Ragoût of Cold Veal (No. 512)

The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's ... · Kitchiner, William · 1817
Source
The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (14)
Instructions (12)
  1. Cut the veal into handsome cutlets.
  2. Put a piece of butter or clean dripping into a frying-pan.
  3. As soon as it is hot, flour and fry the veal of a light brown.
  4. Take it out.
  5. If you have no gravy ready, make some as directed in the note to No. 517; or put a pint of boiling water into the frying-pan, give it a boil up for a minute, and strain it into a basin.
  6. Put about an ounce of butter into a stew-pan.
  7. As soon as it melts, mix with it as much flour as will dry it up.
  8. Stir it over the fire for a few minutes, and gradually add to it the gravy you made in the frying-pan.
  9. Let them simmer together for ten minutes (till thoroughly incorporated).
  10. Season it with pepper, salt, a little mace, and a wine-glassful of mushroom catchup or wine.
  11. Strain it through a tamis to the meat, and stew very gently till the meat is thoroughly warmed.
  12. If you have any ready-boiled bacon, cut it in slices, and put it in to warm with the meat, or No. 526 or 527.
Original Text
To make an excellent Ragoût of Cold Veal.—(No. 512.) Either a neck, loin, or fillet of veal, will furnish this excellent ragoût with a very little expense or trouble. Cut the veal into handsome cutlets; put a piece of butter or clean dripping into a frying-pan; as soon as it is hot, flour and fry the veal of a light brown: take it out, and if you have no gravy ready, make some as directed in the note to No. 517; or put a pint of boiling water into the frying-pan, give it a boil up for a minute, and strain it into a basin while you make some thickening in the following manner: put about an ounce of butter into a stew-pan; as soon as it melts, mix with it as much flour as will dry it up; stir it over the fire for a few minutes, and gradually add to it the gravy you made in the frying-pan; let them simmer together for ten minutes (till thoroughly incorporated); season it with pepper, salt, a little mace, and a wine-glassful of mushroom catchup or wine; strain it through a tamis to the meat, and stew very gently till the meat is thoroughly warmed. If you have any ready-boiled bacon, cut it in slices, and put it in to warm with the meat, or No. 526 or 527. Veal cutlets, see No. 90, &c.
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