Forced SWEET-BREADS

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (15)

three sweet-breads ↝ Bread, sweet potato [Yeast breads]
the yolk of an egg a little, and rub it over them with a feather ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
bread crumbs ↝ Bread, crumbs, dry, grated, seasoned [Baked Products]
lemon peel ↝ Lemon peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
parsley ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]
nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
a little veal gravy ↝ Gravy, poultry [Dips, gravies, other sauces]
mushroom powder ↝ Gravy, mushroom, dry, powder [Soups, Sauces, and Gravies]
caper liquor ↝ Capers, canned [Spices and Herbs]
juice of lemon ↝ Lemon juice, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
brown-ing ↝ Sugars, brown [Sweets]
flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (9)

Put three sweet-breads in boiling water for five minutes.
Beat the yolk of an egg a little, and rub it over them with a feather.
Strew on bread crumbs, lemon peel, and parsley shredded very fine, nutmeg, salt, and pepper to your palate.
Set them before the fire to brown.
Add to them a little veal gravy, mushroom powder, caper liquor, or juice of lemon and browning.
Thicken it with flour and butter.
Boil it a little.
Pour it in your dish.
Lay in your sweet-breads.

Original Text

Forced SWEET-BREADS.
PUT three sweet-breads in boiling water five
minutes, beat the yolk of an egg a little, and
rub it over them with a feather, strew on bread
crumbs, lemon peel, and parsley shred very fine,
nutmeg, salt, and pepper to your palate, set
them before the fire to brown, and add to them
a little veal gravy, put a little mushroom pow-
der, caper liquor, or juice of lemon and brown-
ing, thicken it with flour and butter, boil it a
little, and pour it in your dish, lay in your sweet-

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