№ 30VII. nodaļa
Kapūnis (rāmīts gailis)
Larded roast capon
- Serves 6
- about 3 hours
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1796Kappunis. (rahmihts gailis.)
The book gives no quantities; the amounts below are ours. It says a young capon takes 2 hours on the spit and a second-year bird 3 hours.
Method
6 soļi- Take the capon out of the fridge an hour before roasting and pat it dry. Rub the inside with the salt.
- Clean the gizzard and tuck it with the liver between the wings and the body, fixing them with cocktail sticks. If you'd rather not have an overcooked liver, keep it back and add it for the last 30 minutes (our suggestion).
- Lard the breast and thighs with the fat strips using a larding needle, or lay the bacon over the breast.
- Heat the oven to 180 °C. Put the capon on a rack in a roasting tin and pour the boiling salted water over it.
- Roast for 1¾–2¼ hours, basting with the melted butter and then with the pan juices every 20 minutes, until the thickest part of the thigh reaches 75–80 °C and the juices run clear. If it browns too fast, cover loosely with foil: the book warns not to put the fire too close, so it doesn't burn.
- Rest for 15 minutes before carving. Serve with the skimmed pan juices.
Notes
What the book says vs. what we added
the book kills the cock a day ahead, soaks it for an hour in cold water, then dips it in hot but not boiling water (otherwise the skin would come off), plucks and cleans it, pins the liver and gizzard between the wings, soaks it again for an hour, lards it with bacon, rubs the inside with salt and roasts it on the spit, basting first with salted water and then with butter, at a moderate fire. A young capon takes 2 hours, a second-year bird 3. The oven, the foil, the temperatures and amounts are ours; we skip both soakings, which were for scalding, plucking and drawing out the blood of a freshly killed bird.
Capons
castrated cockerels that grow large, fat and tender (see 02-083). They are sold around Christmas by specialist poultry farms and in France (chapon). A large free-range chicken is the easy substitute; roast it for about 1½ hours.
Older birds
the book's second-year bird needs an extra hour; an older cockerel today is better braised or poached than roasted.
Spit
on a rotisserie, truss the bird tightly and baste the same way; allow about 2 hours for a 3 kg capon.
Oriģināls1796
Tas gailis nokauts weenu stundu aukstâ uhdenî, tad karstâ, bet ne werdoschâ uhdenî . (zittadi ta noeetu). Kad un istihrihts irr, tad tahs un ta spahrneem eespihletas, weenu stundu uhdenî , ar spekki , eekschâ ar isbersts, un tà us zepts, kur ar uhdeni pehz ar sweestu apleets kamehr gattaws irr. To ugguni ne buhs tuwu klaht , ka ne sadegg; kad jauns irr, tad eeksch 2 stundahm warr gattaws buht, bet kad jau ohtrâ gaddâ tad 3 stundas buhs zept.
Mūsdienu rakstībā2026
gailis nokauts, vienu stundu aukstā ūdenī, tad karstā, bet ne verdošā ūdenī (citādi tā āda noietu). Kad un iztīrīts , tad tās un tā spārniem , vienu stundu ūdenī , speķi , iekšā sāli izberzts, un tā uz cepts, kur ūdeni, sviestu apliets , gatavs . To uguni nebūs tuvu klāt , ka nesadeg; kad jauns , tad iekš 2 stundām var gatavs būt, bet kad jau otrā gadā, tad 3 stundas būs cept.
Sastāvdaļas7
| Mūsdienās | 1796 | English | Daudzums |
|---|---|---|---|
| kapauns (kastrēts gailis) | kappunis (rahmihts gailis) | capon | |
| aknas | aknis | liver | |
| muskuļkuņģis | mahga | gizzard | |
| speķisspiķēšanai | spekkis | pork back fat | |
| sāls | sahls | salt | |
| sālīts ūdensaplaistīšanai | sahligs uhdens | salted water | |
| sviests | sweests | butter |
Paņēmieni
- mērcēt
- noplūkt
- iespīlēt
- spiķēt
- cept uz iesma
- cept krāsnī
- aplaistīt
Birkas
- mājputni
- kapauns
- cepetis
Piezīmes
- Virsraksts: kapūnis, rāmīts gailis = kapauns, kastrēts gailis (sk. 02-083).
- nokauts vienu stundu aukstā ūdenī: iespiests bez komata aiz nokauts; nozīme "nokauts, (tad) vienu stundu aukstā ūdenī, tad karstā ... mērcēts".
- karstā, bet ne verdošā ūdenī: applaucē spalvu plūkšanai; verdošā ūdenī āda noietu nost.
- ar speķi piedurts: spiķēts.
- kad jau otrā gadā: ja putns jau otrajā gadā.
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