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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.
Time, foui- to five hours. Venison Steaks, Broiled. —Cut the steaks an inch thick from the leg or the loin of venison. Make the gridiron hot, rub the bars with a little suet, and place the steaks upon it over a clear fire. Turn them every two minutes to preserve the gravy. Make the steak dish very hot ; put on it for each pound of venison an ounce of butter, a table-sjioonful of liquid red- currant jelly, a table-spoonful of wine, or, as a .substitute, boiling stock or water, and a little pepper and salt. Turn the broiled steaks in the sauce once or twice, and serve very hot. By way of variety, the butter only may be put into the dish under the steaks, and stewed mush- rooms may be served with the venison ; or thin shces of lemon may be laid on the steaks for the last two or three minutes that they are being broiled, and then served with them. Time, from twenty to twenty-five minutes to broil the steaks. Probable cost of venison, very un- certain. Venison Steaks, Pried. — Cut some steaks half an inch thick from a leg or loin of venison, season with pepper and salt, dip them in flour, and put them in the frying-pan with some hot fat. Keep them covered till they are brightly browned on one side, then take off the cover, turn them, and let them brown quickly upon the other. Be careful that they are not overdone. Pom- a wine-glassful of boil- ing stock or water into the pan, add a table- spoonful of red-currant jelly and a glassful of port or claretVenison Soup, made from the Remains of Cold Roast Venison if liked; stir the sauce over the tire for a few minutes, and serve verj' hot. Probable cost of venison, very uncertain. Venison, Wholesomeness of. — Veni- son is less nutritive than beef, but is more easily digested. Indeed, venison, if kept for some time, is one of the most easily digested articles of animal food, and well fitted for dys- peptics. When used by such persons, it should be plain roasted, and rather underdone ; and they should eat it without any sweet condi- ments, using merely table-salt. It should be kept for some time to make it tender, but not so long as to begin to decay, as is often done. — Lr. Andrew. Venus's Jelly. — Boil a quarter of a pound of hartshorn shavings in a quart of water till the liquor is reduced to a pint. Strain, and simmer in it the thin rind of a large lemon and of an orange. When sufficiently flavoured, pour it out, and let it get cold. Sweeten to taste, add the strained juice of the fruit, a large wine-glassful of sherry, and the whisked whites and crushed shells of two eggs. Put the liquor on the fire, stir briskly, for a minute or two, then let it simmer without being touched for ten minutes. Lift the pan gently from the fire, and let the liquor stand to settle for ten minutes. Pour it through a jeUy-bag, and strain tiU clear. Colour with a few drops of cochineal.