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.
Take one pint of hot Allemande sauce (No. 210), add to it six mushrooms cut into large pieces, two truffles, six quenelles, either of godiveau (No. 221) or chicken, according to the usage, pieces of sweetbreads, six cocks combs (if handy) and six kidneys. This garnishing must be poached, before adding it to the sauce, in half a glassful of white wine, seasoned with a little salt and pepper. Let cook for six minutes, and add it to the sauce ; warm it for three minutes, and serve. The same for fish, omitting the sweetbreads.
 
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