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Pickled Walnuts

A historical recipe from The Art of Living in Australia Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information , by Philip E. Muskett.

A historical recipe

The Art of Living in Australia Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information by Mrs. H. Wicken, by Philip E. Muskett. Project Gutenberg eBook #4219.

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Source and licence

From The Art of Living in Australia Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information , by Philip E. Muskett. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #4219 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4219). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoonful Cornflour Salt
  • a tablespoonful of the vinegar

Method

  1. 1 teaspoonful Vinegar 1 teaspoonful Cornflour Salt and Pepper Cut the steak into neat pieces, put it into hot water and bring to the boil, then keep it below boiling point, but simmering very gently for two hours and a half.
  2. Mix the cornflour with a tablespoonful of the vinegar from the walnuts and stir it in, add salt to taste and a small pinch of pepper.
  3. Cut up three walnuts and put them in, bring to simmering point again, and cook for at least another half-hour, then dish neatly.
  4. Boil up the gravy and pour over it.