Subj : Today in History - 1804
To   : All
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sun Jul 10 2022 06:36:00

00 July 1804 - DEADLY DUEL ENDS POLITICAL RIVALRY: US Vice President 
Aaron Burr and former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton arrive at 
New Jersey's Palisades and proceed with a pistol duel after years of 
public rivalry. Hamilton fires into the air, but Burr shoots directly 
at Hamilton, felling him with a fatal bullet.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Dueling Benedicts
 Categories: Beef, Breads, Eggs, Pork, Vegetables
      Yield: 2 servings

MMMMM-------------------CORNED BEEF BENEDICT-------------------------
      1    English muffin; split,
           - toasted
     14 oz Can corned beef hash; heated
      2    Poached eggs
    1/2 c  Hollandaise sauce

MMMMM--------------------HOT BROWN BENEDICT--------------------------
      1    English muffin; split,
           - toasted
      2 sl (thick) roasted deli turkey
           - heated gently
      2 sl Fresh tomato
      4 sl Precooked bacon
    1/2 c  "Investment" mornay; slowly
           - heated w/extra minced
           - turkey and bacon
           +=WITH=+
    1/4 c  Sharp grated cheese stirred
           - in to emphasize the "Hot
           - Brown" aspect of the eggs
           - Derby style.

MMMMM-------------------BLENDER HOLLANDAISE------------------------
      4    Egg yolks
      2 tb Fresh lemon juice
    1/2 ts Salt
        pn (generous) white pepper
      1 c  Melted butter

MMMMM-----------------KICKED UP MORNAY SAUCE-----------------------
  1 1/2 tb Unsalted butter
  1 1/2 tb Olive oil
      3 tb A-P flour
      1 c  Milk
    1/2 sm Onion; peeled
           Bay leaf
      6    Black peppercorns; whole
      1 ts Chicken base
      1 ts Worcestershire sauce
      1 tb Dijon mustard
           Nutmeg
      1 c  Shredded Parmesan cheese

  BLENDER HOLLANDAISE: Melt butter until foaming (not
  browned), add in a slow stream to egg yolks, lemon juice
  and seasoning in a blender cup base. Blend until foamy
  and thickened. Reserve in a thermos.

  KICKED UP MORNAY SAUCE: Heat unsalted butter and olive
  oil over low heat in a large saucepan. Whisk in flour
  and cook a few minutes. In a small sauce pan, heat milk,
  onion, bay leaf, and whole black peppercorns, over
  gentle heat, do not scald. 

  Strain hot milk into a quart measuring cup (discard
  solids) add chicken base and stir to mix. 

  Off the heat, stir the seasoned hot milk into the
  butter/oil/flour mixture. Back over low heat, cook
  slowly whisking all the time until thickened. 

  Add Worchestershire sauce, dijon mustard, a generous
  scraping of nutmeg shredded parmesan cheese. Stir well,
  reserve.

  EGG POACHING: In a deep skillet of simmering water, add
  a tb of white vinegar to 3" of simmering water. Break in
  whole eggs and cook until just below a solid yolk
  setting. don't poach more than four eggs to control
  doneness. Whites firm and yolks runny is the goal. Use a
  slotted spoon to remove eggs from poaching liquid, drain
  well, before topping toasted English muffin.

  ASSEMBLY IN LAYERS. Corned Beef Benedict - Toasted
  muffins, Hot crumbled corn beef. Poached egg and spoon
  over hollandaise.

  Hot Brown Benedict - toasted muffin, slice of tomato,
  slice of turkey, poached egg, crisscross bacon slices,
  kicked up mornay sauce.

  RECIPE FROM: http://www.grouprecipes.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

.... In England, anything served for dessert is pudding, even pudding.
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