Collared Calf's Head

Ingredients

• A calf's head
• 4 tablespoonful minced parsley
• 4 blade pounded mace
• 1/2 teaspoonful grated nutmeg
• white pepper to taste
• a few thick slices of ham
• the yolks of 6 eggs boiled hard

Instructions

1. Scald the head for a few minutes;
2. take it out of the water, and with a blunt knife scrape off all the hair.
3. Clean it nicely, divide the head and remove the brains.
4. Boil it tender enough to take out the bones, which will be in about 2 hours.
5. When the head is boned, flatten it on the table, sprinkle over it a thick layer of parsley, then a layer of ham, and then the yolks of the eggs cut into thin rings and put a seasoning of pounded mace, nutmeg, and white pepper between each layer;
6. roll the head up in a cloth, and tie it up as tightly as possible.
7. Boil it for 4 hours, and when it is taken out of the pot, place a heavy weight on the top, the same as for other collars.
8. Let it remain till cold;
9. then remove the cloth and binding, and it will be ready to serve.