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1891

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Presented as published in 1891. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Note. — Cushion of veal braized thus can be served with either jardiniere, mac^doine, stewed peas, a la Toulouse, stuffed tomatoes, white haricot beans, glazed onions, new carrots, or any pur^e of vegetables, and also with stewed mushrooms. 626. SCOLLOPS OF VEAL WITH STEWED MUSHROOMS. Cut a cushion of veal into scollops as for scollops fried ; put them in a saut^-pan with sufficient broth to cover them entirely; season with salt and pepper, and simmer them gently till the scollops are done, which will be in about an hour. Meanwhile brown in a stewpan three spoonfuls of flour with an ounce of butter, by stirring for four or five minutes ; then moisten with half a pint of broth and a gill of sherry; stir and dilute this well; season with a little salt and pepper ; then add to the sauce one pound of well- cleaned fresh mushrooms ; simmer for six or eight minutes. 2 54 PRACTICAL HOUSEHOLD COOKERY, and then draw by the side of the fira When the scollops are cooked dish them up in the form of a circle and keep hot ; skim ofiP the fat from the liqaor in which the scollops were cooked ; reduce it a little over a brisk fire, then add the mushrooms, with a teaspoonf ul of finely chopped parsley and the juice of half a lemonScollops of Veal with Stewed Mushrooms ; stir on the fire till it boils ; pour it in the centre of the dish with the scollops, and serve. Note. — Scollops cooked as above may be dressed with any pur6e or garnish of vegetables, as well as with macaroni, tagliatelli, spaghetti, or ravioli. 527. VEAL CUTLETS WITH SORREL PUR£E. Saw off the chine-bone and upper end ribs of the half of the best- end neck of veal, leaving the cutlet bones about four inches long ; divide these into cutlets of an even thick- ness; trim them nicely without showing the bone; lard the fillet of each cutlet with thin strips of fat bacon, put them in a saut^-pan with three ounces of clarified butter and fry them for four minutes only; then add a pint of veal broth, half a pint of French white wine, a small shred carrot and onion, and salt and pepper to tasteVeal Cutlets with Sorrel Purée; simmer very gently till the cutlets are well glazed, and meanwhile prepare a pur^ of sorrel (No. 238). When the cutlets are done dress them up on a dish in the form of a circle, fill the centre with the sorrel, skim off the fat, strain the gravy over the cutlets, and serve. 628. VEAL CUTLETS WITH HAH. Cut and trim six veal cutlets ns described in the previous number ; put them in a saut(!'-pan wiMi two or three ounces of clariBed butter to colour Ihem ; after which, pour off the butter, and add one pint of veal stock with half a pint of PRACTICAL HOUSEHOLD COOKERY. 255 Espagnole sauce, and simmer till the cutlets are done. Meanwhile cut six lean slices of hamVeal Cutlets with Ham, a quarter of an inch thick and trim them to the shape of the cutlets; fry for five minutes in the clarified butter which was saved from the cutlet-pan. When the cutlets are done drain and dish up in a circle with a slice of ham between each. Skim the fat o£F the gravy, strain it through a small tammy over the cutlets, and serve. 629. VEAL CUTLETS MILANAISE. Cut and pare away six veal cutlets as in No. 528, flatten slightly with the cutlet-bat dipped in water, and pass them through the yolks of three eggs well beaten and seasoned with salt ; then put them into bread-crumbs and fry in a saut^-pan with four ounces of clarified butter to a nice golden colour on both sides. Meanwhile prepare some macaroni MilanaiseVeal Cutlets Milanese (No. 94). When the cutlets are ready lay the half of the macaroni over the dish, dress the cutlets on it in the usual form, pour the remainder of the macaroni in the centre, sprinkle over the cutlets the butter left in the pan, and serve. 630. VEAL CUTLETS A L'lTALIENNE. Veal Cutlets A L'Italienne