The Cook Book by “Oscar” of the Waldorf

Three thousand recipes from the maitre d'hotel of the Waldorf — the hotel kitchen that taught Gilded Age America how to dine, from beef tea to watermelon with champagne.

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Half Puff Paste

This is made as for puff paste, using twelve ounces of flour, one-fourth of an ounce of salt, ten ounces of butter and one teacupful of water, keeping the paste very firm.

Puff Paste Made with Beef Suet To prepare puff paste with beef suet chop the suet very fine, put it in a mortar and pound to a pulp, adding gradually sufficient olive oil to give it a body and to make it as easy to work as butter. When thoroughly worked up mix in the flour as for ordinary puff paste. Lard may be substituted for oil, using half lard and half beef suet.

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