To Dress Beef Kidney (I)

Ingredients

• 1 kidney
• clarified butter
• pepper and salt to taste
• a small quantity of highly-seasoned gravy
• 1 tablespoonful lemon-juice
• 1/4 teaspoonful powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Cut the kidneys into neat slices, put them into warm water to soak for 2 hours, and change the water 2 or 3 times;
2. then put them on a clean cloth to dry the water from them, and lay them in a frying-pan with some clarified butter, and fry them of a nice brown;
3. season each side with pepper and salt, put them round the dish, and the gravy in the middle.
4. Before pouring the gravy in the dish, add the lemon-juice and sugar.