To Broil or Fry Pork Cutlets
Origin: London, England
Source: Eliza Acton, 1845
Ingredients
- pork cutlets
- pepper or cayenne
- fine salt
- egg
- bread-crumbs
- flour
- salt and pepper
- gravy or sauce Robert
Instructions
- Trim the pork cutlets into neat form and remove part or all of the fat according to preference.
- Dredge a little pepper or cayenne upon the cutlets.
- For broiling: broil them over a clear and moderate fire for fifteen to eighteen minutes.
- Sprinkle a little fine salt upon them just before dishing.
- Alternatively, dip the cutlets into egg (with clarified butter added to the egg or sprinkled on the cutlets) and then into bread-crumbs mixed with minced sage, and finish in the usual way.
- For frying: flour the cutlets well.
- Season them with salt and pepper first.
- Fry the cutlets.
- Serve with gravy in the pan or with sauce Robert.