Chapter XVI · Poultry (Volaille) · No. 1679
1679—Pilaw de Volaille à la Grecque
Cut the fowl into small pieces, and fry it in mutton fat with three oz. of chopped onions. Sprinkle with one oz. of flour; moisten with one pint of white consommé; add two-thirds of a capsicum, cut into dice, and one and one-half oz. of currants and sultanas, and cook gently.
Dish in a timbale, and serve some pilaw rice separately.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1679, p. 530. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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