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A thick gravy seasoned with pepper and salt, pressed into a mold and served hot.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Vegetables, Salads, Etc

Ingredients

Directions

Make the gravy

  1. Heat the gravy in a pan.

  2. Add ½ cup of rich gravy as it heats.

  3. Stir well and let the gravy absorb.

  4. Season with pepper and salt.

Shape and serve

  1. When dry, press into a mold.

  2. Turn out and serve hot.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Rich gravy
Provides the main body and flavor; as it dries down, it firms enough to hold a mold's shape.

The step that matters

When dry, press into a mold. The gravy must lose enough moisture to firm up. If it is still wet, it will not hold its shape when turned out.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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