Chapter XX
Entremets (Sweets)
Pastry, Confectionery, and Ices are so closely allied to Cookery, and they are so surely its complements, that it is impossible to omit them when dealing with Entremets, even though the latter be limited to the kind proper to the kitchen.
However, these subjects, which could supply matter for voluminous works, are too complex for it to be possible to cope thoroughly with them here.
I shall therefore confine myself to the expounding of their fundamental principles and the essential operations relating thereto, a knowledge of which is absolutely necessary for the successful preparation of Kitchen Entremets and Ices. The directions given hereafter are certainly too inadequate to convert an ordinary cook into a pastry-cook, a confectioner, or a “glacier”; but they will at least admit of his carrying out a complete dinner, if the necessity so to do should occur.
Elementary Preparations of Pastry which may be Applied to Entremets
- No. 2338Various Almond Preparations
- No. 2339Various Preparations of Filberts and Hazel-nuts
- No. 2340Various Butters
- No. 2341The Buttering and Glazing of Moulds
- No. 2342How to Beat the Whites of Eggs
- No. 2343Vegetable Colouring Matters
- No. 2344The Cooking of Sugar
- No. 2345Glace à l’Ancienne
- No. 2346Glace au Fondant
- No. 2346aSucre en Glace (Icing Sugar)
- No. 2347Sugar Grains
- No. 2348Coloured Sugar Grains
- No. 2349Vanilla Sugar
- No. 2350Candied Fruit
- No. 2351Apple Jelly for Decorating
- No. 2352Pralin
- No. 2353Currants and Sultanas
- No. 2354Essences and Flavourings
- No. 2355Gilding Preparation
The Pastes
- No. 2356Ordinary Short Paste
- No. 2357The Kneading of Pastes
- No. 2358Fine, Short or Flawn Paste (For Fruit Tarts)
- No. 2359Dressing Paste (Pâte à Pâté)
- No. 2360Dressing Paste with Lard
- No. 2361Dumpling and Pudding Pastes
- No. 2362Dry Sugared Paste for Various Purposes
- No. 2363Paste for Small Gummed Tea-cakes
- No. 2364Gumming
- No. 2365Galette Paste
- No. 2366Puff-paste
- No. 2367Puff-paste Trimmings or Half Puff-paste
- No. 2368Ordinary Brioche Paste
- No. 2369Mousseline Brioche Paste
- No. 2370Ordinary Brioche Paste
- No. 2371Savarin Paste
- No. 2372Pâte à Baba
- No. 2373Ordinary Pâte à Choux
- No. 2374Common Pâte à Choux (for Souffléd Fritters, Gnochi, Potatoes à la Dauphine)
- No. 2375Ramequins and Gougère Paste
- No. 2376Pâte à Génoise Fine
- No. 2377Ordinary Génoise Paste for Cutting Up
- No. 2378Lady’s-finger Biscuit Paste
- No. 2379Savoy-biscuit Paste
- No. 2380Pâte à Biscuit Manque
- No. 2381Punch Biscuit Paste
- No. 2382Ordinary Meringue
- No. 2383Meringue à l’Italienne
- No. 2384Meringue à l’Italienne (another recipe)
- No. 2385Almond Paste
- No. 2386Melting Almond Paste (for Stuffing and Imitating Fruit)
- No. 2387Pistachios
- No. 2388Pistachio Paste for Infusion
- No. 2389Melting Pistachio Paste
The Preparation and Cooking of Various Pastry Crusts used in Cookery
Various Custards
Hot Custards
Cold Custards
Various Preparations for Entremets
Hot Sauces for Entremets
Hot Sweets
Fritters
The numerous fritter recipes for sweets may all be grouped into five leading classes, viz.:—
(1) Fruit fritters.
(2) Custard fritters.
(3) Viennese fritters.
(4) Souffléd fritters.
(5) Sundry other fritters which are more or less like the four former ones without entirely resembling them.
Souffléd Fritters
Various Fritters
Charlottes
Pancakes
Croquettes
Crusts
Omelets
Sweet omelets may be divided into four distinct classes, which are:—
- 1. Liqueur omelets.
- 2. Jam omelets.
- 3. Souffléd omelets.
- 4. Surprise omelets.
Omelets with Liqueur
Jam Omelets
Souffléd Omelets
Surprise Omelets
- No. 2466Example: Norwegian Omelet
- No. 2467Surprise Omelet Mylord
- No. 2468Chinese Surprise Omelet
- No. 2469Surprise Omelet with Cherries
- No. 2470Surprise Omelet Milady
- No. 2471Surprise Omelet “à la Napolitaine” otherwise “Bombe Vésuve”
- No. 2472Surprise Omelet Elizabeth
- No. 2473Surprise Omelet “à l’Islandaise”
- No. 2474Sylphs’ Omelet
- No. 2475Various Surprise Omelets
Pannequets
Puddings with Cream
English Fruit Puddings
Bread Puddings
Paste Puddings
- No. 2493Tapioca
- No. 2494Sago Pudding
- No. 2495Semolina Pudding
- No. 2496Vermicelli Pudding
- No. 2497Fresh-noodle Pudding
- No. 2498English Tapioca, Sago, and Semolina Puddings, etc.
- No. 2499Brazilian Pudding
- No. 2500Chevreuse Pudding
- No. 2501Rice Pudding
- No. 2502English Rice Pudding
- No. 2503Rice and Chocolate Pudding
Souffléd Puddings
- No. 2504Saxon Pudding
- No. 2505Almond Souffléd Pudding
- No. 2506Souffléd Pudding, Denise
- No. 2507Lemon Souffléd Pudding
- No. 2508Orange, Curaçao, Anisette, and Bénédictine Puddings, etc.
- No. 2509Indian Souffléd Pudding
- No. 2510Chestnut Souffléd Pudding
- No. 2511Mousseline Pudding
- No. 2512Souffléd Pudding à la Régence
- No. 2513Souffléd Pudding à la Reine
- No. 2514Souffléd Pudding à la Royale
- No. 2515Souffléd Pudding Sans-Souci
- No. 2516Souffléd Pudding à la Vésuvienne
- No. 2517Roly-poly Pudding
- No. 2518Rissoles
- No. 2519Soufflés
- No. 2520Fruit Soufflé in a Croustade
- No. 2521Almond Soufflé
- No. 2522Soufflé with Fresh Almonds
- No. 2523Soufflé with Filbert
- No. 2524Soufflé à la Camargo
- No. 2525Paulette Soufflé
- No. 2526Cherry Soufflé
- No. 2527Strawberry Soufflé
- No. 2528Pomegranate Soufflé “à l’Orientale”
- No. 2529Java Soufflé
- No. 2530Lérina Soufflé
- No. 2531Soufflé with Liqueur
- No. 2532Lucullus Soufflé
- No. 2533Hilda Soufflé
- No. 2534Soufflé “à la d’Orléans”
- No. 2535Soufflé Palmyre
- No. 2536Soufflé Praline
- No. 2537Rothschild Soufflé
- No. 2538Soufflé à la Royale
- No. 2539Vanilla Soufflé
- No. 2540Violet Soufflé
- No. 2541Subrics
Timbales
Hot Fruit Entremets
- No. 2548Apricots (Abricots)
- No. 2549Apricots à la Bourdaloue
- No. 2550Apricots à la Colbert
- No. 2551Apricots à la Condé
- No. 2552Apricots à la Condé (2nd method)
- No. 2553Apricots à la Cussy
- No. 2554Abricots Gratinés
- No. 2555Abricots Meringués
- No. 2556Abricots Meringués (another method)
- No. 2557Apricots à la Sultane
Pine-apple (Ananas)
Bananas (Bananes)
Cherries (Cerises)
Oranges and Tangerines (Oranges et Mandarines)
Peaches (Pêches)
Pears (Poires)
Apples (Pommes)
- No. 2588Apple Fritters
- No. 2589Apples with Butter
- No. 2590Pommes à la Bonne-Femme
- No. 2591Pommes à la Bourdaloue
- No. 2592Pommes en Charlotte
- No. 2593Pommes à la Châtelaine
- No. 2594Pommes à la Chevreuse
- No. 2595Pommes à la Condé
- No. 2596Pommes Gratinées
- No. 2597Pommes Meringuées
- No. 2598Pommes à la Moscovite
- No. 2599Pommes à la Parisienne
- No. 2600Pommes à la Portugaise
- No. 2601Rabotte de Pommes ou Douillon Norman
- No. 2602Pommes Irène
- No. 2603Flan de Pommes Chaud Ninon
- No. 2604Flan de Pommes à la Batelière
Various Hot Entremets
Cold Sweets
Bavarois
These are of two kinds:—
(1) Bavarois with cream, and (2) Bavarois with fruit.
- No. 2614Cream Bavarois
- No. 2615Bavarois aux Fruits
- No. 2616The Moulding and Dishing of Bavarois
- No. 2617Bavarois Clermont
- No. 2618Bavarois Diplomate
- No. 2619Bavarois My Queen
- No. 2620Bavarois à la Religieuse
- No. 2621Bavarois Rubanné
- No. 2622Various Cream Bavarois
- No. 2623Various Fruit Bavarois
- No. 2624Blanc-mange
- No. 2625French Blanc-mange
- No. 2626Blanc-mange with Fruit and Liqueurs
- No. 2627Blanc-manges “Rubannés”
- No. 2628English Blanc-mange
Charlottes
- No. 2629Charlotte à l’Arlequine
- No. 2630Charlotte Carmen
- No. 2631Charlotte à la Chantilly
- No. 2632Baquet et Panier à la Chantilly
- No. 2633Charlotte Montreuil
- No. 2634Opera Charlotte
- No. 2635Charlotte Plombière
- No. 2636Charlotte Renaissance
- No. 2637Charlotte Russe
- No. 2638Creams
- No. 2639Crème à la Vanille, Moulée
- No. 2640Crème au Caramel
- No. 2641Crème à la Viennoise, Moulée
- No. 2642Crème à la Florentine
- No. 2643Crème à l’Opéra
Cold Creams with a Whisked-Cream Base
- No. 2644Crème à la Chantilly
- No. 2645Crème aux Fruits à la Chantilly
- No. 2646Crème Caprice
- No. 2647Brise du Printemps
- No. 2648Nuées Roses
- No. 2649Flamri
- No. 2650Jellies
- No. 2651Calf’s-foot Jelly
- No. 2652Jelly with a Gelatine Base
- No. 2653The Garnish and Accompaniments of Jellies
- No. 2654Gelées Rubannées
- No. 2655Jellies à la Russe
- No. 2656Jellies à la Moscovite
- No. 2657Pains de Fruits
- No. 2658Cold Puddings
- No. 2659Pudding à la Bohémienne
- No. 2660Pudding Diplomate
- No. 2661Pudding Diplomate aux Fruits
- No. 2662Pudding Malakoff
- No. 2663Pudding à la Nesselrode
- No. 2664Pudding à la Richelieu
- No. 2665Pudding Or “Crème Reine des Fées”
Cold Fruit Entremets
Apricots (Abricots)
Pine-apple (Ananas)
Cherries (Cerises)
Strawberries (Fraises)
- No. 2673Fraises à la Créole
- No. 2674Fraises Femina
- No. 2675Fraises Marguerite
- No. 2676Fraises Marquise
- No. 2677Fraises Melba
- No. 2678Fraises Nina
- No. 2679Fraises Romanoff
- No. 2680Fraises Wilhelmine
- No. 2681Fraises Lérina
- No. 2682Fraises “Rêve de Bébé”
- No. 2683Fraises à la Ritz
- No. 2684Fraises Cardinal
- No. 2685Fraises Zelma Kuntz
Gooseberries (Groseilles vertes)
Tangerines (Mandarines)
Oranges
Peaches and Nectarines (Pêches et Nectarines)
As nectarines may be prepared after the same recipes as peaches, there is no need to give special recipes for the former.
- No. 2694Pêches Aiglon
- No. 2695Pêches à l’Aurore
- No. 2696Pêches Alexandra
- No. 2697Pêches Cardinal
- No. 2698Pêches Dame-Blanche
- No. 2699Pêches Melba
- No. 2700Pêches Petit-Duc
- No. 2701Pêches à la Sultane
- No. 2702Pêches au Chateau-Laffite
- No. 2703Pêchesà l’Impératrice
- No. 2704Pêches Rose-Chéri
- No. 2705Pêches Rose-Pompon
Pears (Poires)
- No. 2706Poires Alma
- No. 2707Poires Cardinal
- No. 2708Poires à la Carignan
- No. 2709Poires Félicia
- No. 2710Poires à la Florentine
- No. 2711Poires Hélène
- No. 2712Poires Marquise
- No. 2713Poires Mary-Garden
- No. 2714Poires Melba
- No. 2715Poires Pralinees
- No. 2716Poires à la Religieuse
- No. 2717Poires au Rhum
- No. 2718Poires à la Reine Emma
Apples
Various Cold Sweets (Entremets)
- No. 2720Biscuit à la Reine
- No. 2721Croûte à la Mexicaine
- No. 2722Diplomate aux Fruits
- No. 2723Ile Flottante
- No. 2724Milk Junket
- No. 2725Macédoine of Cooled Fruit
- No. 2726Eugenia: Italian Cream
- No. 2727Marquise Alice
- No. 2728Melon à l’Orientale
- No. 2729Melon Frappe
- No. 2730Melon en Surprise
- No. 2731Garnished Meringues
- No. 2732Mont-Blanc aux Fraises
- No. 2733Mont-Blanc aux Marrons
- No. 2734Mont-Rose
- No. 2735Œufs à la Neige
- No. 2736Moulded Œufs à la Neige
- No. 2737Mousselines d’Œufs Rejane
- No. 2738Mousseline of Eggs, Mimi
- No. 2739Rice à l’Impératrice
- No. 2740Rice à la Maltaise
- No. 2741Suédoise of Fruit
- No. 2742Fraisalia Timbale
- No. 2743Tivoli aux Fraises