Roast Veal
Origin: Mobile, Alabama
Source: Abby Fisher, 1881
Ingredients
- veal
- crackers
- salt
- pepper
- butter
- sage
- lard or butter
- flour
Instructions
- Prepare a stuffing using crushed crackers seasoned with salt, pepper, butter, and a little sage.
- Slice an opening in the veal in five or six different places.
- Fill each opening with the seasoned cracker stuffing.
- Baste the roast with lard or butter when first putting it to cook.
- While cooking, baste the roast with the essence that comes from the meat itself.
- The roast is done when a fork passes through the meat easily.
- Make gravy using flour, prepared in the same manner as directed for other roasts.