Cutlets of Chopped Meat
A historical recipe from The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well, by Maria Gentile (1919).
A historical recipe
The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well; Practical Recipes of the Italian Cuisine, Pastries, Sweets, Frozen Delicacies, and Syrups, by Maria Gentile (1919). Project Gutenberg eBook #24407.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards. Its words name: raw meat or fish. Check current food-safety guidance before following this.
Source and licence
From The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well, by Maria Gentile (1919). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #24407 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24407). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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- Raw or underdone meat. Raw or underdone meat or fish carries a risk. Cook to current safe temperatures.
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Ingredients
Method
- Take some good lean beef, clean it well, removing all little skins and tendons, then first chop and after grind the meat fine in the grinder.
- Season with salt, pepper and a pinch of grated cheese.
- Mix well and give the meat the form of a ball then with bread crumbs over and beneath flatten it with the rolling pin on the bread board making a sheet of meat as thick as a silver dollar.
- Cut it in square pieces, as large as the palm of the hand and cook in a saucepan with butter.
- When these cutlets are browned, pour over some tomato sauce and serve.
- If you prefer, use your hands instead of the rolling pin and then you can give them the shapes you like.
- If you have some left over meat this can perfectly well be mixed with the raw meat and chopped and ground together.