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Game Canapés

A historical recipe from Sandwiches, by S. T. Rorer (1894).

A historical recipe

Sandwiches, by S. T. Rorer (1894). Project Gutenberg eBook #29329.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From Sandwiches, by S. T. Rorer (1894). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #29329 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29329). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Cut any pieces of left-over game into dice.
  2. Put two tablespoonfuls of butter and two of flour in a saucepan, add a half pint of stock.
  3. When boiling add a half can of very fine mushrooms, a tablespoonful of chopped ham, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, a level teaspoonful of salt and a saltspoonful of pepper.
  4. Bring this to a boil, add the game;
  5. stand over hot water for fifteen or twenty minutes until the game has absorbed part of the sauce, then add two tablespoonfuls of sherry or Madeira, and fill into the square canapés made the same as in preceding recipe.