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SWEET SAUCE, OR GRAVY FOR VENISON
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SWEET SAUCE, OR GRAVY FOR VENISON

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

336
Calories
28g
Protein
15g
Fat
23g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pork 100g cooked 242
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Veal not in our table 0
Mace 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

  • four ounces of the lean of an undressed ham
  • three ounces of carrot
  • one pint of very strong veal stock
  • an ounce of sugar in lumps
  • six sliced eschalots
  • one bay leaf
  • three branches of parsley
  • three cloves
  • 1 blade
  • 1 pint
  • bay leaf
  • parsley
  • thyme
  • cloves
  • mace
  • pepper

Directions

1

Add to a quarter-pint of common venison gravy a couple of glasses of port wine or claret, and half an ounce of sugar in lumps. Christopher North’s sauce, mixed with three times its measure of gravy, would be an excellent substitute for this.

2

ESPAGNOLE (SPANISH SAUCE).

3

_A highly-flavoured Gravy._

4

Dissolve a couple of ounces of good butter in a thick stewpan or saucepan, throw in from four to six sliced eschalots, four ounces of the lean of an undressed ham, three ounces of carrot, cut in small dice, one bay leaf, two or three branches of parsley, and one or two of thyme, but these last must be small; three cloves, a blade of mace, and a dozen corns of pepper; add part of a root of parsley, if it be at hand, and keep the whole stirred or shaken over a moderate fire for twenty minutes, then add by degrees one pint of very strong veal stock or gravy, and stew the whole gently from thirty to forty minutes; strain it, skim off the fat, and it will be ready to serve.

5

Butter, 2 oz.; eschalots, 4 to 6; lean of undressed ham, 4 oz.; carrots, 3 oz.; bay leaf, 1; little thyme and parsley, in branches; cloves, 3; mace, 1 blade; peppercorns, 12; little parsley root: fried gently, 20 minutes. Strong veal stock, or gravy, 1 pint: stewed very softly, 30 to 40 minutes.

By Eliza Acton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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