This section is from the book "The Post-Graduate Cookery Book", by Adolphe Meyer. Also available from Amazon: The Post-Graduate Cookery Book.
Bone a shoulder of lamb and cut it in i-inch square pieces; steep in lukewarm water for 1 hour, drain and set on the fire to parboil; then change the water and wash the meat well to clear it from scum and coagulated albumen.
Heat some clarified butter in a pan, throw in the lamb, season with salt and pepper and fry without allowing the meat to brown. Sprinkle over a handful of flour, stir over the fire for a few minutes; then moisten with white stock; add I large onion stuck with 2 cloves and a faggot of herbs. Let simmer for 45 minutes, then remove the onions and the faggot and bind the sauce with a pint of cream, 4 egg yolks and 2 or 3 ounces of butter. Season to taste and finish with lemon juice.
Cut 4 or 5 pounds of boneless lamb in I-inch square pieces. Season with salt and 2 spoonfuls of curry powder, and fry in a saucepan in which 4 ounces of clarified butter was previously heated.
Slice fine 4 medium-sized onions, add them to the lamb with 2 crushed cloves of garlic and sprinkle a good handful of flour over the lamb, which cook for 5 minutes, stirring all the time. Then moisten with white stock. When boiling, remove the scum, and add 5 ripe tomatoes, peeled, freed from seeds and cut in quarters.
Cook the lamb for 40 minutes over a moderate fire, add a cup of cream, season to taste, and serve with boiled rice separate.
To be successful in sauteing kidneys, it is essential to bear in mind, first, to saute the kidneys over a brisk fire; second, not to allow them to boil in the sauce ; otherwise they will become tough and more difficult of digestion.
Remove the skin from the kidneys and cut them lengthwise in two; remove the hard part and slice each half in 3 or 4, holding the knife somewhat slanting; heat some clarified butter in a frying pan, throw in the kidneys when burning hot, toss until they are done; then drain and put them in a vegetable dish with a few small pieces of butter over them. Reduce the necessary amount of Madeira sauce in a saucepan, add the kidneys, and season to taste, and serve immediately.
Proceed as explained above. Garnish with mushrooms and small sausages (Chipolata).
Cook the kidneys as stated above, add some mushrooms, and finish the sauce with anchovy butter.
Slice the kidneys and cook them in burning hot butter, drain and add them to the following sauce:
Chop fine 3 or 4 shallots; then fry in butter without coloring; moisten with a gill of white wine, allow them to reduce; then add 2 fresh tomatoes (peeled and freed from seeds) cut in small pieces, cook for a while, then add 1/2 pint of brown sauce and a teaspoonful of beef extract. Finish with salt, red pepper, 2 ounces of butter and the juice of half a lemon.
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