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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.
Ox Cheek, Stewed. — Prepare the ox cheek as in the last recipe. Let it sinuner for two hours, then take it up, drain it, and put the liquid aside to cool. Remove the thick layer of fat which will collect on the top, and put it back into the stewpan with the ox cheek. Let it bon once more, then add a large onion with six cloves stuck in it, a basinful of mixed vegetables cut into small pieces, and consisting of three turnips, three carrots, two leeks, three sticks of celery, two or three sprigs of parsley, a small sprig of thjine, two bay-leaves, a blade of mace, half a tea-spoonful of peppercorns, and a little more salt, if required. Simmer two hours longer. Take up the meat, cut it into neat slices. Strain the gravy. Thicken one pint and a half of itOx Cheek, Stewed -with a little butter rolled in flour-, and serve the slices in a dish with the sauce poured over them. A glassful of red wine may be stirred into this sauce, or it may be drawn from the fire for a minute or two, and then mixed with the weU-beaten yolks of two eggs ; or a little lemon- juice may be squeezed over the meat, and the sauce poured over after- wards. Probable cost of ox cheek, 6d. per pound. Sufficient for half a dozen persons. Ox Eyes. — Cut some slices of stale bread three-quai-ters of an inch in thickness. Toast them, stamp them in rounds three inches in diameter, and take out of the middle of each round a smaller round one inch and a half in ox ( iSG ) OX diameter ; he careful to leave the rings firm and unbroken. Place them on a -well-buttered dish, and let them soak in sour cream until they are soft, then lay a raw egg in the middle of each ring. Sprinkle a little salt and pepper over them, and put a tea-spoonful of milkOx Eyes on each egg. Put them in a hot oven, and let them remain until the whites are set, but they must not brown. Garnish with water-cresses. Time, ten minute* to set the eggs. Probable cost of haK a dozen ox eyes, 8d. Ox Feet Jelly {see Wa}-land Jelly, Ox Feet). Ox Heart, Baked.— Wash the heart in several waters. Cut away the lobes, and let it soak for twelve hours in vinegar and water. Drain, and slice into thin steaks cut the long- way of the heart. Grease a pie- dish, and lay some sliced jiotatoes at the bottom of it. Put two or three rashers of bacon on these, then the heart, then bacon again, and afterwards more potatoes, and repeat until the dish is full, being careful to put potatoes on the top of all. Dredge a little pepper over each layer as it is put in, and salt if required. This -will depend upon the quality of the bacon. Pour half a pint of water over the whole, and bake in a moderate oven. A little browning added to the gra-vy will improve the appearance. Time to bake, one hour and a half. Probable cost, 3s. Ox Heel Stock for Jelly {see Stock for JeUy, O.-cHeel). Ox Kidney {see Kidney, Ox, Stewed). Ox Liver, To Cure and Preserve,