Calf's Feet and Sauce

Ingredients

• two calf's feet
• three pints of cold water
• a cupful of finely-grated bread-crumbs
• a small onion choppcc small
• a little grated nutmeg
• a salt-spoonful of salt
• a third of a salt-spoonful of pepper
• three large onions
• three large muslirooms
• three tomatoes
• a grain of powdered ginger
• a quarter of a nutmeg grated
• the same of mustard
• a little cayenne
• a small piece of sugar
• a glassful of white wine

Method

1. 1

   Thoroughly cleanse two calf's feet; place them in a saucepan, and pour over them three pints of cold water.

2. 2

   Let them simmer gently for four hours, then split them in halves, trim nicely, and drain the water.

3. 3

   Mix breadcrumbs with onion, nutmeg, salt, and pepper.

4. 4

   Dip pieces into egg, then into crumbs, and fry in boiling oil or butter until browned.

5. 5

   For sauce, chop onions, mushrooms, and tomatoes, add ginger, nutmeg, salt, mustard, cayenne, sugar, and white wine.

6. 6

   Simmer until onions are tender.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 288. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Calf's Feet and Sauce.— Thoroughly cleanse two calf's feet ; place them in a sauce- l^aiL, and pour over them three pints of cold water. Let them simmer gently for four hoiu-s, then split them in halves, and trim nicely, cut them into neat pieces, and drain the water from them. Take a cupful of finely-grated bread- crumbs, mix with them a small onion choppcc small, a Little grated nutmeg, a salt-spoonful oi salt, and a thii-d of a salt-spoonful of pepper. Dijj the pieces into egg, then into the crumbs, and fry them in boiling oil or butter until nicely browned. Put them in the middle of a hot disli, with a sauce round them made as follows : — Chop finely three large onions, three large muslirooms, and three tomatoes. Put these into a saucepan with a grain of powdered ginger, a quarter of a nutmeg grated, a salt-spoonful of salt, the same of mustard, a httle cayenne, a small piece of sugar, and a glassful of white wine

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