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Roast Veal

Erken's roast veal from 4 kg leg of veal with three alternative methods: oven roasting with a thick flour-based paste over the meat for a juicy result, oven roasting for a sharp browning with boiling water and milk, or braising in a pot with milk, water and a cream-thickened sauce. Roasting time about 3 hours. Served with browned potatoes, salad, jam or vegetables.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 199 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

The recipe appears in the meat chapter, after an introduction on blanching and using the various parts of the calf. Erken gives three alternative roasting methods for the same leg roast: a mild one with a paste over the roast, one for a sharp browning in the oven, and a pot method.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Prepare the meat

    Pound the roast well – it makes the meat tender; pound it even if the meat has hung for a few days. Remove the sinew membrane by inserting the knife under it and skinning it off while holding the membrane taut.

  2. 2

    Method 1 – juicy roast with paste

    Make a paste of 50 g butter and 75 g flour, thin with the meat stock and bring to a boil. Place the roast in the pan with the rest of the butter underneath, and spread the thick sauce over the top of the roast. Set the roast in a properly hot oven. After 20 minutes, baste the roast with the juices in the pan, and add 5 dl boiling water. Then baste about every quarter hour. The roast turns juicy, tender and excellent, but not sharply browned.

  3. 3

    Method 2 – sharply browned roast

    If you want the roast sharply browned, sprinkle it with a little salt, rub it with cold butter, place it in a hot pan and set it in a hot oven. When the roast begins to brown after about half an hour, add up to 1 liter of boiling water and 5 dl boiling milk a little at a time. Baste often.

  4. 4

    Method 3 – braised in a pot

    Pound the roast, lard it and brown it in butter. Thin with 5 dl boiling milk and 5 dl boiling water a little at a time. Let the sauce reduce and thicken it with the cream. Stir in a little cold butter just before plating and bring the sauce to a boil.

  5. 5

    Roasting time and serving

    Allow about 3 hours for the roasting. Serve the roast with browned potatoes, salad, jam or various vegetables.

Changes from the original

Ingredient quantities have been converted to modern units (deciliters instead of «del.», grams kept). The method has been divided into numbered steps with the three roasting methods as separate steps, in modern Norwegian. «Hinden» is rendered as the sinew membrane. Oven temperatures have not been added beyond the original's «properly hot oven»/«hot oven», described as strong heat.

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4 kg. laarstek lårstek 100 gr. smør 75 gr. hvetemel 4 del. kjøtkraft dl. kjøttkraft 2 del. dl. fløte. Kjøttet bankes; det gjør kjøttet mørt, bank, selv om det har hængt hengt nogen dage. Hinden borttages, dager. Hinnen borttas, idet kniven stikkes ind inn under denne. Hold hinden hinnen godt utstrammet, idet den flaaes flåes av. Til stekningen stekingen 1) lager man enten en jevning av 50 gr. smør, 75 gr. mel, spæder spedes med kraften, gir girs det et opkok og lægger legges denne tykke saus over oversiden av steken, naar når denne er lagt i panden pannen med resten av smørret smøret under. Nu sættes settes steken i rigtig riktig varm ovn, og efter 20 minutters forløp drypper man steken med kraften i panden, pannen, som nu tilsættes tilsettes ½ liter kokende vand. Dryp vann. Drypp herefter omtrent hvert kvarter. Stekt paa denne maate måte blir steken saftig, mør mørt og udmerket utmerket god, men ikke skarp brun; eller 2) hvis man vil ha den skarp brun, drysses steken med litt salt, gnides ind inn med koldt smør, lægges legges i varm pande, sættes panne, settes i het ovn, tilsættes indtil tilsettes inntil 1 l. kokende vand vann og ½ 1 l. kokende melk, naar når den begynder at begynner å brunes efter ca. ½ times forløp. Dryppes ofte. 3) Skal man steke i gryte, bankes steken, spækkes spekkes og brunes i smør, paaspædes saltes, påspedes ½ l. kokende melk og ½ l. kokende vand vann litt efter litt; sausen koker ind inn og jevnes med fløten. Litt koldt smør røres i like før anretningen, gives gis et opkok. Man maa beregne ca. 2 å 3 timer til stekningen. stekingen. Til steken serveres brunede poteter, salat, syltetøier eller forskjellige grønsaker. grønnsaker.

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Frequently asked questions

How long a roasting time does a 4 kg leg of veal need?
Allow around 3 hours (210 minutes) in all. The roast is first set in a properly hot oven, and after 20 minutes it is basted with the juices in the pan – then about every quarter hour.
Why should the meat be pounded, and must the membrane be removed?
The pounding makes the meat tender, and Schønberg Erken recommends pounding even if the meat has hung for a few days. The membrane is removed by inserting the knife under it, holding the membrane taut and skinning it off.
What is the point of the butter-and-flour mixture on top of the roast?
You make a paste of 50 g butter and 75 g flour, thin with meat stock and bring it to a boil. This thick sauce is spread over the top of the roast, while the rest of the butter goes underneath in the pan. This way the roast turns juicy.
How many servings does the recipe give, and where does it come from?
The recipe serves 10 and is taken from Henriette Schønberg Erken's «Stor kokebok» from 1914, page 199.

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