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Ben Roselle
It is a constant source of wonder that such perfect meals may be conceived in
the comparatively narrow confines of the diner's kitchens. The efficient skill
of a chef like Ben Roselle is nothing short of magic.
Chicken Loaf
2 cupfuls cold cooked chicken
2 tablespoonfuls chopped parsley
2 cupfuls scalded milk
1 teaspoonful salt
¼ cupful butter
1/8 teaspoonful white pepper
¾ cupful shredded wheat
Yolks of 3 eggs
Biscuit crumbs
Whites of 3 eggs, beaten dry
Scald the milk, add butter, crumbs, salt and pepper, cook 3 minutes, take from
fire, add chicken, parsley and yolks of eggs beaten light, last of all fold in
whites of eggs, turn into buttered dish and bake 45 minutes in moderate oven.
Serve with sauce made from 2 cupfuls chicken stock, 2 tablespoonfuls flour, 2
tablespoonfuls butter, one-half teaspoonful salt, one-eighth teaspoonful
paprika. Mushroom sauce may be used.
Fillet of Beef-- Sauce Bercy
Cut out from a two-pound piece of tenderloin, 6 even fillets, season with salt
and pepper. Heat tablespoonful butter in frying pan, place fillets in pan and
fry briskly on each side for 3 minutes, serve on toast same size as fillets and
pour over Bercy sauce.
Bercy Sauce
Finely chop 4 shallots, place in small saucepan with tablespoonful of butter and
lightly brown for 5 minutes, stirring same often, add a wine-glass of white
vinegar, one-half gill of demiglace and half teaspoonful of chopped chives, stir
well and let simmer for 10 minutes.
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