527. Calf’s Tail Curry

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (8)
for calf's head curry
Instructions (8)
  1. Cut up calves’ tails into joints.
  2. Put the joints into a stewpan with a small piece of lean ham and a bunch of parsley, thyme, and bay-leaf.
  3. Cover them with three pints of cold water.
  4. Let simmer about two hours, until tender, keeping them well skimmed.
  5. When done, strain the stock through a hair sieve into a basin.
  6. Put the tails upon a plate.
  7. Proceed as directed for calf’s head curry, but using the stock from the tails.
  8. Reduce the curry until rather thickish before adding the tails.
Original Text
527. Calf’s Tail Curry.—Cut up calves’ tails into joints, which put into a stewpan, with a small piece of lean ham and a bunch of parsley, thyme, and bay-leaf; cover them with three pints of cold water, and let simmer about two hours, until tender, keeping them well skimmed; when done, strain the stock through a hair sieve into a basin, and put the tails upon a plate; then proceed as directed for calf’s head curry, but using the stock from the tails, and reducing the curry until rather thickish before adding the tails.
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