Note 87 — INDEX

No. 87. Farce.—Place in a saucepan four oz. very fresh bread crumbs and one cup consomme (No. 14,) simmer gently ten minutes, at the end of which time stir constantly with a wooden spoon and boil ten minutes longer so as to form a stiff paste. This done put it on a plate to cool. Take four oz. breast of chicken from which remove the skin and sinews and pound extremely fine, add to this the bread crumbs in quantity about three quarters as much as there is of the chicken and 14 pound together until well mixed, season with a little salt and pepper, a very little nutmeg and a piece of butter; then pound again adding by degrees two eggs, until you have obtained a fine, smooth paste. Small, delicate fish, like trout, may be stuffed with this farce, or it may be made into quenelles by forming into small balls and poaching for two minutes in boiling water. Serve in fish soups and with baked or boiled fish.