Braised Calf's Liver

Ingredients

• Wash and scald a small calf's liver
• the bottom of which is well covered with chopped carrot
• onion
• half a cupful of chopped celery tops
• a quart of stock
• a teaspoon of salt
• a saltspoon of pepper
• two carrots cut in blocks
• heat a can of tender peas
• boil carefully a pint of tender celery

Method

1. 1

   Wash and scald a small calf's liver.

2. 2

   Place it in a baking-pan, the bottom of which is well covered with chopped carrot, onion and half a cupful of chopped celery tops; add a quart of stock, a teaspoon of salt and a saltspoon of pepper.

3. 3

   Cover the pan and bake the liver in a moderate oven for two hours, basting once or twice.

4. 4

   While the liver is baking cook in a separate pan two carrots cut in blocks; heat a can of tender peas and boil carefully a pint of tender celery.

5. 5

   Dish the liver, drain the water from the vegetables to the pan in which the liver was cooked; boil rapidly for ten minutes, while you rub together two tablespoons of butter and two of flour; add a pint of water from the pan, stir until boiling, and then add a teaspoon of kitchen bouquet, a level teaspoon of salt and a saltspoon of pepper.

6. 6

   Put piles of the mixed vegetables at the ends of the platter, strain over the sauce and garnish the dish with triangular pieces of toast.

7. 7

   Serve with macaroni or spaghetti l'ltalienne.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Toronto Cook Book (1915) by Powell, E. J. Mrs.,d.b. 1853, page 153. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Braised Calf's Liver Wash and scald a small calf's liver. Place it in a baking- pan, the bottom of which is well covered with chopped carrot, onion and half a cupful of chopped celery tops; add a quart of stock, a teaspoon of salt and a saltspoon of pepper. Cover the pan and bake the liver in a moderate oven for two hours, basting once or twice. While the liver is baking cook in a separate pan two carrots cut in blocks ; heat a can of tender peas and boil carefully a pint of tender celery

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