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Perdreau a la Bourguignonne

A historical recipe from A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907).

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A historical recipe

A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907). Project Gutenberg eBook #71395.

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

France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. a glassful of red wine
  2. a tablespoonful of game half-glaze
  3. six small glazed onions

Method

  1. Truss the partridge as for an entrée;
  2. three-parts poële it, and place it in a terrine with six small glazed onions and as many small, cooked mushroom heads.
  3. Swill the saucepan with a glassful of red wine;
  4. reduce it two-thirds, and add a tablespoonful of game half-glaze.
  5. Strain;
  6. clear of grease;
  7. pour this sauce over the partridge, and complete the latter’s cooking for seven or eight minutes.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Sieve
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #71395 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71395). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.