TESTED RECIPES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19455, 11 October 1926, Page 7

TESTED RECIPES.

Puree of Turnips.—Wash and scrape or peel u bunch of turnips, parboil them in salted water, strain the water off, then add a quart of light stock or chicken broth, one peeled onion,, one teaspoonfnl of sugar, a bay leaf, a sprig of thyme and a few sprigs of parsley. Simmer for an hour, pass through "a fine sieve, then put back into the stewpan, add one ounce of glaze and boil up. Make into a creamy puree, with the addition of cream as required and serve with fried crotous of bread. Fish Soup.—lngredients: Two medium sized fish, 1 onion, 1 teblespooaful of chopped parsley, and the sauce of cornflour, 1 pint of milk, 1 slice of bread, crumbed and pepper and salt to taste. Wash the fish and, if- necessary, skin them; remove the meat and set aside. Boil the bones and the trimmings with water just to cover them for i-hour, skimming now and then. Strain and put the liquid back into the pan;, odd the chopped onion, parsley crumbs, popper and salt and boil li hours. Meanwhile carefully, pick over the flesh and 10 minutes before dishing add to the soup, cut into neat pieces Simmer for five minutes ; then mix the flour smoothly with some milk, add the rest of the milk and pour into tlio soup. Bring to boiling point arid serve at once. Vegetable Puree. —Pare and cut info slices a vegetable marrow of medium size. Thinly slice one large or two smaller onions and shred as much celery as will fill a teacup. In a large saucepan melt butter to form a thin layer at the bottom and put in tlio vegetables. Cover closely, allow them to cook slowly in their own steam for an hour, then press through a sieve or strainer. Heat two or three pints of mixed skim milk and water iri which meat has. been boiled (or plain water) and add the veer eta bio pulp and seasoning to taste. ' When boiling stir in as much moistened pea meal or flour-as will give the consistence of good single cream. Small dice of fried or toasted bread should either be thrown in' H tlio last "momcntr or Jhanded separately. %