COOK

Press, Volume XCV, Issue 28217, 4 March 1957, Page 2

COOK

with Elizabeth Chop And Steak Dishes Chops are one of our. great stand-bys and I’d hate to think what we would do without them, for whether we grill them, fry them, stew them or turn them into any one of a hundred different casseroles, they are always easy and always popular. Heye is still another way to add a real note of variety. They are very quick and simple to prepare, but only do this on a day when you have the time, for the whole secret lies in the long slow cooking.

Baked ©rumbed Chops: Chops as required, egg, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper. Trim the chops. Beat egg or eggs, and dip the-chops in, coating thoroughly on both sides. Lay' in a dish of fine brown breadcrumbs, turning to coat completely with crumbs. Dust with salt and pepper. Place each chop on a separate small square of greaseproof paper and fold up to make a neat, enclosed package. Lay on the griller rack or wire tray placed inside a baking dish. Place the dish in a low oven and cook very slowly for at least three hours.

Valencia Chops: 6 grilling chops, 1 tjn tomato soup, 2 cups sliced green beans, 2 cups cooked boiled rice.

Fry chops lightly on both sides, then turn into a casserole and cover with one large tin of undiluted tomato soup. Add two cups of sliced green beans. Cover and cook slowly until' the chops and beans are both tender. Remove the lid and Spoon cooked rice in a ring round the dish. Sprinkle the rice with a little paprika and chopped parsley. Here is another recipe in a long and illustrious line—Steak Mirabelle. It is a most delicious meal, and probably the easiest way you ever cooked steak too. It requiries no seasoning at all. not even a dash of salt or pepper, believe it or not, but it is a dish with a subtlety of flavour all its 'own. Steak Mirabelle: IJlbs flank (or any) steak. 2 tablespoons dripping, 2 rounded tablespoons flour, 1 tin grapefruit juice. Melt two tablespoons of dripping and make very hot. Lay in the steak in large pieces and brown thoroughly on both sides. Lift out the meat and lay in an ovenware casserole. Blend two rounded tablespoons of flour into the dripping, then pour in slowly one large tin of grapefruit juice, stirring until the gravy is -smooth and boiling. Pour over the meat through a strainer. Cover with a lid and cook in a very slow oven two to three hours, or until the meat is quite tender. *

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