To roast a Calf's Heart

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

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

Ingredients (14)

forcemeat

crumbs of half a penny loaf
a quarter of a pound of beef suet shred small ↝ Beef, variety meats and by-products, suet, raw [Beef Products]
or butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
a little parsley ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]
sweet marjoram ↝ Peppers, sweet, red, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
lemon peel ↝ Lemon peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
a little nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
the yolk of an egg ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]

to cover stuffing

a caul of veal ↝ Veal, ground, raw [Lamb, Veal, and Game Products]
or writing paper

to serve

good melted butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
slices of lemon ↝ Lemon, raw [Citrus fruits]

Instructions (4)

Make a forcemeat with the crumbs of half a penny loaf, a quarter of a pound of beef suet shred small, or butter, chop a little parsley, sweet marjoram, and lemon peel, mix it up with a little nutmeg, pepper, salt, and the yolk of an egg.
Fill your heart, and lay over the stuffing a caul of veal, or writing paper, to keep it in the heart.
Lay it in a Dutch oven, keep turning it, and roast it thoroughly.
When you dish it up, pour over it good melted butter, lay slices of lemon round it, and send it to table.

Original Text

To roast a Calf's Heart.
MAKE a forcemeat with the crumbs of half a penny loaf, a quarter of a pound of beef suet shred small, or butter, chop a little parsley, sweet marjoram, and lemon peel, mix it up with a little nutmeg, pepper, salt, and the yolk of an egg, fill your heart, and lay over the stuffing a caul of veal, or writing paper, to keep it in the heart, lay it in a Dutch oven, keep turning it, and roast it thoroughly; when you dish it up, pour over it good melted butter, lay slices of lemon round it, and send it to table.

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