A sauce of clear stock flavoured with thyme, marjoram, savory, chives, shallots, peppercorns and nutmeg, thickened with beurre manié and finished with lemon juice, tarragon and chervil.
The arracacia root, Peruvian carrot or celery potato is a leguminous plant from South America, probably native to Colombia. The starchy, tuberous rhizomes are brown-skinned and cylindrical with off-white flesh. They can be cooked in the same way as potatoes or sweet potatoes, or used in desserts. They are often ground to produce a flour similar to cassava. They are used widely throughout South America.
Arrack or raki may be any eastern spirit, from an aniseed or liquorice-flavoured liquor in the style of raki to a pungent rum. May be distilled from grape, grain, date or the sap of a coconut palm. Its name comes from the Arabic araq, meaning juice or sap. The most famous, Batavia Arrak, is made in Java and is aged for 7-10 years.
A drum of hard cheese made with cow's milk, this is a Dunlop-type cheese, similar to Cheddar. It has a moist, close-textured, slightly elastic paste and is rindless. It is made at Torrylin Creamery, Isle of Arran, Strathclyde. It may or may not be coloured. It is made with whole milk and the curds are pressed. It may be found in the following weighing 1 kg (2 lb 3 oz). This cheese tastes less harsh than Cheddar.
A blue cheese made with cow's milk at Home Farm, Brodick on the Isle of Arran. This cheese is at its best from March to October and is made with raw milk. It is made with vegetable rennet so is suitable for vegetarians. Affinage is usually 8 weeks.
Arran Pilot is a white-fleshed, white-skinned, medium-sized first early potato, with firm flesh. It is good in salads and is also suitable for chips (US: fries) and baking.
Arran Victory is an old variety of potato with rough, tough purple skin and sweet, very white flesh. This is a very floury potato which it is wise to cook in its skin. Very good steamed, mashed or baked. (1918).
