Veal or Lamb Vigareets
Origin: Mobile, Alabama
Source: Abby Fisher, 1881
Ingredients
- veal or lamb
- onion
- 0.5 head brains
- 0.5 nutmeg
- pepper
- salt
- sweet cream
- fresh parsley
Instructions
- Boil the veal or lamb until rare done.
- Pick out all gristle and chop the meat.
- Grate onion into the chopped meat according to taste.
- Take half the quantity of brains from one calf or lamb head.
- Scald the brains and pick away all the skin.
- Mix the brains with the meat, then add grated nutmeg, pepper, and salt.
- Season high and shape the mixture into oblong cakes.
- Fry the same as other croquettes.
- Put sweet cream into a clean vessel and heat over steam until hot.
- Add a very little pepper and salt to the hot cream.
- Pour the hot cream gravy over the vigareets just as they go to table.
- Chop fresh parsley fine and sprinkle it over the vigareets on the dish.