A cheaper way

New system of domestic cookery, forme... · Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby · 1806

Source: New system of domestic cookery, formed upon principles of economy, and adapted to the use of private families
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Ingredients (17)

base

half a calf’s head, without the skin ↝ Pork, fresh, carcass, separable lean and fat, raw [Pork Products]
bones ↝ Pork, bones [Pork]
some gravy made of beef and veal bones ↝ Gravy, NFS [Dips, gravies, other sauces]
fried onions ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
herbs
mace ↝ Spices, mace, ground [Spices and Herbs]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
two or three ox palates
a cowheel, likewise cut in pieces
Brown some butter, flour, and onion ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
Brown some butter, flour, and onion ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
Brown some butter, flour, and onion ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]

seasoning and liquid

Half a pint of sherry wine ↝ Wine, white [Wine]
an anchovy
two spoonfuls of walnut catsup
the same of mushroom ↝ Mushrooms, raw [Other vegetables and combinations]
some chopped herbs as before

Instructions (6)

Prepare half a calf’s head, without the skin, as above.
When the meat is cut off, break the bones, and put into a saucepan, with some gravy made of beef and veal bones, and seasoned with fried onions, herbs, mace, and pepper.
Have ready two or three ox palates, boiled so tender as to blanch, and cut in small pieces; to which a cowheel, likewise cut in pieces, is a great improvement.
Brown some butter, flour, and onion, and pour the gravy to it.
Then add the meats as above, and stew.
Add half a pint of sherry wine, an anchovy, two spoonfuls of walnut catsup, the same of mushroom, some chopped herbs as before.

Original Text

A cheaper way.

Prepare half a calf’s head, without the skin, as above. When the meat is cut off, break the bones, and put into a saucepan, with some gravy made of beef and veal bones, and seasoned with fried onions, herbs, mace, and pepper. Have ready two or three ox palates, boiled so tender as to blanch, and cut in small pieces; to which a cowheel, likewise cut in pieces, is a great improvement. Brown some butter, flour, and onion, and pour the gravy to it; then add the meats as above, and stew. Half a pint of sherry wine, an anchovy, two spoonfuls of walnut catsup, the same of mushroom, some chopped herbs as before. Balls, &c.

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