Sheep's Kidneys, Stewed

Ingredients

• half a dozen sheep's kidneys
• butter
• a glassful of sherry
• a tea-spoonful of chopped parsley
• a finely-minced shallot
• three or four mushrooms
• a tea-spoonful of lemon-juice
• a little pepper
• a little salt

Method

1. 1

   Skin and halve the kidneys, and cut them into slices a quarter of an inch thick.

2. 2

   Fry these in butter till they are lightly browned, dredge a little flour over them, pour in a glassful of sherry, and add a teaspoonful of chopped parsley, a finely-minced shallot, three or four mushrooms chopped small, a teaspoonful of lemon juice, and a little pepper and salt.

3. 3

   Stir the preparation over the fire for five or six minutes, and serve very hot.

4. 4

   Time, twenty minutes.

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 1773. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sheep's Kidneys, Stewed.— Skin and halve half a dozen sheep's kidneys, and cut them into slices a quarter of an inch tliick. Fiy these in butter tiU they are lightly browned, dredge a little flour over them, pom- in a glassful of sherry, and add a tea-spoonful of chopped parsley, a finely-minced shallot, three or four mushrooms chopped small, a tea-spoon- ful of lemon- juice, and a little pepper and salt. Stir the preparation over the fire for five or six minutes, and serve very hot. Time, twenty minutes. Probable cost, kidneys, 4d. to 6d. each. Sufficient for four or five persons. Sheep's Kidneys with Champagne, — Take six or twelve kidneys, according to the quantity that you wish to dress ; remove the skins, and mince them the thickness and size of a halfpenny ; have a little bit of lean bacon cut in small squares ; fry them in an omelet-pan with a very small bit of butter; when the bacon is of a good colour, put in the kidneys, taking care to move the pan frequently to fi-y them equally ; when they are done, strew over them a little salt

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.