391. Ox-tails au Gratin

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

two ox-tails ↝ Turkey, tail [Turkey, duck, other poultry]
pepper and salt ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
pepper and salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a couple of eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
bread-crumbs ↝ Bread, crumbs, dry, grated, seasoned [Baked Products]

for serving

any sauce you may fancy ↝ Sauce, NFS [Dips, gravies, other sauces]
a little plain gravy ↝ Gravy, NFS [Dips, gravies, other sauces]

Instructions (7)

Cook two ox-tails as before, and when cold, dry them upon a cloth.
Season with pepper and salt.
Have a couple of eggs well beaten upon a plate, into which dip each piece singly.
Afterwards throw them into a dish of bread-crumbs, to cover every part.
Beat them lightly with a knife, and again egg and bread-crumb them.
Broil them upon a gridiron, or place them in a very hot oven until of a brownish color.
Serve with any sauce you may fancy, or with a little plain gravy.

Original Text

391. Ox-tails au Gratin.—Cook two ox-tails as before, and when cold, dry them upon a cloth, season with pepper and salt, have a couple of eggs well beaten upon a plate, into which dip each piece singly, afterwards throwing them into a dish of bread-crumbs, to cover every part, then beat them lightly with a knife, and again egg and bread-crumb them, broil them upon a gridiron, or place them in a very hot oven until of a brownish color, when serve with any sauce you may fancy, or with a little plain gravy.

Notes

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