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Partridges, Hashed, or Salmi de Perdreaux

INGREDIENTS for dish for 6 persons.- young partridges, 3 shalots, a slice of lean ham, 1 carrot, 3 or 4 mushrooms, a bunch of savoury herbs, 2 cloves, stamped out in rounds with a cutter, 16 whole peppers, pint of stock, 1 glass of small lump of sugar, 2 oz. of butter, salt and pepper to taste, 2 quarts of medium stock. AVERAGE COST, 5s.

Keep Cut the partridges into pieces, and braise them in the butter and ham until quite tender; then take out the legs, wings and breast, and set them by. K the backs and other trimmings in the braise, and add the onions and celery; any remains of cold game can be put in, and 3 pints of stock. Simmer slowly for 1 hour, strain it, and skim the fat off as clean as possible; put in the pieces that were taken out, give it one boil, and skim again to have it quite clear, and add the sugar and seasoning. Now simmer the sherry or Madeira, a small lump of sugar.

AVERAGE COST, 6s.

After the partridges are plucked and drawn, roast them rather underdone, and cover them with paper, as they should not be browned; cut them into joints, take off the skin from the wings, legs and breasts; put these into a stewpan, cover them up, and set by until the gravy is ready. Cut a slice of ham into small pieces, and put them, with the carrots sliced, the shalots, mushrooms, herbs, cloves and pepper, into a stewpan; fry them lightly in a little butter, pour in the stock, add the bones and trimming from the partridges, and simmer for 1/4 hour.

PARTRIDGES, STEWED.

Strain the gravy, let it cool, and skim off every particle of fat; put it to the legs, wings and breasts, add a glass of sherry or Madeira and a small lump of sugar, let all gradually warm through by the side of the fire, and, when on the point of boiling, serve, and garnish the dish with croûtons.

The remains of roast partridge answer very well dressed in this way, although not so good as when the birds are in the first instance only half-roasted. This recipe is equally suitable for pheasants, moorgame, &c.; but care must be taken always to skin the joints.

TIME.-Altogether, 1 hour.

SEASONABLE from the first of September to the beginning of February.