SALADS AND SALAD DRESSINGS
Salads, which constitute a course in almost every dinner, but a few
years since seldom appeared on the table. They are now made in an
endless variety of ways, and are composed of meat, fish, vegetables
(alone or in combination) or fruits, with the addition of a dressing.
The salad plants, lettuce, watercress, chiccory, cucumbers, etc.,
contain but little nutriment, but are cooling, refreshing, and assist in
stimulating the appetite. They are valuable for the water and potash
salts they contain. The olive oil, which usually forms the largest part
of the dressing, furnishes nutriment, and is of much value to the
system.
Salads made of greens should always be served crisp and cold. The
vegetables should be thoroughly washed, allowed to stand in cold or
ice-water until crisp, then drained and spread on a towel and set aside
in a cold place until serving time. See Lettuce, page 294. Dressing may
be added at table or just before sending to table. If greens are allowed
to stand in dressing they will soon wilt. It should be remembered that
winter greens are raised under glass and should be treated as any other
hothouse plant. Lettuce will be affected by a change of temperature and
wilt just as quickly as delicate flowers.
Canned or cold cooked left-over vegetables are well utilized in salads,
but are best mixed with French Dressing and allowed to stand in a cold
place one hour before serving. Where several vegetables are used in the
same salad they should be marinated separately, and arranged for serving
just before sending to table.
Meat for salads should be freed from skin and gristle, cut in small
cubes, and allowed to stand mixed with French Dressing before combining
with vegetables. Fish should be flaked or cut in cubes.
Where salads are dressed at table, first sprinkle with salt and pepper,
add oil, and lastly vinegar. If vinegar is added before oil, the greens
will become wet, and oil will not cling, but settle to bottom of bowl.
=A Chapon.= Remove a small piece from end of French loaf and rub over
with a clove of garlic, first dipped in salt. Place in bottom of salad
bowl before arranging salad. A chapon is often used in vegetable salads,
and gives an agreeable additional flavor.
=To Marinate.= The word marinate, as used in cookery, means to add salt,
pepper, oil, and vinegar to a salad ingredient or mixture, then allow to
let stand until well seasoned.
SALAD DRESSINGS
French Dressing
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons vinegar
4 tablespoons olive oil
Mix ingredients and stir until well blended. Some prefer the addition of
a few drops onion juice. French Dressing is more easily prepared and
largely used than any other dressing.
Parisian French Dressing
½ cup olive oil
5 tablespoons vinegar
½ teaspoon powdered sugar
1 tablespoon finely chopped Bermuda onion
2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
4 red peppers
8 green peppers
1 teaspoon salt
Mix ingredients in the order given. Let stand one hour, then stir
vigorously for five minutes. This is especially fine with lettuce,
romaine, chiccory, or endive. The red and green peppers are the small
ones found in pepper sauce.
Club French Dressing
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons brandy
2 tablespoons Tarragon vinegar
2 tablespoons olive oil
Mix ingredients and stir until well blended.
Curry Dressing
¾ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon curry powder
¼ teaspoon pepper
5 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons vinegar
Mix ingredients in order given and stir until well blended.
Cream Dressing I
½ tablespoon salt
½ tablespoon mustard
¾ tablespoon sugar
1 egg slightly beaten
2½ tablespoons melted butter
¾ cup cream
¼ cup vinegar
Mix ingredients in order given, adding vinegar very slowly. Cook over
boiling water, stirring constantly until mixture thickens, strain and
cool.
Cream Dressing II
1 teaspoon mustard
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons flour
1½ teaspoons powdered sugar
Few grains cayenne
1 teaspoon melted butter
Yolk 1 egg
⅓ cup hot vinegar
½ cup thick cream
Mix dry ingredients, add butter, egg, and vinegar slowly. Cook over
boiling water, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens; cool, and
add to heavy cream, beaten until stiff.
Boiled Dressing I
½ tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon mustard
1½ tablespoons sugar
Few grains cayenne
½ tablespoon flour
Yolks 2 eggs
1½ tablespoons melted butter
¾ cup milk
¼ cup vinegar
Mix dry ingredients, add yolks of eggs slightly beaten, butter, milk,
and vinegar very slowly. Cook over boiling water until mixture thickens;
strain and cool.
Boiled Dressing II
Yolks 4 eggs
½ cup olive oil
4 tablespoons vinegar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1½ teaspoons salt
3 teaspoons powdered sugar
1 pint whipped cream
Beat yolks of eggs slightly, add gradually one-half of the oil and lemon
juice. Cook in double boiler until mixture thickens; chill, and add
gradually remaining oil, salt, and sugar. Just before serving add cream.
German Dressing
½ cup thick cream
3 tablespoons vinegar
¼ teaspoon salt
Few grains pepper
Beat cream until stiff, using Dover Egg-beater. Add salt, pepper, and
vinegar very slowly, continuing the beating.
Chicken Salad Dressing
½ cup rich chicken stock
½ cup vinegar
Yolks 5 eggs
2 tablespoons mixed mustard
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
Few grains cayenne
½ cup thick cream
⅓ cup melted butter
Reduce stock in which a fowl has been cooked to one-half cupful. Add
vinegar, yolks of eggs slightly beaten, mustard, salt, pepper, and
cayenne. Cook over boiling water, stirring constantly until mixture
thickens. Strain, add cream and melted butter, then cool.
Oil Dressing I
4 “hard-boiled” eggs
4 tablespoons oil
4 tablespoons vinegar
½ tablespoon sugar
½ teaspoon mustard
½ teaspoon salt
Few grains cayenne
White 1 egg
Force yolks of “hard-boiled” eggs through a strainer, then work, using a
silver or wooden spoon, until smooth. Add sugar, mustard, salt, and
cayenne, and when well blended add gradually oil and vinegar, stirring
and beating until thoroughly mixed; then cut and fold in white of egg
beaten until stiff.
Oil Dressing II
1½ teaspoons mustard
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons powdered sugar
Few grains cayenne
2 tablespoons oil
⅓ cup vinegar diluted with cold water to make one-half cup
2 eggs, slightly beaten
Mix dry ingredients, add egg and oil gradually, stirring constantly
until thoroughly mixed; then add diluted vinegar. Cook over boiling
water until mixture thickens; strain and cool.
Mayonnaise Dressing I
1 teaspoon mustard
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon powdered sugar
Few grains cayenne
Yolks 2 eggs
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons vinegar
1½ cups olive oil
Mix dry ingredients, add egg yolks, and when well mixed add one-half
teaspoon of vinegar. Add oil gradually, at first drop by drop, and stir
constantly. As mixture thickens, thin with vinegar or lemon juice. Add
oil, and vinegar or lemon juice alternately, until all is used, stirring
or beating constantly. If oil is added too rapidly, dressing will have a
curdled appearance. A smooth consistency may be restored by taking yolk
of another egg and adding curdled mixture slowly to it. It is desirable
to have bowl containing mixture placed in a larger bowl of crushed ice,
to which a small quantity of water has been added. Olive oil for making
Mayonnaise should always be thoroughly chilled. A silver fork, wire
whisk, small wooden spoon, or Dover Egg-beater may be used as preferred.
If one has a Keystone Egg-beater, dressing may be made very quickly by
its use. Mayonnaise should be stiff enough to hold its shape. It soon
liquefies when added to meat or vegetables; therefore it should be added
just before serving time.
Mayonnaise Dressing II
Use same ingredients as for Mayonnaise Dressing I, adding mashed yolk of
a “hard-boiled” egg to dry ingredients.
_French Chef_
Cream Mayonnaise Dressing
To Mayonnaise Dressing I or II add one-third cup thick cream, beaten
until stiff. This recipe should be used only when dressing is to be
eaten the day it is made.
Green Mayonnaise
Color Mayonnaise Dressing 1 with juices expressed from parsley and
watercress, using one-half as much parsley as watercress. To obtain
coloring, break greens in pieces, pound in a mortar until thoroughly
macerated, then squeeze through cheese-cloth. Lobster coral, rubbed
through a fine sieve, added to Mayonnaise, makes _Red Mayonnaise_.
Potato Mayonnaise
Very small baked potato
1 teaspoon mustard
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon powdered sugar
2 tablespoons vinegar
¾ cup olive oil
Remove and mash the inside of potato. Add mustard, salt, and powdered
sugar; add one tablespoon vinegar, and rub mixture through a fine sieve.
Add slowly oil and remaining vinegar. By the taste one would hardly
realize eggs were not used in the making.
SALADS
Dressed Lettuce
Prepare lettuce as directed on page 294. Serve with French Dressing.
Lettuce and Cucumber Salad
Place a chapon in bottom of salad bowl. Wash, drain, and dry one head
lettuce, arrange in bowl, and place between leaves one cucumber cut in
thin slices. Serve with French Dressing.
Lettuce and Radish Salad
Prepare and arrange as for Dressed Lettuce. Place between leaves six
radishes which have been washed, scraped, and cut in thin slices.
Garnish with round radishes cut to represent tulips. See page 299. Serve
with French Dressing.
Lettuce and Tomato Salad
Peel and chill three tomatoes. Cut in halves crosswise, arrange each
half on a lettuce leaf. Garnish with Mayonnaise Dressing forced through
a pastry bag and tube. If tomatoes are small, cut in quarters, and allow
one tomato to each lettuce leaf.
Dressed Watercress
Wash, remove roots, drain, and chill watercress. Arrange in salad dish,
and serve with French Dressing.
Cucumber Salad
Remove thick slices from both ends of a cucumber, cut off a thick
paring, and with a sharp-pointed knife cut five parallel grooves
lengthwise of cucumber at equal distances; then cut in thin parallel
slices crosswise, keeping cucumber in its original shape. Arrange on
lettuce leaves, and pour over Parisian French Dressing. Serve with fish
course.
Watercress and Cucumber Salad
Prepare watercress and add one cucumber, pared, chilled, and cut in
one-half inch dice. Serve with French Dressing.
Cucumber and Tomato Salad
Arrange sliced tomatoes on a bed of lettuce leaves. Pile on each slice,
cucumber cubes cut one-half inch square. Serve with French or Mayonnaise
Dressing.
Cucumber Cups with Lettuce
Pare cucumbers, cut in quarters crosswise, remove centres from pieces,
arrange on lettuce leaves, and fill cups with Sauce Tartare (see p.
277).
Cucumber Baskets
Select three long, regular-shaped cucumbers; cut a piece from both the
stem and blossom end of each; then cut in halves crosswise. Cut two
pieces from each section, leaving remaining piece in shape of basket
with handle. Remove pulp and seeds, in sufficiently large pieces to cut
in cubes for refilling one-half the baskets, the remaining half being
filled with pieces of tomatoes. Arrange baskets on lettuce leaves,
alternating the fillings, and pour over French Dressing.
Dressed Celery
Wash, scrape, and cut stalks of celery in thin slices. Mix with Cream
Dressing I.
Celery and Cabbage Salad
Remove outside leaves from a small solid white cabbage, and cut off
stalk close to leaves. Cut out centre, and with a sharp knife shred
finely. Let stand one hour in cold or ice water. Drain, wring in double
cheese-cloth, to make as dry as possible. Mix with equal parts celery
cut in small pieces. Moisten with Cream Dressing and refill cabbage.
Arrange on a folded napkin and garnish with celery tips and parsley
between folds of napkin and around top of cabbage.
Asparagus Salad
Drain and rinse stalks of canned asparagus. Cut rings from a bright red
pepper one-third inch wide. Place three or four stalks in each ring.
Arrange on lettuce leaves and serve with French Dressing, to which has
been added one-half tablespoon tomato catsup.
Corn Salad
Drain one can corn and season with mustard and onion juice. Marinate
with French Dressing, let stand one hour, then drain. Arrange on a bed
of lettuce or chiccory.
String Bean Salad
Marinate two cups cold string beans with French Dressing. Add one
teaspoon finely cut chives. Pile in centre of salad dish and arrange
around base thin slices of radishes overlapping one another. Garnish top
with radish cut to represent a tulip.
Potato Salad I
Cut cold boiled potatoes in one-half inch cubes. Sprinkle four cupfuls
with one-half tablespoon salt and one-fourth teaspoon pepper. Add four
tablespoons oil and mix thoroughly; then add two tablespoons vinegar. A
few drops of onion juice may be added, or one-half tablespoon chives
finely cut. Arrange in a mound and garnish with whites and yolks of two
“hard-boiled” eggs, cold boiled red beets, and parsley. Chop whites and
arrange on one-fourth of the mound; chop beets finely, mix with one
tablespoon vinegar, and let stand fifteen minutes; then arrange on
fourths of mounds next to whites. Arrange on remaining fourth of mound
yolks chopped or forced through a potato ricer. Put small sprigs of
parsley in lines dividing beets from eggs; also garnish with parsley at
base.
Potato Salad II
Mix two cups cold boiled riced potatoes and one cup pecan nut meats
broken in pieces. Marinate with French Dressing, and arrange on a bed of
watercress.
Hot Potato Salad
Wash six medium-sized potatoes, and cook in boiling salted water until
soft. Cool, remove skins, and cut in very thin slices. Cover bottom of
baking-dish with potatoes, season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with
finely chopped celery, then with finely chopped parsley. Mix two
tablespoons each tarragon and cider vinegar and four tablespoons olive
oil, and add one slice lemon cut one-third inch thick. Bring to
boiling-point, pour over potatoes, cover, and let stand in oven until
thoroughly warmed.
Potato and Celery Salad
To two cups boiled potatoes cut in one-half inch cubes add one-half cup
finely cut celery and a medium-sized apple, pared, cut in eighths, then
eighths cut in thin slices. Marinate with French Dressing. Arrange in a
mound and garnish with celery tip and sections of bright red apple.
Bolivia Salad
Cut cold boiled potatoes in one-half inch cubes; there should be one and
one-half cups. Add three “hard-boiled” eggs finely chopped, one and
one-half tablespoons finely chopped red peppers, and one-half tablespoon
chopped chives. Pour over Cream Dressing I (see p. 324) and serve in
nests of lettuce leaves.
[Illustration:
ASPARAGUS SALAD, INDIVIDUAL SERVICE.—_Page 329._
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[Illustration:
BERKSHIRE SALAD IN BOXES.—_Page 345._
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[Illustration:
EGG SALAD.—_Page 336._
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[Illustration:
PEAR SALAD.—_Page 340._
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Lettuce Salad
Wash one head romaine and cut in pieces, using scissors. Mix two cups
cold riced potatoes, one-half pound white mushroom caps peeled and cut
in eighths, and one pound Brazil nut meats (from which skins have been
removed) cut in pieces. Moisten with French Dressing, made by allowing
one-third tarragon vinegar to two-thirds olive oil. Arrange on salad
dish, surround with romaine, and garnish with three peeled mushroom caps
and six Brazil nut meats.
Macédoine Salad
Marinate separately cold cooked cauliflower, peas, and carrots cut in
small cubes, and outer stalks of celery finely cut. Arrange peas and
carrots in alternate piles in centre of a salad dish. Pile cauliflower
on top. Arrange celery in four piles at equal distances. At top of each
pile place a small gherkin cut lengthwise in very thin slices, beginning
at blossom end and cutting nearly to stem end. Open slices to represent
a fan. Place between piles of celery a slice of tomato.
Almost any cold cooked vegetables on hand may be used for a Macédoine
Salad, and if care is taken in arrangement, they make a very attractive
dish.
Russian Salad
Mix one cup each cold cooked carrot cubes and potato cubes, one cup cold
cooked peas, and one cup cold cooked beans, and marinate with French
Dressing. Arrange on lettuce leaves in four sections, and cover each
section with Mayonnaise Dressing. Garnish two sections with small pieces
of smoked salmon, one section with finely chopped whites of “hard
boiled” eggs, and one section with yolks of “hard-boiled” eggs forced
through a strainer. Put small sprigs of parsley or shrimps in lines
dividing sections.
Tomatoes Stuffed with Pineapple
Peel medium-sized tomatoes. Remove thin slice from top of each, and take
out seeds and some of pulp. Sprinkle inside with salt, invert, and let
stand one-half hour. Fill tomatoes with fresh pineapple cut in small
cubes or shredded, and nut meats, using two-thirds pineapple and
one-third nut meats. Mix with Mayonnaise Dressing, garnish with
Mayonnaise, halves of nut meats, and slices cut from tops cut square.
Serve on a bed of lettuce leaves.
Stuffed Tomato Salad I
Peel medium-sized tomatoes. Remove thin slice from top of each and take
out seeds and some of pulp. Sprinkle inside with salt, invert, and let
stand one-half hour. Fill tomatoes with cucumbers cut in small cubes and
mixed with Mayonnaise Dressing. Arrange on lettuce leaves, and garnish
top of each with Mayonnaise Dressing forced through a pastry bag and
tube.
Stuffed Tomato Salad II
Prepare tomatoes same as for Tomatoes Stuffed with Pineapple. Refill
with finely cut celery and apple, using equal parts. Serve with
Mayonnaise, and garnish with shredded lettuce.
Stuffed Tomato Salad (German Style)
Prepare tomatoes same as Tomatoes Stuffed with Pineapple. Shred finely
one-half a cabbage. Let stand two hours in salted water, allowing two
tablespoons salt to one quart water. Cook slowly thirty minutes one-half
cup each cold water and vinegar, with a bit of bay leaf, one-half
teaspoon peppercorns, one-fourth teaspoon mustard seed, and six cloves.
Strain, and pour over cabbage drained from salt water. Let stand two
hours, again drain, and refill tomatoes.
Tomato and Horseradish Salad
Peel and chill tomatoes, cut in halves crosswise, arrange on lettuce
leaves, and garnish with Horseradish Sauce I.
Hindoo Salad
Arrange four slices tomato on a bed of shredded lettuce. On two of the
slices pile shaved celery, on the opposite slices, finely cut
watercress. Garnish with small pieces of tomato shaped with circular
cutter, and serve with French Dressing.
Tomato Ciboulettes
Remove skins from four small tomatoes, and cut in halves crosswise.
Cover with Mayonnaise, and sprinkle with finely chopped chives. Serve on
lettuce leaves.
Tomato and Watercress Salad
Peel and chill large tomatoes, cut in slices one-third inch thick, and
slices in strips one-third inch wide. Arrange on a flat dish to
represent lattice work, and fill in the spaces with watercress. Serve
with French Dressing.
Tomato and Cucumber Salad
Arrange alternate slices of tomato and cucumber until six slices have
been piled one on top of another. Place on lettuce leaves, garnish with
strips of red and green peppers. Serve with French and Mayonnaise
Dressing. Remove seeds from peppers and parboil two minutes before
using.
Salad Chiffonade
Cook two green peppers in boiling water one minute; cool, and shred.
Shred one head of romaine, remove pulp from one large grape fruit, and
cut three small ripe tomatoes in quarters lengthwise. Arrange in salad
dish and serve with French Dressing.
Wiersbick’s Salad
Peel small tomatoes of uniform size and scoop out a portion of centres.
Arrange in nests of lettuce leaves and garnish top of each with a slice
of cucumber, slice of truffle cut in fancy shape, and ring of green
pepper. Serve with the following dressing:
Mix three tablespoons Louit Frères mustard, one-fourth teaspoon salt,
one-eighth teaspoon paprika, one tablespoon vinegar, and one-half
teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce; then add slowly, while stirring
constantly, one-half cup olive oil.
Tomato and Cheese Salad
Peel six medium-sized tomatoes, chill, and scoop out a small quantity of
pulp from the centre of each. Fill cavities, using equal parts of
Roquefort and Neufchâtel cheese worked together and moistened with
French Dressing. Arrange on lettuce leaves and serve with French
Dressing.
Tomato Jelly Salad
To one can stewed and strained tomatoes add one teaspoon each of salt
and powdered sugar, and two-thirds box gelatine which has soaked fifteen
minutes in one-half cup cold water. Pour into small cups, and chill. Run
a knife around inside of moulds, so that when taken out shapes may have
a rough surface, suggesting a fresh tomato. Place on lettuce leaves and
garnish top of each with Mayonnaise Dressing.
Frozen Tomato Salad
Open one quart can tomatoes, turn from can, and let stand one hour that
they may be reoxygenated. Add three tablespoons sugar, and season highly
with salt and cayenne; then rub through a sieve. Turn into one-half
pound breakfast-cocoa boxes, cover tightly, pack in salt and ice, using
equal parts, and let stand three hours. Remove from mould, arrange on
lettuce leaves, and serve with Mayonnaise Dressing.
Salad à la Russe
Peel six tomatoes, remove thin slices from top of each, and take out
seeds and pulp. Sprinkle inside with salt, invert, and let stand
one-half hour. Place seeds and pulp removed from tomatoes in a strainer
to drain. Mix one-third cup cucumbers cut in dice, one-third cup cold
cooked peas, one-fourth cup pickles finely chopped, one-third cup tomato
pulp, and two tablespoons capers. Season with salt, pepper, and vinegar.
Put in a cheese-cloth and squeeze; then add one-half cup cold cooked
chicken cut in very small dice. Mix with Mayonnaise Dressing, refill
tomatoes, sprinkle with finely chopped parsley, and place each on a
lettuce leaf.
Spinach Salad
Pick over, wash, and cook one-half peck spinach. Drain, and chop finely.
Season with salt, pepper, and lemon juice, and add one tablespoon melted
butter. Butter slightly small tin moulds and pack solidly with mixture.
Chill, remove from moulds, and arrange on thin slices of cold boiled
tongue cut in circular pieces. Garnish base of each with a wreath of
parsley, and serve on top of each Sauce Tartare.
Moulded Russian Salad
Reduce strong consommé so that when cold it will be jelly-like in
consistency. Set individual moulds in pan of ice-water, pour in consommé
one-fourth inch deep; when firm, decorate bottom and sides of moulds
with cold cooked carrots, beets and potatoes cut in fancy shapes. Add
consommé to cover vegetables, and as soon as firm fill moulds two-thirds
full of any cooked vegetable that may be at hand. Add consommé by
spoonfuls, allowing it to become firm between the additions, and put in
enough to cover vegetables. Chill thoroughly, remove from moulds, and
arrange on lettuce leaves. Serve with Mayonnaise Dressing.
Mexican Jelly
Peel four large cucumbers and cut in thin slices. Put in saucepan with
one cup cold water, bring to boiling-point, and cook slowly until soft;
then force through a purée strainer. Add two and one-half tablespoons
granulated gelatine dissolved in three-fourths cup boiling water, few
drops onion juice, one tablespoon vinegar, few grains cayenne, and salt
and pepper to taste. Color with leaf green, strain through cheese-cloth,
and mould same as Fruit Chartreuse (see p. 423). After removing small
mould fill space with Tomato Mayonnaise. Garnish sides of mould with
thin slices of cucumber shaped with a small round fluted cutter, and on
the centre of each slice place a circular piece of truffle. Garnish
around base of mould with small tomatoes peeled, chilled, and cut in
halves crosswise. On each slice of tomato place a circular fluted slice
of cucumber, and over all a circular piece of truffle. Serve with
=Tomato Mayonnaise.= Color mayonnaise red with tomato purée.
Egg Salad I
Cut six “hard-boiled” eggs in halves crosswise, keeping whites in pairs.
Remove yolks, and mash or put through a potato ricer. Add slowly enough
Oil Dressing II to moisten. Make into balls the size of original yolks
and refill whites. Arrange on a bed of lettuce, and pour Oil Dressing
No. II around eggs.
Egg Salad II
Cut four “hard-boiled” eggs in halves crosswise in such a way that tops
of halves may be cut in small points. Remove yolks, mash, and add an
equal amount of finely chopped cooked chicken. Moisten with Oil Dressing
I, shape in balls size of original yolks, and refill whites. Arrange on
lettuce leaves, garnish with radishes cut in fancy shapes, and serve
with Oil Dressing I.
Lenten Salad
Separate yolks and whites of four “hard-boiled” eggs. Chop whites
finely, marinate with French Dressing, and arrange on lettuce leaves.
Force yolks through a potato ricer and pile on the centre of whites.
Serve with French Dressing.
Crackers and Cheese
Mash a cream cheese, season, and shape in balls, then flatten balls, and
serve on butter-thin crackers.
NOTE. Cream cheese is very acceptable served with zephyrettes or
butter-thins and Bar-le-Duc currants.
Cottage Cheese I
Heat one quart sour milk to 100° F., and turn into a strainer lined with
cheese-cloth. Pour over one quart hot water, and as soon as water has
drained through, pour over another quart; then repeat. Gather
cheese-cloth around curd to form a bag and let hang until curd is free
from whey. Moisten with melted butter and heavy cream, and add salt to
taste. Shape into small balls.
Cottage Cheese II
Heat one quart sweet milk to 100° F., and add one junket tablet reduced
to a powder. Let stand in warm place until set. Beat with a fork to
break curd, turn into a bag made of cheese-cloth, and let hang until
whey has drained from curd; then proceed as with Cottage Cheese I.
Cheese Salad
Arrange one head lettuce on salad dish, sprinkle with Edam cheese broken
in small pieces, and pour over French Dressing.
Neufchâtel Salad I
Cut cheese in dice, arrange on lettuce leaves, and garnish with
radishes. Serve with French Dressing.
Neufchâtel Salad II
Mash one Neufchâtel cheese and moisten with milk or cream. Shape into
forms the size of robins’ eggs. Sprinkle with finely chopped parsley,
which has been dried. Arrange in nests of lettuce leaves, and garnish
with radishes. Serve with French Dressing.
Cheese and Olive Salad
Mash a cream cheese, moisten with cream, and season with salt and
cayenne. Add six olives finely chopped, lettuce finely cut, and one-half
a can pimento cut in strips. Press in original shape of cheese and let
stand two hours. Cut in slices, separate in pieces, and serve on lettuce
leaves with Mayonnaise Dressing.
Cheese and Currant Salad
Mash a cream cheese and mix with finely chopped lettuce. Shape in balls,
arrange on lettuce leaves, pour over French Dressing, and over all
Bar-le-Duc currants.
East India Salad
Work two ten cent cream cheeses until smooth. Moisten with milk and
cream, using equal parts. Add one-half cup grated Young America cheese,
one cup whipped cream, and three-fourths tablespoon granulated gelatine
soaked in one tablespoon cold water and dissolved in one tablespoon
boiling water. Season highly with salt and paprika, and turn into a
border mould. Chill, remove from mould, arrange on lettuce leaves, fill
centre with lettuce leaves, and serve with Curry Dressing (see p. 324).
Nut Salad
Mix one cup chopped English walnut meat and two cups shredded lettuce.
Arrange on lettuce leaves and garnish with Mayonnaise Dressing.
Nut and Celery Salad I
Mix equal parts of English walnut or pecan nut meat cut in pieces, and
celery cut in small pieces. Marinate with French Dressing. Serve with a
border of shredded lettuce.
Nut and Celery Salad II
Mix one and one-half cups finely cut celery, one cup pecan nut meats
broken in pieces, and one cup shredded cabbage. Moisten with Cream
Dressing, and serve in a salad bowl made of a small white cabbage.
Banana Salad
Remove one section of skin from each of four bananas. Take out fruit,
scrape, and cut fruit from one banana in thin slices, fruit from other
three bananas in one-half inch cubes. Marinate cubes with French
Dressing. Refill skins and garnish each with slices of banana. Stack
around a mound of lettuce leaves.
Orange Salad
Cut five thin-skinned sour oranges in very thin slices, and slices in
quarters. Marinate with a dressing made by mixing one-third cup olive
oil, one and one-half tablespoons each lemon juice and vinegar,
one-third teaspoon salt, one-fourth teaspoon paprika, and a few grains
mustard. Serve on a bed of watercress.
Orange Mint Salad
Remove pulp from four large oranges, by cutting fruit in halves
crosswise and using a spoon. Sprinkle with two tablespoons powdered
sugar, and add two tablespoons finely chopped mint, and one tablespoon
each lemon juice and Sherry wine. Chill thoroughly, serve in glasses,
and garnish each with a sprig of mint. Should the oranges be very juicy,
pour off a portion of the juice before turning the mixture into glasses.
French Fruit Salad
2 oranges
3 bananas
½ lb. Malaga grapes
12 English walnut meats
1 head lettuce
French Dressing
Peel oranges, and remove pulp separately from each section. Peel
bananas, and cut in one-fourth inch slices. Remove skins and seeds from
grapes. Break walnut meats in pieces. Mix prepared ingredients and
arrange on lettuce leaves. Serve with French Dressing.
Hungarian Salad
Mix equal parts shredded fresh pineapple, bananas cut in pieces, and
sections of tangerines, and marinate with French dressing. Fill banana
skins with mixture, sprinkle generously with paprika, and arrange on
lettuce leaves.
Waldorf Salad
Mix equal quantities of finely cut apple and celery, and moisten with
Mayonnaise Dressing. Garnish with curled celery and canned pimentoes cut
in strips or fancy shapes. An attractive way of serving this salad is to
remove tops from red or green apples, scoop out inside pulp, leaving
just enough adhering to skin to keep apples in shape. Refill shells thus
made with the salad, replace tops, and serve on lettuce leaves.
Malaga Salad
Remove skins and seeds from white grapes; add an equal quantity of
English walnut meats, blanched and broken in pieces. Marinate with
French Dressing. Serve on lettuce leaves and garnish with Maraschino
cherries.
Brazilian Salad
Remove skin and seeds from white grapes and cut in halves lengthwise.
Add an equal quantity of shredded fresh pineapple, apples pared, cored,
and cut in small pieces, and celery cut in small pieces; then add
one-fourth the quantity of Brazil nuts broken in pieces. Mix thoroughly,
and season with lemon juice. Moisten with Cream Mayonnaise Dressing (see
p. 327).
De John’s Salad
Pare six Bartlett pears, care being taken not to remove stems. Cut in
thin slices, and serve in original shapes on lettuce leaves. Serve with
French Dressing.
Pear Salad
Wipe, pare, and cut pears in eighths lengthwise; then remove seeds.
Arrange on lettuce leaves, pour over French dressing, and garnish with
ribbons of red pepper. See Canned Red Peppers p. 581.
Game Salad
Drain the syrup from one can peaches. Arrange halves of fruit on lettuce
leaves, and pour over all a dressing made by mixing two teaspoons sugar,
one teaspoon celery salt, one-fourth teaspoon salt, one-eighth teaspoon
pepper, a few grains cayenne, five drops Tabasco, and adding gradually
four tablespoons olive oil and two tablespoons fresh lime juice. Use
fresh fruit when in season.
Pepper and Grape Fruit Salad
Cut slices from stem ends of six green peppers, and remove seeds. Refill
with grape fruit pulp, finely cut celery, and English walnut meats
broken in pieces, allowing twice as much grape fruit as celery, and two
nut meats to each pepper. Arrange on chicory or lettuce leaves, and
serve with Mayonnaise Dressing.
Grape Fruit and Celery Salad
Cut medium-sized grape fruits in thirds lengthwise. Remove the pulp, and
add to it an equal quantity of finely cut celery. Refill sections with
mixture, mask with Mayonnaise Dressing, and garnish with celery tips or
curled celery and canned pimentoes cut in strips.
Monte Carlo Salad
Remove pulp from four large grape fruits, and drain. Add an equal
quantity of finely cut celery, and apple cut in small pieces. Moisten
with Mayonnaise, pile on a shallow salad dish, arrange around a border
of lettuce leaves, and mask with Mayonnaise. Outline, using green
Mayonnaise, four oblongs to represent playing cards, and denote spots on
cards by canned pimentoes or truffles; pimentoes cut in shapes of hearts
and diamonds, truffles cut in shapes of spades and clubs. Garnish with
cold cooked carrot and turnip, shaped with a small round cutter to
suggest gold and silver coin.
Salmon Salad
Flake remnants of cold boiled salmon. Mix with French Mayonnaise, or
Cream Dressing. Arrange on nests of lettuce leaves. Garnish with the
yolk of a “hard-boiled” egg forced through a potato ricer, and white of
egg cut in strips.
Shrimp Salad
Remove shrimps from can, cover with cold or ice water, and let stand
twenty minutes. Drain, dry between towels, remove intestinal veins, and
break in pieces, reserving six of the finest. Moisten with Cream
Dressing II, and arrange on nests of lettuce leaves. Put a spoonful of
dressing on each, and garnish with a whole shrimp, capers, and an olive
cut in quarters.
Sardine Salad
Remove skin and bones from sardines, and mix with an equal quantity of
the mashed yolks of “hard-boiled” eggs. Arrange in nests of lettuce
leaves and serve with Mayonnaise Dressing.
Lobster Salad I
Remove lobster meat from shell, cut in one-half inch cubes, and marinate
with a French Dressing. Mix with a small quantity of Mayonnaise Dressing
and arrange in nests of lettuce leaves. Put a spoonful of Mayonnaise on
each, and sprinkle with lobster coral rubbed through a fine sieve.
Garnish with small lobster claws around outside of dish. Cream Dressing
I or II may be used in place of Mayonnaise Dressing.
Lobster Salad II
Prepare lobster as for Lobster Salad I. Add an equal quantity of celery
cut in small pieces, kept one hour in cold or ice water, then drained
and dried in a towel. Moisten with any cream or oil dressing. Arrange on
a salad dish, pile slightly in centre, cover with dressing, sprinkle
with lobster coral forced through a fine sieve, and garnish with a
border of curled celery.
=To Curl Celery.= Cut thick stalks of celery in two-inch pieces. With a
sharp knife, beginning at outside of stalks, make five cuts parallel
with each other, extending one-third the length of pieces. Make six cuts
at right angles to cuts already made. Put pieces in cold or ice water
and let stand over night or for several hours, when they will curl back
and celery will be found very crisp. Both ends of celery may be curled
if one cares to take the trouble.
Lobster Salad III
Remove large claws and split a lobster in two lengthwise by beginning
the cut on inside of tail end and cutting through entire length of tail
and body. Open lobster, remove tail meat, liver, and coral, and set
aside. Discard intestinal vein, stomach, and fat, and wipe inside
thoroughly with cloth wrung out of cold water. Body meat and small claws
are left on shell. Remove meat from upper parts of large claws and cut
off (using scissors or can opener) one-half the shell from lower parts,
taking out meat and leaving the parts in suitable condition to refill.
Cut lobster meat in one-half inch cubes and mix with an equal quantity
of finely cut celery. Season with salt, pepper, and vinegar, and moisten
with Mayonnaise Dressing. Refill tail, body, and under half of large
claw shells. Mix liver and coral, rub through a sieve, add one
tablespoon Mayonnaise Dressing and a few drops anchovy essence with
enough more Mayonnaise Dressing to cover lobster already in shell.
Arrange on a bed of lettuce leaves.
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[Illustration:
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[Illustration:
OYSTER CRABS A LA NEWBURG; INDIVIDUAL SERVICE.—_Page 357._
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[Illustration:
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Fish Salad with Cucumbers
Season one and one-half cups cold cooked flaked halibut, haddock, or
cod, with salt, cayenne, and lemon juice. Cover, and let stand one hour.
To Cream Dressing II (see p. 324) add one-third tablespoon granulated
gelatine soaked in one and one-half tablespoons cold water. As soon as
dressing begins to thicken, add one-half cup heavy cream beaten until
stiff, then fold in the fish. Turn into individual moulds, chill, remove
from moulds, arrange on lettuce leaves, garnish each with a thin slice
of cucumber, and serve with
=Cucumber Sauce.= Pare two cucumbers, chop, drain off most of liquor,
and season with salt, pepper, and vinegar.
Crab and Tomato Salad
Remove meat from hard-shelled crabs; there should be one cup. Add
two-thirds cup celery, cut in small pieces, and six small tomatoes
peeled, chilled, and cut in quarters. Moisten with Mayonnaise. Serve on
lettuce leaves, and garnish with Mayonnaise, curled celery, and small
pieces of tomato.
Scallop and Tomato Salad
Clean one pint scallops, parboil, and drain. Add juice of one lemon,
cover, and let stand one hour. Drain, dry between towels, sprinkle with
salt and pepper, dip in flour, egg, and stale bread crumbs, fry in deep
fat, and drain on brown paper. Cool, cut in halves, marinate with
dressing, and serve garnished with sliced tomatoes and watercress.
=Dressing.= Mix one teaspoon finely chopped shallot, three-fourths
teaspoon salt, one-eighth teaspoon paprika, two tablespoons lemon juice,
and four tablespoons olive oil.
Salmon à la Martin, Ravigôte Mayonnaise
Drain one can salmon, rinse, dry, and separate in flakes. Moisten with
Ravigôte Mayonnaise, arrange on a bed of lettuce, mask with mayonnaise,
and garnish with canned pimentoes cut in triangles, and truffles cut in
fancy shapes.
=Ravigôte Mayonnaise.= Mix two tablespoons cooked spinach, one
tablespoon capers, one-half shallot finely chopped, three anchovies,
one-third cup parsley, and one-half cup watercress. Pound in mortar
until thoroughly macerated, then force through a very fine strainer. Add
to one-half the recipe for Mayonnaise Dressing I (see p. 326).
Oyster and Grape Fruit Salad
Parboil one and one-half pints oysters, drain, cool, and remove tough
muscles. Cut three grape fruits in halves crosswise, remove pulp, and
drain. Mix oysters with pulp, and season with six tablespoons tomato
catsup, four tablespoons grape fruit juice, one tablespoon
Worcestershire Sauce, eight drops Tabasco sauce, and one-half teaspoon
salt. Refill grape fruit skins with mixture, and garnish with curled
celery.
Chicken Salad I
Cut cold boiled fowl or remnants of roast chicken in one-half inch
cubes, and marinate with French Dressing. Add an equal quantity of
celery, washed, scraped, cut in small pieces, chilled in cold or
ice-water, drained, and dried in a towel. Just before serving moisten
with Cream, Oil, or Mayonnaise Dressing. Mound on a salad dish, and
garnish with yolks of “hard-boiled” eggs forced through a potato ricer,
capers, and celery tips.
Chicken Salad II
Cut cold boiled fowl or remnants of roast chicken in one-half inch dice.
To two cups add one and one-half cups celery cut in small pieces, and
moisten with Cream Dressing II. Mound on a salad dish, cover with
dressing, and garnish with capers, thin slices cut from small pickles,
and curled celery.
Individual Chicken Salads in Aspic
Cover bottom of individual moulds set in ice-water with aspic jelly
mixture. When jelly is firm decorate with yolks and whites of
“hard-boiled” eggs cooked as for Harlequin Slices (see p. 147) and
truffles cut in fancy shapes, or pistachio nuts blanched and cut in
halves. Cover decorations with aspic mixture, being careful not to
disarrange the designs. Finely chop cold cooked fowl (preferably breast
meat), moisten with Mayonnaise to which is added a small quantity of
dissolved granulated gelatine, shape in balls, put a ball in each mould,
and add gradually aspic mixture to fill moulds. Chill thoroughly, remove
to lettuce leaves, and arrange around a dish of Mayonnaise Dressing.
Swiss Salad
Mix one cup cold cooked chicken cut in cubes, one cucumber pared and cut
in cubes, one cup chopped English walnut meats, and one cup French peas.
Marinate with French Dressing, arrange on serving dish, and garnish with
Mayonnaise Dressing.
Nile Salad
Cut cold boiled or roasted chicken in cubes (there should be one and
one-half cups). Put one-half cup English walnut meats in pan, sprinkle
sparingly with salt, and add three-fourths tablespoon butter. Cook in a
slow oven until browned and thoroughly heated, stirring occasionally;
remove from oven and break in pieces.
Mix chicken and nuts and marinate with French Dressing. Add
three-fourths cup celery cut in small pieces. Arrange on a bed of
lettuce, and mask with Ravigôte Mayonnaise (see p. 344).
Berkshire Salad in Boxes
Marinate one cup cold boiled fowl cut into dice and one cup cooked
French chestnuts broken in pieces with French Dressing. Add one grated
red pepper from which seeds have been removed, one cup celery cut into
small pieces, and Mayonnaise to moisten. Trim crackers (four inches long
by one inch wide, slightly salted) at ends, using a sharp knife; arrange
on plate in form of box, keep in place with red ribbon one-half inch
wide, and fasten at one corner by tying ribbon in a bow. Garnish
opposite corner with a sprig of holly berries. Line box with lettuce
leaves, put in a spoonful of salad, and mask with Mayonnaise. Any
colored ribbon may be used, and flowers substituted for berries.
Chicken and Oyster Salad
Clean, parboil, and drain one pint oysters. Remove tough muscles, and
mix soft parts with an equal quantity of cold boiled fowl cut in
one-half inch dice. Moisten with any salad dressing, and serve on a bed
of lettuce leaves.
Sweetbread and Cucumber Salad I
Parboil a pair of sweetbreads twenty minutes; drain, cool, and cut in
one-half inch cubes. Mix with an equal quantity of cucumber cut in
one-half inch dice. Season with salt and pepper, and moisten with German
Dressing. Arrange in nests of lettuce leaves or in cucumber cups, and
garnish with watercress. To prepare cucumber cups, pare cucumbers,
remove thick slices from each end, and cut in halves crosswise. Take out
centres, put cups in cold water, and let stand until crisp; drain, and
dry for refilling. Small cucumbers may be pared, cut in halves
lengthwise, centres removed, and cut pointed at ends to represent a
boat.
Sweetbread and Cucumber Salad II
Parboil a sweetbread, adding to water a bit of bay leaf, a slice of
onion, and a blade of mace. Cool, and cut in small cubes; there should
be three-fourths cup. Add an equal quantity of cucumber cubes. Beat
one-half cup thick cream until stiff; add one-fourth tablespoon
granulated gelatine soaked in one-half tablespoon cold water and
dissolved in one and one-half tablespoons boiling water, then add one
and one-half tablespoons vinegar. Add sweetbread and cucumber, mould,
and chill. Arrange on lettuce leaves, and serve with French Dressing.
Sweetbread and Celery Salad
Mix equal parts of parboiled sweetbreads cut in one-half inch cubes and
celery finely cut. Moisten with Cream Dressing, and arrange on lettuce
leaves.
Harvard Salad
Make lemon baskets, following directions for Orange Baskets (see p.
429). With a small wooden skewer make an incision in centre of each
handle and insert a small sprig of parsley. Fill baskets with equal
parts of cold cooked sweetbread and cucumber cut in small cubes, and
one-fourth the quantity of finely cut celery, moistened with Cream
Dressing II (see p. 324). Pare round red radishes as thinly as possible
and finely chop parings. Smooth top of baskets and cover with dressing.
Sprinkle top of one-half the baskets with chopped parings, the remaining
half with finely chopped parsley. Arrange red and green baskets
alternately on serving dish, and garnish with watercress.