Fillet of Veal

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
Time
Cook: 180 min Total: 180 min
Status
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Ingredients (8)
Instructions (12)
  1. Cut the fillet of veal in three or four pieces.
  2. Season it with pepper, salt, and a little mace.
  3. Put it into pots with half a pound of butter.
  4. Tie a paper over the pots.
  5. Set it in a hot oven and bake it three hours.
  6. When you take it out, cut off all the out-sides.
  7. Put the veal in a marble mortar and beat it with the fat from your gravy.
  8. Oil a pound of fresh butter, and put it in a little at a time, and keep beating it till you see it is like a fine paste.
  9. Put it close down into your potting-pots.
  10. Put a paper upon it and set on a weight to press it hard.
  11. When your veal is cold and stiff, pour over it clarified butter, the thickness of a crown-piece.
  12. Tie it down.
Original Text
CUT a fillet of veal in three or four pieces, season it with pepper, salt, and a little mace, put it into pots with half a pound of butter, tie a paper over it, and set it in a hot oven, and bake it three hours, when you take it out cut off all the out-sides, then put the veal in a marble mortar, and beat it with the fat from your gravy, then oil a pound of fresh butter, and put it in, a little at a time, and keep beating it till you see it is like a fine paste, then put it close down into your potting-pots, put a paper upon it, and set on a weight to press it hard; when your veal is cold and stiff, pour over it clarified butter, the thickness of a crown-piece, and tie it down.
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