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Rognon de Veau En Casserole

A historical recipe from A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907).

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A historical recipe

A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907). Project Gutenberg eBook #71395.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. one oz. of butter
  2. a tablespoonful of good veal gravy

Method

  1. Trim the veal kidney and only leave a very slight layer of fat all round it.
  2. Heat one oz.
  3. of butter in a small, earthenware saucepan, also called “cocotte”;
  4. put the seasoned kidney into the latter, and cook it gently for about thirty minutes, taking care to turn it often the while.
  5. At the last minute sprinkle it with a tablespoonful of good veal gravy.
  6. Serve it in the cocotte as it stands.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Casserole pot
  • Saucepan
  • Spatula
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #71395 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71395). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.