Mutton Cutlets (a la Maintenon)

Ingredients

• a heaped table-spoonful of finely-chopped shallot
• an ounce of fresh butter
• two tablespoonfuls of minced mushrooms
• the same of chopped parsley
• season with pepper
• and salt
• trimmed mutton cutlets of two bones thick

Method

1. 1

   Simmer shallot in butter for five minutes.

2. 2

   Add mushrooms and parsley, fry for another five minutes.

3. 3

   Season with pepper and salt, add meat-gravy.

4. 4

   Split the cutlets, insert seasoning, close edges, and broil for five minutes on each side.

5. 5

   Place cutlets on a dish, surround with sauce, and bake for four minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 961. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mutton Cutlets (a la Maintenon). — Put a heaped table-spoonful of finely-chopped shallot into a pan with an ounce of fresh butter, and simmer them for five minutes. Add two table-spoonfuls of minced mushrooms and the same of chopped parsley, which should be first blanched and dried in a cloth ; fry these and the shallot together for another five minutes, without buin^LQg them. Season with pepper and salt, and add some highly-flavoured meat- gravy. Have ready-trimmed mutton cutlets of two bones thick

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