This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Cut one pound of lean veal into thick slices about two inches square and place them in an ordinary cooking-pot with two ounces of butter. Add a quarter of a teaspoonful of caraway-seeds, a very small sliced onion, half a lemon thinly sliced, and sprinkle with pepper and salt. Fry the whole gently for ten minutes. Now add half a pint of sour cream, place the cooking-pot in the oven and let the whole bake gently till the meat is tender. This will probably take three-quarters of an hour.
The dish should be served garnished with tufts of parsley and slices of lemon.
 
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