Loin of Veal à la Jardinière.
Ingredients
- four pounds loin of veal
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- to dredge flour
- one-fourth cup butter
- one cup hot water
- three eggs
- enough to pour easily cold water
- two cups boiled turnips
- two cups carrots
- cut in balls potatoes
Method
- Wipe four pounds loin of veal, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and dredge with flour.
- Put one-fourth cup butter in deep stewpan; when melted, add veal and brown entire surface of meat, watching carefully and turning often, that it may not burn.
- Add one cup hot water, cover closely, and cook slowly two hours, or until meat is tender, adding more water as needed, using in all about three cups.
- Remove meat, thicken stock remaining in pan with flour diluted with enough cold water to pour easily.
- Surround the meat with two cups each boiled turnips and carrots, cut in half-inch cubes, and potatoes cut in balls.
- Serve gravy in a tureen.
Original 1896 Text
four pounds loin of veal to taste salt to taste pepper to dredge flour one-fourth cup butter one cup hot water three eggs enough to pour easily cold water two cups boiled turnips two cups carrots cut in balls potatoes Wipe four pounds loin of veal, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and dredge with flour. Put one-fourth cup butter in deep stewpan; when melted, add veal and brown entire surface of meat, watching carefully and turning often, that it may not burn. Add one cup hot water, cover closely, and cook slowly two hours, or until meat is tender, adding more water as needed, using in all about three cups. Remove meat, thicken stock remaining in pan with flour diluted with enough cold water to pour easily. Surround the meat with two cups each boiled turnips and carrots, cut in half-inch cubes, and potatoes cut in balls. Serve gravy in a tureen.