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String Beans in Mold

A historical recipe from The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well, by Maria Gentile (1919).

A historical recipe

The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well; Practical Recipes of the Italian Cuisine, Pastries, Sweets, Frozen Delicacies, and Syrups, by Maria Gentile (1919). Project Gutenberg eBook #24407.

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 The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well, by Maria Gentile (1919). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #24407 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24407). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Take one pound of string beans, seeing that they are quite tender.
  2. Cut off the ends and remove the strings.
  3. Throw them into boiling water with a pinch of salt and when they are half cooked take them away and put them in cold water.
  4. If you have brown stock complete the cooking with this and with butter, otherwise brown a piece of onion, some parsley, a piece of celery and olive oil.
  5. When the onion is browned put in the string beans and complete the cooking with a little water if necessary.
  6. Prepare a Balsamella sauce (No.
  7. 54) with a small piece of butter, half a teaspoonful of flour and half a cup of milk.
  8. With this, a tablespoonful of grated cheese and four beaten eggs bind the string beans when they are cold, mix and put in a mold, evenly greased with butter and the bottom covered with paper.
  9. Cook in a double boiler and serve hot.