Beef Kidney
Origin: London, England
Source: Eliza Acton, 1845
Ingredients
- beef kidney
- pepper
- salt
- nutmeg
- parsley
- 1 teaspoonful flour
- 1 cup gravy
- 1 glass white wine
- fresh butter
- 1 tablespoonful lemon juice
- fried bread
Instructions
- Strip the skin and fat from the kidney, then slice it rather thin.
- Season the slices with pepper, salt, and grated nutmeg.
- Sprinkle over the kidney plenty of minced parsley, or equal parts of parsley and eschalots chopped very small.
- Fry the slices over a brisk fire until nicely browned on both sides.
- Stir amongst the kidney slices a teaspoonful of flour.
- Pour in by degrees a cup of gravy and a glass of white wine.
- Bring the sauce to the point of boiling.
- Add a morsel of fresh butter and a tablespoonful of lemon juice.
- Pour the whole into a hot dish garnished with fried bread.