This section is from the book "The Table: How To Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It", by Alessandro Filippini. Also available from Amazon: The Table: How To Buy Food, How To Cook It And How To Serve It.
Reduce for five minutes one glassful of good red wine with a bouquet (No. 254) and a small glassful of mushroom liquor ; then add half a pint of veloute (No. 152) and boil for five minutes. Strain, and then add the third of a tablespoonful of salt and a scant tea-spoonful of pepper, and throw in twelve small, cooked, glazed onions (No. 972), four mushrooms cut into quarters, and one ounce of cooked salt pork cut in dice. Cook again for five minutes, and serve.
 
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