Moulded Veal or Veal Cake

Ingredients

• Slices of cold roast veal.
• Some gravy.
• Slices of ham.
• 2 sprigs of parsley.
• 3 eggs.
• Pepper and salt.

Method

1. 1

   Cut a few thin slices of ham and veal, taking off the skin from the veal, chop two sprigs of parsley fine, and cut the eggs hard-boiled into slices.

2. 2

   Take any nicely shaped mould, butter it, and put the veal, ham, eggs, and parsley in layers until the mould is full, seasoning each layer with a little pepper and salt, and placing a few slices of egg at the bottom of the mould at equal distances.

3. 3

   Fill up with good stock and bake for 1.5 hours.

4. 4

   When cold turn it out, and serve on a folded napkin, garnished with flowers cut out of carrots, turnips, and a little parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Samaritan cookery book (1903) by E. P. Watson, page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MOULDED VEAL OR VEAL CAKE. Slices of cold roast veal. 1 Some gravy. Slices of ham. 2 sprigs of parsley. 3 eggs. I Pepper and salt.

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