Chapter XV · Relevés and Entrées · No. 1166
1166—Suet Dumpling
Finely chop up some suet; add to it an equal quantity of flour and about one-quarter oz. of salt per lb. of suet and flour.
Moisten with just enough water to make a thick paste of about the same consistence as brioche-paste. Cut this paste into portions weighing about one oz., and roll them into small balls. Put the latter in a sautépan containing some boiling beef cooking-liquor, which need not have been cleared of grease, and let them poach for one and one-half hours.
Now drain the dumplings, and arrange them around the meat with the garnish of carrots and turnips, as explained above.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1166, p. 386. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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