Veal Olives
Origin: Tidewater Virginia
Source: Mary Randolph, 1824
Ingredients
- veal fillet
- 1 egg
- boiled ham
- salt
- pepper
- nutmeg
- parsley
- bread crumbs
- gravy
- forcemeat balls
- green pickles
Instructions
- Take the bone out of the fillet and cut thin slices the size of the leg.
- Beat them flat, and rub them with the yelk of an egg beaten.
- Lay on each piece a thin slice of boiled ham, and sprinkle salt, pepper, grated nutmeg, chopped parsley, and bread crumbs over all.
- Roll them up tight and secure them with skewers.
- Rub them with egg and roll them in bread crumbs.
- Lay them on a tin dripping pan and set them in an oven.
- When brown on one side, turn them; and when sufficiently done, lay them in a rich highly seasoned gravy made of proper thickness, and stew them till tender.
- Garnish with forcemeat balls and green pickles sliced.