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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

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.
Dissolve a slice of butter in a stewpan, put in the onion iind bacon, and when the latter begins to soften, put in the liver with a seasoning of pepper, salt, and grated nutmeg. Stir the mixture over the fire till the liver loses its red appearance, turn it out to cool, and beat it to a paste. Add four well-beaten eggs with a few stewed mushrooms or truffles cut into pieces, if these are to be had. Line a basin with thin slices of fat bacon, put in the mince, and cover the top with bacon. Cover the basin closely, and bake the mince in the oven, or gently steam it over hot water till a skewer will pierce it easily. Let it remain till cold, trim neatly, and serve cut into slices. Veal, Godiveau (a kind of forcemeat).— Take a quarter of a pound of lean veal free fiom skin and sinew and an equal weight of good beef suet. ISIince these very finely. Add a small bunch of parsley and a few chives chopped small, together with a seasoning of pepper, salt, and grated nutmeg. Pound the ingredients in a mortar till they form a smooth, firm paste, and place this on ice for an hour. Put it again into the mortar with three ounces of pure iceVeal Godiveau (a kind of forcemeat), and pound it till it looks soft and creamy. Roll it on the table with flour, divide it into small round balls about the size of marbles, and bake these on a baking-sheet in a moderately-heated oven. Time to bake the balls, five minutes. Veal, Goose. — This very savoury dish, which is a favourite with many, may be made of breast of veal after the tendons or bones have been removed, or of the upper part of the flank of the loin, or of the skin of the best end of the neck which has been pared off with about an inch and a half of the flesh adhering to it. Lay the meat upon a table, cover with sage and onion stufling, such as is used for goose ; then roll it, bind securely with tape, and roast before a clear fire. When done enough place it upon a hot dish, and send good brown gravy and apple sauce to table with it. Veal Gravy, Endive with.— Wash and clean twelve heads of endive, and beware of the worms which generally are found in the heai-t. After having taken off all the green part of the leaves, wash the endive again in two or three different waters, and blanch them to take off the bitter taste. Then throw them into cold water, and when quite cold squeeze them till there is no water left in them, then chop them very fine. Next' stew them in a quantity of gravy sufficient to cover them entirely, to which add a little salt and a very small lump of sugar to cover the bitter tart taste of the endive. Ascertain if they are done enough by squeezing a bit between two fingers ; if very tender they are done. Then add two spoonfuls of Spanish sauce reduced, arid use them either for entremets under poached eggs or for entrees, such as minces of mutton, fricandeaux, sweetbreads, fillets of fowl, &c. Veal, Gravy for.— Take the bones and trimmings of the veal, and if the bones are large break them into small pieces. Put them into a saucepan, and pour over them as much cold water as will cover them. Supposing