This section is from the book "The Epicurean", by Charles Ranhofer. Also available from Amazon: The Epicurean, a Complete Treatise of Analytical and Practical Studies on the Culinary Art.
Cut off some slices from the kernel of a haunch, five-eighths of an inch thick: pare into ovals each one to weigh about half a pound, and marinate in cold cooked marinade (No. Hi) for two hours; saute them rare in butter, and dress on a hussarde sauce (No. 482).
Pare oval-shaped some slices half an inch thick cut from the kernel of the haunch: they should each weigh five ounces after being trimmed; broil them rare, and then wrap in heart-shaped sheets of oiled paper; on top of each slice lay a thin slice of fat pork, and over this some well seasoned and thick Duxelle (No. 385), then close the paper, crimp it all around, and lay them on a buttered dish that can be placed in the oven: and on which they should be served; push it in the oven for a few moments to serve when a fine color.
Cut a piece of cooked saddle of venison into even-sized slices; pare and range them in a small sautoir. Reduce the value of two gills of half-glaze sauce (No. 413), incorporating into it a few spoonfuls of the venison gravy and. a few spoonfuls of raw cream; when this sauce becomes succulent, finish it with a dash of good vinegar and pour it over the slices of venison. Heat these meats well over a slow- fire without allowing the sauce to boil and baste frequently with the same. Dress the stew the same as for minced partridge (No, 2090), either inside a border or else on a dish, and surround with fried Villeroi quenelles (No. 733) or crusts of bread hollowed out and tilled in with a cooked salpicon of truffles; strain the sauce over. This mince may also be surrounded with stuffed Spanish olives (No. 695).
Trim off some grenadins from the minion fillets, each one to weigh five ounces, and pare into half hearts; after removing the sinews lard with tine larding pork ( No. 4, Fig. 52), and marinate for twelve hours; dry, wipe and saute in good hot fat; drain, glaze and dress in a circle, filling the center with potato quenelles breaded and fried in clarified butter; serve a Colbert sauce (No. 451) separately.
Cut the tenderloin into slices, each to weigh four ounces when pared and rounded; lay them in a sautoir with melted butter, season with salt, mignonette, a whole clove of garlic and a bay leaf. Just before serving place the saucepan on a hot lire and saute them quickly; lay each noisette on a bread crouton fried in butter of the same diameter and a quarter of an inch thick; dress them in a circle and in the center have a garnishing of game quenelles made with a coffeespoon (No. 155), truffles cut in the shape of crescent olives mixed with espaguole sauce ( No. 414), reduced with game essence ( No. 389) and Madeira wine.

Fig. 406.
Pare some slices to weigh three ounces each, season and saute them briskly in a saute pan with butter; drain, wipe, glaze and dress on a bed of soubise puree (No. 733); garnish around with Spanish olives stuffed with anchovies. Serve separately a tomato sauce (No. 549), mixed with grated horseradish.
 
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