Cucumbers and Beef Marrow

Ingredients

• Select some young cucumbers
• stuffing made of breadcrumbs, parsley, and beef marrow
• thin slices of bacon
• very good sauce

Method

1. 1

   Take off the rind of cucumbers, cut off the ends, and slice about 1.5 inches thick; blanch in hot water.

2. 2

   Scoop out the slices and fill with stuffing.

3. 3

   Place on a china dish with bacon, pour in sauce, and cook slowly in the oven.

4. 4

   Drain and serve with half-glaze sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery and housekeeping (1882) by Reeve, Henry Mrs., page 132. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cucumbers and Beef Marrow. Select some young cucumbers ; take off the rind, and cut off the two ends. Cut them into sHces about I \ inches thick ; blanch them in hot water. Have ready a stuffing made of breadcrumbs, parsley, and beef marrow. Scoop out the slices of cucumber and fill them with this stuffing. Place some thin slices of bacon on a china dish which will bear the oven ; arrange the cucumber neatly upon it ; pour in a little very good sauce

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