Chapter 3

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MENU VII

Anchovy Canapé Shellfish à la Queen Stuffed Celery Sandwich Butterscotch Biscuits Orange and Grapefruit Salad Chocolate Float Cocoanut Cakes Orange Opera Fudge

PRELIMINARY PREPARATIONS

Salad dressing made Dry ingredients and shortening mixed for biscuits Butter and sugar mixed for spreading the biscuits Cocoanut cakes made Filling for sandwiches made Custard for frozen chocolate made Two eggs hard cooked Orange opera fudge made

MARKET ORDER

1/2 pint oysters 1/2 pint scallops 1 1/2 pound lobster, boiled 1 cream cheese 2 quarts milk 1 pint cream 3 eggs 1 pound butter 1 carrot 1 small onion 1 lemon 3 oranges 2 grapefruit 2 pressed figs 1 root celery 1 head lettuce 6 stuffed olives 1 can condensed milk 1/2 pound shredded cocoanut Anchovy paste 1 pimiento 1/2 pound brown sugar 1/4 pound chocolate 1 loaf bread 8 maraschino cherries 1 truffle or 2 ripe olives 1/2 tablespoon white corn syrup 3 ounces shelled almonds Vegetable or beef extract

ANCHOVY CANAPÉ

Put 2 eggs in top of double boiler, cover with boiling water and cook over boiling water or on back of stove for 60 minutes. Chop the whites (with silver knife to prevent discoloring), and rub yolks through a coarse strainer. Cut 8 slices bread in pieces 4-1/4 inches long by 2 3/4 inches wide and 1/4 inch thick. Sauté in Butter on one side only. Spread other side with Anchovy paste. Divide diagonally into 3 sections, having 2 end sections half a square. Sprinkle end sections of the bread with Egg yolk and the center with Egg white. Separate sections with narrow strips of Pimiento. Serve as an appetizer.

SHELLFISH À LA QUEEN

Force through food chopper enough Carrot to make 3/4 cup. Put into saucepan with 3 tablespoons butter and 1 teaspoon scraped onion, and cook 10 minutes or until brown, stirring frequently. Add 4 tablespoons flour and when smooth add 1 cup boiling water in which is dissolved 1 teaspoon vegetable or beef extract, and stir until sauce boils. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon pepper 1 tablespoon lemon juice and a Few grains cayenne. Remove meat from a 1 1/2 pound lobster and cut in pieces the size of scallops. Place 1/2 pint oysters in strainer over bowl and rinse with 2 tablespoons cold water, reserving all liquor. Pick over oysters to be sure that there are no pieces of shell adhering to them, add oysters to liquor, and cook them until the edges curl. Drain, reserving both liquor and oysters, and in the liquor cook 1/2 pint scallops 5 minutes or until tender. To the oyster liquor add Cream to make 1 cup; add to the sauce and bring to boiling point. Add oysters, scallops, and lobster and serve very hot, garnished with bits of Pimiento and Truffles or ripe olives.

STUFFED CELERY SANDWICH

Mix 1 cream cheese with 2 tablespoons celery chopped fine 1 tablespoon chopped, stuffed olives 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon paprika and Enough milk to make it the right consistency to spread. Cut Bread in circles 1/4 inch thick. Cut centers from one-half the pieces of bread. Spread bread with Creamed butter and with sandwich filling. Place a ring of bread on a whole circle of bread. Garnish each sandwich with a Slice of stuffed olive in the center.

BUTTERSCOTCH BISCUITS

Sift together 2 cups bread flour 5 teaspoons baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Work in with tips of fingers 2 tablespoons shortening, add 7/8 cup milk, stirring with a knife. Roll thin, spread with 1/3 cup butter, creamed and mixed with 3/4 cup brown sugar. Roll up like a jelly roll, cut off pieces 1 inch thick, put in greased muffin pans cut side up, and bake 15 minutes at 400 degrees F. This makes 16 biscuits.

ORANGE AND GRAPEFRUIT SALAD

Pare 3 oranges and 2 grapefruit, removing membrane with the skin, then remove sections free from membrane. Arrange on Lettuce leaves on individual plates in the form of stars, outlining the sections of the fruit with figs cut in narrow strips. Put a Spoonful of salad dressing in the center of each star and garnish, if desired, with Maraschino cherries.

Any preferred salad dressing may be used. Dates may be used instead of figs. The fruit may be arranged on slices of Pineapple if desired.

Chopped nuts may be sprinkled over the salad.

CONDENSED MILK SALAD DRESSING

Beat 1 egg until thick and lemon colored, and add 1/2 teaspoon mustard 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper and 1/2 teaspoon paprika, then add 1/3 cup vinegar 1/3 cup condensed milk and 1/4 cup melted butter. Beat thoroughly, but do not cook. Chill before serving.

CHOCOLATE FLOAT

Put 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup in tall glass and fill with Ice-cold rich milk. Shake thoroughly, add a Spoonful of frozen chocolate and serve immediately.

CHOCOLATE SYRUP

Melt 2 squares unsweetened chocolate over boiling water, add 2/3 cup sugar and Few grains salt and stir until well mixed. Pour on gradually 3/4 cup boiling water and stir until smooth. Boil 5 minutes, cool, turn into a jar and keep in ice box or cold place. Four times this amount may be made and kept on hand for use with hot or iced milk.

FROZEN CHOCOLATE

Put in double boiler 1 pint milk and 1 1/4 squares chocolate. When milk is scalded and chocolate melted pour gradually onto 3/4 cup sugar, mixed with 1 egg yolk and Few grains salt. Return to double boiler and cook and stir for 1 minute. Chill, and just before freezing add 1/2 cup cream, beaten stiff, and 1/2 tablespoon vanilla. Freeze, using three parts ice to one part salt.

COCOANUT CAKES

Mix thoroughly 2 1/2 cups shredded cocoanut 2/3 cup condensed milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat 2 egg whites until stiff, combine mixtures, shape into cakes, using a knife and spoon, and allowing 1 rounding tablespoon mixture to each cake. Place on greased tin sheets 1 inch apart. Bake in moderate oven or at 350 degrees F. for 20 minutes.

ORANGE OPERA FUDGE

Cover 1/2 cup shelled almonds with Boiling water, boil 1 minute; drain, cover with Cold water, remove skins and roast in hot oven until delicately brown, then chop them. Put in saucepan 1 1/3 cups sugar 1/2 tablespoon white corn syrup and 3/4 cup cream. Cook to 236 degrees F. or until a soft ball is formed in cold water, stirring constantly to prevent burning. Pour out onto marble slab or large platter which has been wiped with cheesecloth wrung out of cold water. When cool add grated rind of 1/2 orange, bit of Orange color paste, if convenient, and Few grains salt. Work with broad spatula until candy begins to get firm, add chopped almonds and pack into greased tin or between bars. Cut in cubes for serving.

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MENU VIII

Creamed Eggs and Mushrooms with Bacon Curls Marmalade Biscuits Pineapple Salad Cooked Mayonnaise Dressing Butterscotch Parfait Arcadia Cakes Coffee

PRELIMINARY PREPARATIONS

Orange marmalade made at any time Cakes made Salad dressing made Dry ingredients and shortening for biscuits mixed Eggs hard cooked Bacon rolled ready to fry Butterscotch parfait up to point where egg whites and cream are added. These may be added and mixture frozen 4 to 6 hours in advance Lettuce washed Pineapple and nuts cut

MARKET ORDER

1/2 pound bacon 1 1/2 pints cream 1 quart milk 11 eggs 1/2 pound butter or margarine 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms 1/2 cup orange marmalade 1 head lettuce 1 can sliced pineapple 2 ounces pistachio nuts 5 ripe olives 1/2 pound brown sugar 1/2 pound walnuts 1/4 pound coffee 1 tablespoon cocoa 1 package confectioners' sugar 1/2 tablespoon corn syrup 1/2 pint salad oil

CREAMED EGGS AND MUSHROOMS WITH BACON CURLS

Put 6 eggs in top of double boiler. Cover with Hot water, bring to boiling point, place over boiling water or on back of range and let stand 60 minutes. Remove shells and cut eggs in eighths lengthwise. Remove skins and stems from 1/2 pound mushroom caps and cut in slices lengthwise. Cover stems and skins with 1 1/2 cups cold water, heat slowly to boiling point, simmer gently 20 minutes and strain. Melt 1/3 cup butter, add 1/3 cup flour mixed with 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. When smooth add Stock strained from mushroom skins, with enough Top milk or thin cream to make 3 cups. Stir until sauce boils. Sauté mushroom caps in 1 tablespoon butter for 3 minutes. Add to sauce with the Hard cooked eggs. When thoroughly heated turn out on a platter and arrange Bacon curls over the top.

4 small cooked potatoes cut in pieces or 1 cup cooked macaroni or 1 small can asparagus cut in pieces may be used instead of mushrooms.

BACON CURLS

Place thin strips of Bacon on a board and with a broad-bladed knife press strips out as thin as possible. Roll each slice into a curl and fasten with a wooden toothpick. Cook until crisp and delicately brown in hot Bacon fat deep enough to cover the curls of bacon. Drain on brown paper and remove toothpicks.

MARMALADE BISCUITS

Sift together 2 cups bread flour 5 teaspoons baking powder and 1 teaspoon salt. With tips of fingers work in 2 tablespoons shortening. Add 7/8 cup milk, stirring with a knife. Toss on a floured cloth or board and roll out 1/4 inch thick. Cut in oval shapes 6 inches long and 3 inches wide with round ends. Lay on tin sheet. Make 1/2-inch cuts 1 inch from and parallel with the ends. Put 1 teaspoon of orange marmalade in the center. Bring one end of dough through hole in other end. Press edges together and bake in hot oven or at 450 degrees F. for 15 minutes. Pastry may be used instead of baking powder biscuit dough for these turnovers.

QUICK ORANGE MARMALADE

Remove skins in quarters from 2 oranges and 1 lemon, close to the pulp. Break up pulp and remove seeds. Add 1/2 cup water and simmer in covered saucepan for 45 minutes. Boil rind from oranges and lemons with 4 cups water in covered saucepan for 20 minutes. Drain and discard water. With sharp-edged spoon scrape out and discard white part of skins, leaving only yellow rind. With sharp knife shred yellow rinds just as thin as possible in pieces about 1 inch long. Simmer shredded rinds again in 2 1/2 cups water in covered saucepan for 15 minutes. Drain and discard water. Mix cooked pulp with rinds. Measure 2 cups of mixed rind and pulp, adding water if necessary to make up this amount. Add 3 1/2 cups sugar and mix well. Stir constantly and bring to vigorous boil over hot fire. Boil hard for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from fire, add 1/4 cup commercial pectin. Stir well. Let stand 5 minutes only, stirring occasionally. Pour into glasses.

PINEAPPLE SALAD

Drain juice from 1 can sliced pineapple and cut fruit in 1/4-inch cubes. Pile in centers of 8 nests of lettuce leaves. Cover 1/4 cup pistachio nuts with Boiling water and boil 1 minute. Remove skins and cut in fine shreds. Sprinkle over the pineapple. Cut 5 ripe olives in narrow strips and sprinkle over the nuts. Serve Cooked Mayonnaise Dressing separately.

COOKED MAYONNAISE DRESSING

Mix in top of double boiler 2 tablespoons flour 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/2 teaspoon paprika and 1/2 teaspoon mustard. Add 1/4 cup vinegar and 2 tablespoons salad oil. Stir until smooth. Add 1/2 cup hot water and cook 15 minutes in double boiler, stirring occasionally. Cool and add 1 egg yolk slightly beaten, then add 1/2 cup oil gradually while beating constantly, and fold in 1 egg white, beaten stiff.

BUTTERSCOTCH PARFAIT

Put in small saucepan 1 1/4 cups brown sugar 2 tablespoons butter and 1 1/2 cup water; stir until sugar is melted and boil without stirring to 238 degrees F. or until syrup forms a soft ball when tried in cold water. Pour slowly onto 3 egg yolks well beaten, and beat until cold and thick. (This mixture may be made the day before and kept in a cool place, if desired.) Fold in 3 egg whites beaten stiff 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 1/2 cups heavy cream beaten stiff and 1/2 cup nut meats broken in pieces. Put in paper cases, sprinkle with nuts and place in can of ice cream freezer with waxed paper and cardboard between the layers. Surround can with ice and salt, allowing 2 quarts ice mixed with 1 quart salt, using more ice and salt mixture, if necessary. Leave 4 hours or until frozen. Mixture may be frozen in small baking powder boxes or ice cream molds instead of in the paper cases.

ARCADIA CAKES

Scald and dry a small mixing bowl, put in 3 tablespoons butter and rub until creamy. Add slowly 1/3 cup sugar; when smooth and light add 1 egg yolk and 3 tablespoons milk. Sift in 5/8 cup pastry flour and 3/4 teaspoon baking powder. Mix well, then add 1 egg white beaten stiff. Bake in greased and floured muffin tins not more than 2 inches in diameter.

The finished cakes should be not more than three-fourths of an inch thick. Remove soft centers from cakes, taking them out from the top; fill cakes with Cocoa Butter Cream, put cakes together in pairs with the filling inside, cover with White Butter Cream and cover entire cake with thin Coffee Frosting. Decorate with reserved cream forced through a very small pastry tube of paper or tin.

The butter cream may be omitted and cakes be merely frosted on top if preferred.

BUTTER CREAM, COCOA AND WHITE

Work 1/3 cup washed or fresh sweet butter until very light and creamy, add 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla very gradually, and beat until very light. Reserve 2 tablespoons mixture for decoration.

Divide remainder in two portions. To one portion add 1 tablespoon dry cocoa. Whip 4 tablespoons cream and add two-thirds of it to the white butter cream and fold remainder into that which contains the cocoa. Use as filling for cakes.

COFFEE FROSTING

Mix 1/2 tablespoon corn syrup with 2 tablespoons strong hot coffee; add 1 1/4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar a tablespoon at a time, beating constantly and occasionally setting over hot water to keep it lukewarm.

PERCOLATED COFFEE II

Put in upper part of percolator coffee pot 1 cup finely ground coffee. Pour in 3 pints boiling water and percolate about 10 minutes. Put Cream and Sugar in the cups. Pour in the coffee and serve.

One-half cup cream left from making the parfait may be diluted with 1/2 cup milk and used for the coffee.

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MENU IX

Chicken and Clam Bouillon with Pimiento Cream Chicken Terrapin Waffles Spiced Figs

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Star Chicken Salad Quick Parker House Rolls Little Chocolate Cakes Pineapple Smash

PRELIMINARY PREPARATIONS

Chicken and clam bouillon made ready to reheat Pimientos ready to be added to cream Ingredients prepared for chicken terrapin or Salad made Spiced figs prepared at any time Dry ingredients mixed for waffles or Rolls baked or ready to bake Pineapple mixture cooked Cakes made

MARKET ORDER

4 pound fowl 2 quarts clams in shell 1 quart milk 1/2 pint sour cream 1/4 cup cream 1/2 pound butter 9 eggs 1 onion 1 green pepper 4 lemons 1 carrot 1 bunch mint 1/2 pound pulled figs 1/4 pound mushrooms 2 roots celery 1 head lettuce Chicken stock 1 can pimientos 4 ripe olives 1/4 bottle commercial pectin 1 pound Brazil nuts 1 can grated pineapple 1 1/2 pints ginger ale 1 pint mayonnaise dressing 8 maraschino cherries 1/8 pound chocolate 1 yeast cake Color pastes Parsley 2 tablespoons salad oil 1/2 package gelatin 1/2 pound confectioners' sugar

CHICKEN AND CLAM BOUILLON WITH PIMIENTO CREAM

Wash and scrub 2 quarts soft-shell clams in shell, put in kettle with 2 cup cold water, cover and cook till shells open. Strain liquor through double cheesecloth. Add enough Chicken stock, well seasoned, to make 1 quart. Add more Seasonings if needed and serve in bouillon cups with Pimiento cream. Clams may be used as steamed clams, if desired.

PIMIENTO CREAM

Mix 1/4 cup cream Few grains salt and 2 tablespoons pimiento, rubbed through a sieve. Beat until stiff and serve on bouillon or on any cream soup.

CHICKEN TERRAPIN

Mash Yolks of 3 hard-cooked eggs, add 5 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon mustard 1 1/4 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon white pepper and 3 tablespoons melted butter. Add to 2 cups scalded milk and cook until thick. Add Whites of 3 hard-cooked eggs, finely chopped 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken or fowl cut in cubes 1 or 2 tablespoons pimiento cut in strips 1 or 2 tablespoons green pepper cut in strips 2 tablespoons ripe olives cut in strips, and Juice of 1 lemon. Keep hot over hot water or electric grill and serve in patty shells reheated in the oven, or on toast. Serve with Spiced figs.

BOILED FOWL

Clean a 4 pound fowl and cook slowly for 1 1/4 hours, or until tender, in 1 quart boiling water with 6 slices carrot 2 stalks celery 2 slices onion Sprig of parsley 2 teaspoons salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Cool in the stock.

Fowl cooked in pressure cooker under 20 pounds pressure will become tender in from 30 to 40 minutes.

Fowl, if nearly covered with boiling water and boiled 5 minutes, will become tender if cooked in fireless cooker for 5 or 6 hours.

SPICED FIGS

Wash 1/2 pound pulled figs, and soak 1 hour in Cold water to cover. Drain, put in saucepan with 1 cup vinegar and 1 1/2 cups sugar. Put in a cheesecloth bag 1 tablespoon whole cloves and a 12-inch stick of cinnamon broken in pieces, and cook all for 50 minutes or until figs are tender.

SPICED JELLY

Put in saucepan 1 cup syrup strained from spiced figs or other spiced or sweet pickled fruit. Bring to boiling point, add 1/4 cup commercial pectin, boil 1/2 minute and turn into glasses or individual molds.

WAFFLES

Sift together 1 1/2 cups pastry flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon soda; add slowly 1 1/4 cups sour cream or rich sour milk or a mixture of the two, and 3 egg yolks, well beaten. Fold in 3 egg whites, beaten stiff. Use 1 large spoonful of mixture for each waffle. Cook on hot waffle iron.

An aluminum electric waffle iron should not be greased. An iron one should be well greased.

STAR CHICKEN SALAD

Mix together 1 cup white meat of cooked chicken or fowl cut in dice 3 whites hard-cooked eggs cut in dice, and marinate with 2 tablespoons salad oil 1 tablespoon vinegar 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Cook 1 cup peeled white mushroom caps in White stock until tender, then drain, chill and cut in small pieces. Add 1 cup celery cut lengthwise and crosswise in small pieces and 1 cup shelled Brazil nuts, peeled and cut in small pieces. Soak 1 tablespoon gelatin in 1/4 cup cold water, dissolve over hot water and add slowly to 1 cup mayonnaise dressing. Mix with other ingredients and pack in star-shaped mold. Chill, turn out on bed of Lettuce leaves. Fill center and cover outside with Mayonnaise dressing and sprinkle with 3 yolks hard-cooked eggs rubbed through strainer.

The stock in which mushrooms are cooked may be used in Chicken and Clam Bouillon or in a sauce for another meal.

QUICK PARKER HOUSE ROLLS

Sift together 2 1/2 cups bread flour 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 teaspoon salt. With tips of fingers work in 2 tablespoons shortening. Add 1 yeast cake dissolved in 1/3 cup lukewarm water and 1/2 cup milk. Beat well, let rise, turn out on floured cloth or board and roll lightly 1/3 inch thick. Shape in long ovals, dip lower half in Melted butter, fold double, buttered side up, and place in pans close together. Let rise and bake in hot oven 10 minutes at 425 degrees F. and 10 minutes at 400 degrees F. Brush with melted butter just before removing from oven.

LITTLE CHOCOLATE CAKES

Put in double boiler 2 squares chocolate, broken in small pieces 1/2 cup milk and 2 egg yolks. Cook, stirring constantly until thick and smooth. Remove from fire and add 1 cup sugar and 3 tablespoons butter and 1 1/4 cups bread flour, alternately with 1/2 cup milk in which 1/2 teaspoon soda is dissolved. Beat well and fold in 2 egg whites beaten stiff and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Pour into greased individual tins and bake 15 minutes at 450 degrees F. Cover with Cream frosting in different colors.

CREAM FROSTING

Beat 1 egg white until stiff, add 2 teaspoons cream 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and, slowly, 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar, and more if needed to make of right consistency to spread. Divide into several portions, and color with a bit of Color paste, pale yellow, pink, green, or lavender.

PINEAPPLE SMASH

Boil together for 10 minutes 2 cups water and 1 cup sugar. Add 1 pint can grated pineapple and Juice of 3 lemons. To 1 cup of mixture add 1/3 cup ice water and freeze until firm. Cool remainder and strain over block of ice. Add just before serving 1 1/2 pints ginger ale and serve in tall glasses with a Ball of the pineapple sherbet in each glass. Garnish with sprigs of Mint and Maraschino cherries.

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MENU X

Cream of Mushroom Soup Tuna Fish à la King in Patty Cases Cabbage and Carrot Salad Thousand Island French Dressing Bran Muffins Maple Charlotte with Maple Pecan Sauce and Sponge Cake Coffee with Honey and Whipped Cream

PRELIMINARY PREPARATIONS

Sponge cake made Maple charlotte made Salad dressing made except for the addition of cream Dry ingredients and shortening mixed for bran muffins Peppers cooked Tuna fish flaked Cabbage shredded Ingredients measured for tuna fish à la king Patty cases made and baked.

MARKET ORDER

1 pound can tuna fish 1 quart milk 1 pint cream 1 pound butter 5 eggs 1 onion 1 lemon 1 apple 1/2 pound fresh mushrooms 1 small cabbage 1 carrot 1 head lettuce 1 large green pepper 4 1/2 cups chicken stock or 5 chicken bouillon cubes 1 pimiento 1 cup bran 1/4 cup chili sauce 1 1/2 cups maple syrup 1/4 pound shelled pecans 1/4 pound coffee 1/4 pint honey 1/2 cup salad oil 2 ounces Graham flour 3 ounces seedless raisins 1/2 package gelatin

CREAM OF MUSHROOM SOUP

Chop Stems from 1/2 pound mushrooms, add Skins from mushrooms 1 slice onion and 3 cups chicken stock or 3 cups water in which carrots have been cooked, or 3 cups hot water in which 3 chicken bouillon cubes have been dissolved. Simmer 20 minutes and strain. Melt 4 tablespoons butter or margarine, add 4 tablespoons flour mixed with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Add the strained stock and stir until soup boils. Add 2 cups scalded milk, and when soup again boils, serve in bouillon cups.

This may be served at another meal if preferred.

TUNA FISH À LA KING IN PATTY CASES

Cook 1 large green pepper 2 minutes in boiling salted water to which has been added 1/8 teaspoon soda. Drain and cut in strips. Cook 5 minutes in 1 1/2 tablespoons butter; remove pepper and to butter add 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 1 tablespoon flour; then add 3/4 cup highly seasoned chicken stock and 1/3 cup cream. Stir until sauce boils, add the peppers 1 pound can tuna fish separated in flakes 1 pimiento cut in strips Salt to taste and Few drops onion juice. Peel 1/2 pound mushroom caps, sauté in 2 tablespoons butter, and add to tuna fish. Serve from the chafing dish or in Patty cases.

Two cups cooked chicken, cut in strips, or two cups crab meat may be used instead of tuna fish.

PUFF PASTE

Wash 1 cup butter, shape in circular piece, reserve 1 tablespoon, and put remainder in pan between two pans of ice. Work the reserved butter into 1 1/2 cups bread flour, mix to a dough with 5/8 cup ice water, knead 5 minutes, cover and let stand 5 minutes.