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1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Broiled Lamb’s Kidneys with Colbert Sauce. — Split open eight kidneys, skin them, place on a dish, and anoint them well with sweet-oil. Dust over them 1 table-spoonful of salt, 1 teaspoonful of pepper, and J teaspoonful of nutmeg. Take eight silver skewers, run each skewer through the centre of a kidney (which should be split partly open), roll them in breadcrumbs, and put them to broil before a moderate fire for about four or five minutes on each side. Place them on a very hot dish, on which has been pre- viously poured J pint of hot colbert sauceBroiled Lamb’s Kidneys with Colbert Sauce, garnish with Fig. 1031. Lamb’s Kidneys with Colbert Sauce. fried bread crofttons (see Fig. 1031), and send to table at once. Devilled Lamb’s Kidneys. — Skin and pare twelve kidneys, split them into halves, without separating the parts, and lain the skewers through as for Broiled Lamb’s Kidneys with Colbert Sauce. Broil them slightly for one minute on each side, then mix together in a dish 1 teaspoonful of mustard with 2 table-spoonfuls of Parisian sauce, J tea- spoonful of cayenne pepper, 1 teaspoonful of salt, and a little mignonette pepper. Roll the kidneys well in this, then in breadcrumbs, and finish by broiling them once more for three minutes on each side. Serve with a gill of maitre- d’hotel butteDevilled Lamb’s Kidneysr poured over. Fried Lamb’s Kidneys served with Crofttons of Bread. — Skin and trim the fat off the kidneys, cut each one into halves, lengthwise, put them in a frying-pan with one or two finely-chopped shallots and 2oz. of butter, dust over salt and pepper, and fry them. When the kidneys are cooked and the shallots nicely browned, take them off the fire, and baste with a few table-spoonfuls of melted glaze. Fry in hot fat a dozen or so crofttons of bread, and when browned and crisp, drain, and brush them over with a paste-brush dipped in melted glaze. Put the kidneys on a hot dish, sprinkle with chopped parsley, squeeze the juice of a lemon over themFried Lamb’s Kidneys served with Crofttons of Bread, garnisli with the crofttons of bread, and serve. Glazed Lamb’s Kidneys. — Remove all the skin and fat from a dozen Lamb’s Kidneys and cut them down the centre, but not to sever them. Put them in a frying-pan with a little butter and fry until they are brown, sprinkle over with salt and pepper to taste and add a few table- spoonfuls of melted glaze; roll them well in this and place on a dish. Cover with finely-minced parsley, add a few drops of lemon-juiceGlazed Lamb’s Kidneys, and serve with a garnish of crofttons of fried bread. Lamb’s Livers. — The greatest care is required when cleaning and preparing these for cooking that the gall-bladder and its appurtenances shall be cleanly cut away without leaving the slightest stain. Any part coming in contact witli the gall is certain to be bitter, even in the liver of so young an animal as a Lamb of only two months. The blood must be squeezed out of the liver under water, and the whole thoroughly washed ; the fresher it is used the better. Broiled Lamb’s Liver. — (1) Cut the liver into thin slices, and let them macerate in oil and chopped parsley for half- an-hour. Drain the slices, dust them over with salt and Fig. 1032. Broiled Lamb's Liver. Broiled Lamb’s Liver