Another Ditto.

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
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (20)

Stewing the mutton

a pound and a half of scrag of mutton ↝ Mutton, cooked, roasted (Navajo) [American Indian/Alaska Native Foods]
three pints of water to a quart ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]

Broth

a calf’s foot
a cowheel

Flavoring and thickening

a quarter of a pint of Madeira or sherry wine ↝ Wine, rice [Wine]
a quarter of a pint of Madeira or sherry wine ↝ Wine, white [Wine]
a large onion ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
half a teaspoonful of Cayenne pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, red or cayenne [Spices and Herbs]
a bit of lemonpeel
two anchovies
some sweet herbs
eighteen oysters cut in pieces, and then chopped fine ↝ Oysters, raw [Shellfish]
a teaspoonful of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a little nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
the liquor of the oysters ↝ Oysters, raw [Shellfish]

Serving

forcemeat balls
hard eggs ↝ Egg, whole, cooked, hard-boiled [Dairy and Egg Products]

Improvements

Cowheels, with veal or head
Cowheels, with veal or head ↝ Veal, ground, raw [Lamb, Veal, and Game Products]
Cowheels, with veal or head

Instructions (6)

Stew a pound and a half of scrag of mutton, with three pints of water to a quart.
Set the broth on, with a calf’s foot and a cowheel.
Cover the stewpan tight, and simmer till you can cut off the meat from the bones in proper bits.
Set it on again, with the broth, a quarter of a pint of Madeira or sherry wine, a large onion, half a teaspoonful of Cayenne pepper, a bit of lemonpeel, two anchovies, some sweet herbs, and eighteen oysters cut in pieces, and then chopped fine, a teaspoonful of salt, a little nutmeg, and the liquor of the oysters.
Cover tight, and simmer three quarters of an hour.
Serve with forcemeat balls, and hard eggs in the tureen.

Original Text

Another Ditto.

Stew a pound and a half of scrag of mutton, with three pints of water to a quart; then set the broth on, with a calf’s foot and a cowheel: cover the stewpan tight, and simmer till you can cut off the meat from the bones in proper bits. Set it on again, with the broth, a quarter of a pint of Madeira or sherry wine, a large onion, half a teaspoonful of Cayenne pepper, a bit of lemonpeel, two anchovies, some sweet herbs, and eighteen oysters cut in pieces, and then chopped fine, a teaspoonful of salt, a little nutmeg, and the liquor of the oysters: cover tight, and simmer three quarters of an hour. Serve with forcemeat balls, and hard eggs in the tureen.

Note. Cowheels, with veal or head, are a great improvement; and if not too much boiled, have a very fine flavour stewed for turtle; and are more solid than the calf’s feet.

Notes

—