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THE GRAVY
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THE GRAVY

6 ingredients 5 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

325
Calories
27g
Protein
15g
Fat
12g
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
Beef 100g cooked 250
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Port Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Prune 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

  • three pounds of the white part of the leeks
  • a piece of beef
  • a pint of port wine
  • three dozen of good prunes
  • salt
  • white pepper

Directions

1

Take the giblets and a piece of beef, with a pint of port wine, and make a good gravy. Pour some of this through the body of the swan when dished. Some red currant jelly and port wine should be made hot and served up likewise.

2

N. B.--The swan is _not_ to be skinned.

3

_Cock a Leekie à la Wemyss._

4

To some good stock made the previous night from an old fowl, or of veal, add three pounds of the white part of the leeks, and let the whole boil slowly for three hours, then add a skinned fowl (old or young), cut into neat pieces, and three dozen of good prunes. Let all simmer together for one hour longer. Season with salt and white pepper, and you will have good cock a leekie.

5

N. B.--In frost the leeks require less boiling.

By Alexis Soyer · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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