Kidney in Bacon

Ingredients

• six thin slices of bacon
• a teaspoonful of chopped onion
• a teaspoonful of chopped parsley
• an ounce of breadcrumbs
• a pinch of nutmeg
• pepper
• grated lemon rind

Method

1. 1

   Mix chopped onion, parsley, breadcrumbs, nutmeg, pepper, and lemon rind.

2. 2

   Sprinkle this mixture on bacon, place a kidney on each slice, roll, tie with string, and bake in a hot oven or heat in a frying pan for a few minutes.

3. 3

   Serve hot.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housewife's referee (1898) by Harriet Anne de Salis, University of Leeds Library, page 161. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Kidney in Bacon. — Cut six thin slices of bacon about six or eight inches long. Mix up a teaspoonful each of chopped onion and parsley, with an ounce of breadcrumbs ; add a pinch of nutmeg, pepper, and grated lemon rind. Sprinkle the bacon with it, put a kidney on each slice and roll it round them, tie with a piece of string and bake in a hot oven, or heat in a frying-pan for a few minutes. Serve very hot. Petits Morceaux a ravir. — Take some croHtons and cut them of an octagonal shape ; fry them a pale brown, and sprinkle each with a little Nepaul pepper ; have ready to place on each croUton some pieces of tongue the same size as the croHtons ; put in the oven on a small plate, with a tiny bit of butter and a few drops of claret, and let them get thoroughly hot. Have ready some poached eggs nicely trimmed, place a piece of tongue, and then an egg on the top of each croHtoriy and serve quickly. This is also very good with bloater paste spread on the croitton^ and then placing an egg on the top of it. Tossed Shrimps. — Put a little butter into a frying-pan and add two tablespoonfuls of chopped parsley

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