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Harper's cook book encyclopædia

1902

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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
place as much veal stuffing as possi- ble. Bring the edges of the meat to- gether and sew them with twine, or fasten them with skewers, that the force-meat may not escape. Put the veal in a moderately hot oven. Baste it liberally. When done enough take it up, pour melted butter over, and send fried rashers of bacon to table with it. Time to roast the veal, two to two and a half hours. Veal, Cold, To Ragout. — Cut the white part of the cold veal into small, round cutlets about one-third of an inch thick, and free from skin and gristle. Break up the bones of the veal, and with them the skin and trimmings of the meat, and any flavoring ingredi- ents that may be chosen, make a little good gravy. Strain this, and thicken it with a small piece of brown thick- ening, or with a small slice of butter. Season the gravy rather highly with pepper, mace or nutmeg, and anchovy, or mushroom powder. Flour the slices of veal, and fry them in hot fat till they are lightly browned. Drain them, put them on a dish, pour the gravy over, and serve very hot. Time, an hour or more to make the gravy. Veal Croquettes, a la Stuart. — Boil for thirty minutes 2 lbs. of veal, together with an onion, cut small, and some parsley in a pint of stock, to which add the liquor from one box of mushrooms ; season to taste with salt, pepper, and spices; when done, take out the veal ; strain the gravy and add to it a little roux ; reduce by boiling ; next add an egg and a handful of bread-crumbs ; mix well, and season with a little grated nutmeg and chop- ped parsley ; add the veal, Yz lb. of ham, and a tin of mushroomsVeal Ragout, chopped fine ; allow to cool ; separate into small, neat pieces, dip them into beaten egg, and roll in bread-crumbs ; repeat once or twice ; drop the croquettes into boiling lard, and fry a light brown; when cooked, drain and set aside to cool. Dish in the shape of a pyramid, and garnish with cresses. Veal Curry. — Veal may be curried whether it is cooked or not. The fresh meat is, of course, to be preferred, though the other is very good. To curry fresh veal, take about 2 lbs. of veal from the breast or cutlets from the neck. Cut it into neat pieces conven- ient for serving, rub these over with curry powder, and fry them in hot fat till they are brightly browned. Take them up, put them into a saucepan with a pint of stock, and simmer them gently till tender. Slice a large onion, and mince an apple finely: Fry these in the fat in which the veal was fried till they are quite soft. Rub them through a sieve, then mix with the pulp a table-spoonful of curry paste, a dessert-spoonful of ground rice, a pinch of salt, and a teaspoonful of finely minced lemon-rindVeal Curry. Add grad- ually the stock in which the veal has simmered, let the sauce boil up, put the cutlets in again, and simmer all to- gether over a gentle fire for half an hour. Place the meat on a dish, pour the sauce over, and send rice boiled for curry to table on a separate dish. If liked, a little lemon -juice may be used instead of the sour apple, and milk may be substituted for the veal stock. Some cooks put a clove of gar- lic into the curry, but this is a matter of taste. Time to simmer the veal, three-quarters of an hour in the stock and half an hour in the gravy.