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Stewed Veal with Peas, Young Carrots, and New Potatoes

A historic Victorian British dish of the loin, young carrots, green onions, green peas and new potatoes. Adapted from Stewed Veal with Peas, Young Carrots, and New Potatoes, from The Book of Household Management (1861).

Adapted from Stewed Veal with Peas, Young Carrots, and New Potatoes, in The Book of Household Management (1861), preserved in the Open Recipe Archive's The Victorian British Kitchen collection and marked public domain. The method is condensed from the original and the quantities are restated in modern units; see the archive record at https://github.com/AdamBouhmad/open-recipe-archive/blob/main/collections/victorian-britain/recipes/stewed-veal-with-peas-young-carrots-and-new-potatoes.md.

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Cooking Instructions

  1. Dredge the meat with flour

  2. Roast or bake it for about 3/4 hour until it acquires a nice brown colour

  3. Put the meat into a stewpan with the carrots, onions, potatoes, herbs, pepper, and salt

  4. Pour over it sufficient boiling water to cover it

  5. Stew gently for 2 hours

  6. Take out the meat and herbs

  7. Put it in a deep dish

  8. Skim off all the fat from the gravy

  9. Flavour it with lemon-juice, tomato sauce, and mushroom ketchup in the above proportion

  10. Have ready a pint of green peas boiled

  11. Put these with the meat

  12. Pour over it the gravy

  13. Serve

  14. The dish may be garnished with a few forcemeat balls

Adapted from Open Recipe Archive · The Book of Household Management (1861; archive record marked public domain). View a published recipe at Project Gutenberg (opens in a new tab)