Tomato Jelly with String Beans
A historical recipe from Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes, by Janet McKenzie Hill (1899).
A historical recipe
Salads, Sandwiches and Chafing-Dish Dainties With Fifty Illustrations of Original Dishes, by Janet McKenzie Hill (1899). Project Gutenberg eBook #19077.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards. Its words name: raw egg. Check current food-safety guidance before following this.
- Raw egg. Raw or lightly cooked egg carries a risk, above all for children, older people, anyone pregnant or unwell.
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
- Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.
Method
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- Cook tiny string beans until tender in boiling salted water;
- season while hot with onion juice, salt, pepper and tarragon vinegar.
- When cold add oil and toss the beans about until each bean is coated with the oil.
- Fill the centre of the jelly, fashioned in a ring mould, with the beans, and sprinkle over them a fine-chopped pimento.
- Garnish with lettuce leaves.
- Fine-chopped chives may be used in the place of the onion juice;
- they are particularly appropriate in any bean salad.
- If the beans are large, cut in halves lengthwise and the halves crosswise.
- Tomato jelly may be served in a ring mould with turkey, oyster, plain chicken, French chicken, and other salads.
- The oysters should be scalded and drained, then marinated with French dressing.
- Chicken and turkey should also be marinated before mixing with celery and the mayonnaise or boiled dressing.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Large pot
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Chef's knife
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Cutting board
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Colander