Broiled Liver and Bacon - American Recipe

Broiled Liver and Bacon

🌍 American, American Home Cooking Difficulty: ●○○○○

🍳 Equipment: Knife, Bowl, Frying-pan, Fork, Tablespoon

Traditional broiled liver and bacon — straightforward 1920s home cooking.

Ingredients

• ½ pound liver
• 4 strips bacon
• 2 tablespoons flour

Method

1. Cut — the liver into small cutlets one-half inch thick, place the cutlets in a bowl, cover them with boiling water, and let them stand five minutes.
2. Drain — off the water, and remove the skin and veins from the liver.
3. Put — the strips of bacon in a hot frying-pan, and after cooking a few minutes place the liver in the pan with the bacon.
4. Turn — both liver and bacon often, and broil about five minutes or until well browned.
5. Take — the meat from the frying-pan, and mix two tablespoons of flour into the grease in the pan. When well blended, pour a cup of hot water into it, stirring constantly until it thickens and boils.
6. Pour — this gravy over the liver and bacon on a platter, or serve the gravy separately in a gravy-bowl.

Tags: flour · Source: The Plain Sailing Cook Book (1922)