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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.
Kidney Pudding. — Cut the hard core out of the centre of an ox kidney, and divide the meat into pieces an inch sc;[uare. Season these with pepper and salt; and, if liked, add an onion and two ounces of beef suet, finely minced. Make some pastry, with three-quarters of a pound of flour, half a pound of good drip- ping, and as much water as is requiied. lioU. it out, line a pudding-basin with it, and put in the slices of meat. Poui' over them a tea-cupful of cold water, place a cover of pastry on the top, pinch the edges securely, tie the pudding in a floured cloth, and plunge it into boiling water. Boil quickly. Turn the pudding out ■when cooked enough, and serve very hot. Time, two hours to boil. Probable cost. Is. Gd. Suf- licient for four persons. Kidney Pudding (another way).— This pudding may also be made of mutton, veal, or lamb. Make the pastry as dii-ected in the last recipe. Line a pudding-basin with it, and slice haK a dozen kidneys. Season them with salt and cayenne, and sprinkle ovei* them a dessert-spoonfiil of powdered herbs, of which two-thirds should be parsley and one-third thj-me. Put them in the basin, pour over them two or three table-spoonfuls of good veal stock and a glassful of light wine ; cover them with the crust, pinch in the edges securely, tie the pudding in a floured cloth, plunge it into boiling water, and keep, it boUing quickly until it is cooked enough. Serve as hot as possible. Time to boil, two hours. Probable cost, 2s. Suf- flcient for four or five persons. Kidney, Rissoles of. — Take the remains of an ox kidney ; cut some thin slices from it, weigh them, and to half a pound of kidney put half a pound of lean boiled ham. Mince the meat veiy finely, season with pepper and salt, ai-d moisten it with the yolk of an egg well beaten. EoU out half a pound of the trimmings of puff paste to the thickness of the eighth of an inch. Divide the mince into small balls, roil each one in paste, and fry them in hot fat till they are brightly bro^\^led. Serve as hot as possible, and garnish with parsley. Time, three or foirr minutes to fry. Probable cost, Is. 6d. Sufficient for four or five persons. Kidney Soup. — Cut an ox kidney into thin slices. Season these with salt and pepper, dredge a little flour over them, and frj- them in butter until they are nicely browned. Pour over them as much boiling water as will cover them, and simmer gently for an hour. Take out the kidney, cut it into small pieces, and re- turn it to the saucepan, together with two quarts of stock, two turnips, two carrots, one onion, three sticks of celerj-, all cut small, and a small bunch of savoury herbs. Simmer slowly for an hour and a half, then take out the herbs ; add a table-spoonful of mushroom ketchup, and a little salt and pepper, if required, and thicken the soup with a lump of butter rolled in flour. Probable cost. Is. 6d. per quart. Sufficient for half a dozen persons. Kidney Toast. — Pound a cold veal kid- ney, ^\ith the fat which surrounds it, in a mortar. Kidneys a la Tartare