Stewed Liver with Mushrooms

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon Crisco
• 1 1/2 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups water
• 1 pound of calf’s liver
• salt
• pepper
• some mushrooms

Method

1. 1

   Melt Crisco and add flour, browning slowly.

2. 2

   Add salt, pepper, and water, cooking until thick.

3. 3

   Prepare liver by pouring boiling water over it and draining.

4. 4

   Add liver to sauce and cook slowly for 10-12 minutes.

5. 5

   Simmer mushrooms in melted Crisco and add just before serving.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes (1913) by Marion Harris Neil, page 127. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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