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Ordinary Veal Fricassee

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 pcs onion, finely chopped
• butter (plenty)
• veal, cut into pieces (pcs)
• 1 tbsp flour
• water, boiling (as needed)
• salt (a little)
• pepper, whole (a little)
• allspice (a little)
• 1 pcs bay leaf
• lemon slices (some)
• 1.5 pcs egg yolks

Instructions

1. A finely chopped onion is browned in plenty of butter until yellow.
2. The meat, cut into small pieces, is then steamed in it for a while with 1 tablespoon of flour, without browning, and then covered halfway with boiling water.
3. After adding salt, some whole pepper, allspice, 1 bay leaf, and a few lemon slices, the meat is cooked until tender but not too soft.
4. Thicken the sauce with light roux and bind it with 1 to 2 egg yolks.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.