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Fried calves' feet, two ways

  • Serves 4
  • about 4 hours, mostly simmering
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1796Zepptas tellu-kahjas.

Modernizētslpp. 111 · PDF 125
4 porcijas

The book gives no quantities; the amounts below are ours.

Method

3 soļi
  1. Put the feet in a large pot, cover with cold water and add the salt. Bring to the boil, skim and simmer gently for 3–3½ hours, until the bones pull out easily. Drain and pat them very dry; wet, gelatinous skin spits in hot fat.
  2. First way: melt half the butter in a frying pan over medium heat and fry the feet for 2–3 minutes a side. Beat the eggs with the flour and pour it over the feet so they are coated and the egg sets around them. Add the rest of the butter and fry, turning, until brown, about 5 minutes.
  3. Second way: let the feet cool until you can handle them, then pull out all the bones, keeping the pieces as whole as you can. Lay them between two plates with a weight on top and chill for an hour so they firm up (our addition). Cut thick pieces once more lengthwise. Whisk the eggs, milk, flour, sugar and mace into a thick batter. Heat the clarified butter in a frying pan to about 170 °C. Dip the pieces in the batter and fry for 3–4 minutes a side, until golden and crisp. Serve hot.

Notes

What the book says vs. what we added

the book boils the feet as in 02-069, fries them in butter, pours eggs beaten with flour over them and fries them brown. Its second way bones the cooled feet, halves them lengthwise so they aren't too thick, coats them in a thick batter of eggs, milk, flour, sugar and chopped mace and fries them in melted butter. Pressing the boned feet, the amounts, the frying temperature and times are ours.

Which way

the second is easier to eat, since there are no bones. Calf's feet are mostly skin and gelatine, soft and rich; lemon wedges or mustard go well with them (our suggestion).

Sourcing

calf's feet usually have to be ordered from a butcher. Pig's trotters are easier to find and cook the same way.

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