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Venison Cutlets

A historical recipe from Margaret Brown's French Cookery Book, by Margaret Brown (1886).

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A historical recipe

Margaret Brown's French Cookery Book, by Margaret Brown (1886). Project Gutenberg eBook #44915.

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 3 ingredients

  1. 1 tumbler currant jelly
  2. 1 tablespoonful butter
  3. 1 wineglass of wine

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Grill and open flame. Keep sleeves, hair and tea towels away from the flame, and stay with the grill while it's lit. Barbecue outdoors only, never in a closed space.

Method

  1. Give the cutlets the shape of a ham;
  2. broil them on a gridiron.
  3. Take 1 tumbler currant jelly, 1 tablespoonful butter, 1 wineglass of wine, salt and pepper to taste and make a hot sauce.
  4. Heat the dish to put the cutlets on, and pour the sauce over them.
  5. Serve hot.
  6. Serve Saratoga potatoes with it, placing them in center of dish.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Grill or grill pan
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Margaret Brown's French Cookery Book, by Margaret Brown (1886). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #44915 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44915). 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.