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CALF'S    HEART
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CALF'S HEART

6 ingredients 4 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

145
Calories
0g
Protein
12g
Fat
3g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Meat not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • a large spoonful of white wine
  • a large spoonful of butter mixed
  • 36 meats
  • nutmeg
  • pepper
  • salt

Directions

1

Take the heart and liver from the haslet, and cut off the windpipe ; boil the lights very tender, and cut them in small pieces. Take as much of the water they were boiled in as will be sufficient for gravy, add to it a large spoonful of white wine, one of lemon pickle, some grated nutmeg, pepper and salt, with a large spoonful of butter mixed with one of white flour. Let it boil a few minutes, put in the minced lights, and set it by till the heart and liver are ready. Cut the ventricle out of the heart, wash it well, and lard it all over with narrow strips of middling. Fill the cavity with good forcemeat, and put it in a pan on the broad end, that the

2

36 MEATS.

3

stuffing may not come out. Bake it a nice brown. Slice the liver an inch thick, broil it, set the heart upright in the middle of the dish, make the minced lights hot, pour the mince around it, lay the broiled liver on, and garnish with bunches of fried parsley. It should be served up extremely hot. This is a

4

very nice dish.

By Gibson, Marietta Fauntleroy Hollyday, "Mrs. C. H. Gibson." · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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