Menus Made Easy

How to order dinner and give the dishes their French names — the 1907 course-by-course phrasebook of the Edwardian table.

Compotes, Etc., of Fruit

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Compotes, Etc., of Fruit

Abricots au riz are stewed apricots with rice.

Compotes, Etc., of Fruit: Pommes

Pommes au beurre, or à la Parisienne, are apples filled with butter and sugar, and baked.

Compotes, Etc., of Fruit: Charlotte

Charlotte de pommes is Apple Charlotte. If apricot jam is mixed with the apple marmalade it is called Charlotte de pommes aux abricots.

Compotes, Etc., of Fruit: Chantilly

Petits nougats à la crème are small shapes of nougat filled with cream; à la Chantilly, with Chantilly cream.

Compotes, Etc., of Fruit: Petites

It is usually dressed in little moulds as Petites crèmes.

Compotes, Etc., of Fruit: Princesse

Blancmanger aumarasquinis blancmange flavoured with maraschino: à la vanille, it is flavoured with vanilla; aux amandes, with pounded…

Compotes, Etc., of Fruit: Petits

These may be served in a soufflé dish, or in small paper cases as Petits soufflés.

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