FRIED KIDNEYS

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Time
Cook: 8 min Total: 8 min
Yield
1.0 kidney per person
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (5)
Instructions (4)
  1. Cut the kidneys open without quite dividing them, remove the skin.
  2. Put a small piece of butter in the frying-pan.
  3. When the butter is melted, lay in the kidneys the flat side downwards, and fry them for 7 or 8 minutes, turning them when they are half-done.
  4. Serve on a piece of dry toast, season with pepper and salt, and put a small piece of butter in each kidney; pour the gravy from the pan over them, and serve very hot.
Original Text
FRIED KIDNEYS. 725. INGREDIENTS.—Kidneys, butter, pepper and salt to taste. Mode.—Cut the kidneys open without quite dividing them, remove the skin, and put a small piece of butter in the frying-pan. When the butter is melted, lay in the kidneys the flat side downwards, and fry them for 7 or 8 minutes, turning them when they are half-done. Serve on a piece of dry toast, season with pepper and salt, and put a small piece of butter in each kidney; pour the gravy from the pan over them, and serve very hot. Time.—7 or 8 minutes. Average cost, 1-1/2d. each. Sufficient.—Allow 1 kidney to each person. Seasonable at any time.
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