Kidneys

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
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Ingredients (7)
Instructions (8)
  1. Cut the kidneys into neat slices.
  2. Put them into warm water to soak for 2 hours, and change the water 2 or 3 times.
  3. Put them on a clean cloth to dry the water from them.
  4. Lay them in a frying-pan with some clarified butter.
  5. Fry them of a nice brown.
  6. Season each side with pepper and salt.
  7. Put them round the dish, and the gravy in the middle.
  8. Before pouring the gravy in the dish, add the lemon-juice and sugar.
Original Text
I. 632. INGREDIENTS.—1 kidney, clarified butter, pepper and salt to taste, a small quantity of highly-seasoned gravy, 1 tablespoonful of lemon-juice, 1/4 teaspoonful of powdered sugar. Mode.—Cut the kidneys into neat slices, put them into warm water to soak for 2 hours, and change the water 2 or 3 times; then put them on a clean cloth to dry the water from them, and lay them in a frying-pan with some clarified butter, and fry them of a nice brown; season each side with pepper and salt, put them round the dish, and the gravy in the middle. Before pouring the gravy in the dish, add the lemon-juice and sugar. Time.—From 5 to 10 minutes. Average cost, 9d. each. Seasonable at any time.
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