Eggs with Lettuce

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

Source: The Art Of Cookery
Time: Cook: 30 min Total: 30 min
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

For the lettuce

cabbage-lettuce ↝ Lettuce, raw [Lettuce and lettuce salads]
a piece of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a little nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]

For the eggs

eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

Garnish

Seville orange ↝ Orange, raw [Citrus fruits]

Instructions (8)

Scald some cabbage-lettuce in fair water.
Squeeze them well, then slice them and toss them up in a sauce-pan, with a piece of butter.
Season them with pepper, salt and a little nutmeg.
Let them stew half an hour.
Chop them well together.
When they are enough, lay them in your dish.
Fry some eggs nicely in butter and lay on them.
Garnish with Seville orange.

Original Text

Eggs with Lettuce.
SCALD some cabbage-lettuce in fair water, squeeze them well,
then slice them and toss them up in a sauce-pan, with a piece of
butter; season them with pepper, salt and a little nutmeg. Let
them stew half an hour, chop them well together, when they are
enough, lay them in your dish, fry some eggs nicely in butter and
lay on them. Garnish with Seville orange.

Notes

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