

No. 191.--Onion Salad.

2 large Spanish onions.

1 strip of lemon peel.

dozen peppercorns.

Sauce No. 176.

Peel and quarter the onions, and boil them in salted water with the peppercorns and lemon peel. When quite tender, lift them out and place on one side to drain and get cold. When quite cold, place them in a dish or bowl, pour half the sauce over, and reserve the remainder to pour over just before sending to table.

No. 192.--Potato Salad.

4 good-sized cold potatoes.

1 tablespoon of chopped watercress.

pint Sauce No. 175.

The potatoes may either be boiled in their skins or peeled; in the first way they will be the better flavoured and more nouris.h.i.+ng, in the latter a better colour. They must be taken up carefully directly they are tender, and not allowed to break up at all. Cut into slices about half an inch thick, stamp out into fancy shapes and arrange prettily in a small bowl or dish; sprinkle them with the watercress, which should have been thoroughly washed in salted and rinsed in fresh water; then pour over the sauce.

This salad, which is generally much appreciated, will be found a very useful way of using up cold potatoes.

No. 193.--Sea Kale Salad.