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Spanish Pork Tenderloin Cutlets

A historical recipe from California Mexican-Spanish Cook Book, by Bertha Haffner-Ginger.

A historical recipe

California Mexican-Spanish Cook Book: Selected Mexican and Spanish Recipes, by Bertha Haffner-Ginger. Project Gutenberg eBook #39586.

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Source and licence

From California Mexican-Spanish Cook Book, by Bertha Haffner-Ginger. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #39586 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39586). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Method

  1. Pound tenderloin out flat;
  2. cover with flour, seasoned with salt, pepper and chili powder.
  3. Fry brown in hot olive oil or bacon fat.
  4. Place triangles of toast in center of platter, arrange cutlets standing around toast.
  5. Put lettuce cups around outside of cutlets and fill with half of peeled tomato, sprinkled with cooked rice and parsley, salt and chile powder, or, tomatoes stuffed with a mixture of meat and rice, seasoned with salt, chile powder, onion and butter.
  6. Bake until brown on top.
  7. Garnish with parsley and set twig of parsley in center of toast.