Terrapin - How to Prepare It

Ingredients

• Take live terrapin
• blanch them in boiling water for two minutes
• two teaspoonfuls of pepper
• a tablespoonful of salt
• a glassful of Madeira wine

Method

1. 1

   Blanch the terrapin in boiling water for two minutes.

2. 2

   Remove the skin from the feet and cook them with salt until soft.

3. 3

   Remove the carcass, cut into pieces, and add pepper, nutmeg, salt, and Madeira wine.

4. 4

   Cook for five minutes and refrigerate for further use.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The table (1889) by Alexander Filippini, page 99. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Terrapin— how to prepare it. — Take live terrapin, and blanch them in boiling water for two minutes. Remove the skin from the feet, and put them back to cook with some salt in the saucepan until they feel soft to the touch; then put them aside to cool. Remove the carcass, cut it in medium-sized pieces, removing the entrails, being careful not to break the gall-bag. Put the pieces in a smaller saucepan, adding two teaspoonfuls of pepper, a little nutmeg, according to the quantity, a tablespoonful of salt, and a glassful of Madeira wine

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