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A FOWL OR TURKEY ROASTED WITH CHESTNUTS
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A FOWL OR TURKEY ROASTED WITH CHESTNUTS

2 ingredients 1 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

799
Calories
40g
Protein
27g
Fat
95g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Pork 100g cooked 242
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102

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 pound of ham
  • a piece of butter rolled in flour

Directions

1

Roast a quarter of a hundred of chestnuts, and peel them ; save out eight or ten, the rest bruise in a mortar, with the liver of a fowl, a quarter of a pound of ham, well pounded, and sweet herbs and parsley, chopped fine ; season it with mace, nutmeg, pepper, and salt ; mix all these together, and put them into the belly of your fowl ; spit it, and tie the neck and vent close. For sauce, take the rest of the chestnuts, cut them in pieces, and put them into a strong gravy, with' a glass of white wine ; thicken with a piece of butter rolled in flour. Pour the sauce in the dish, and garnish with orange and water cresses.

By Women of the First Congregational Church (Marysville, Ohio) · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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