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Porterhouse Chops

From Miss Parloa's kitchen companion, 1887

Serves 2

This method yields a chop two inches thick.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • a loin of mutton

Method

  1. Trim nearly all the flank from the loin.

  2. Saw through the backbone about one inch from the end of the loin, then cut again one inch farther up and cut off the chop with a sharp knife.

Nutrition per serving

31Calories
2 gProtein
0 gCarbs
2 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Porterhouse Chops. These chops are but little known, but they are very popular with gentlemen who try them once. They re- semble English chops. This is the way they are cut : Trim nearly all the flank from a loin of mutton

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