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Lamb Cutlets Reform

Reform sauce is piquant and deliciously seasoned with herbs and spices and is one of Soyer's most famous recipes. The recipe has been changed over time but this is as close to the original as I can make it.

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Servings: 4 Servings
Total Time (median): 0 : 00 Active Time: 0 : 00

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Ingredients

-- For The Reform Sauce --

  • 2 large Shallots peeled and finely chopped
  • 1 clove Garlic peeled and crushed
  • 1 pinch Cayenne make it a generous pinch
  • 2 ounces Butter
  • 2 teaspoon Plain Flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon Tomato puree
  • 2 tablespoons Tarragon Vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Redcurrant jelly though we do like to use Rown jelly
  • 1/2 pint Beef stock a good strong beef stock, I now use a Knorr beef stockpot (you k
  • 1 ounce Ox Tongue sliced, or ham, or both, cut into thin 1-inch strips
  • 3 ounces Beet peeled and cut into strips like the tongue
  • 2 meduim Gherkins cut into strips
  • 1 large Hard boiled egg White only cut into strips

Preparation

To make the sauce gently cook the shallots, garlic, and cayenne pepper in half of the butter for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the flour and tomato pur?e and stir well, add the vinegar and redcurrant jelly and simmer for about one minute, then add the stock, bring to a boil, and simmer gently for 15 minutes season to taste, and whisk in the remaining butter.

Trim the cutlets to remove most of the surrounding fat this is known as frenching. Scrape the bone absolutely clean to within 1 inch of the 'eye' of the meat.

Mix the chopped ham, chopped parsley and breadcrumbs together. Season the lamb cutlets and coat with the beaten egg and then cover with the ham and breadcrumb mixture. Cover and chill until required.

Heat a couple of tablespoons of the vegetable oil in a frying pan on a medium heat and cook the cutlets for 3-4 minutes on each side until golden, adding the butter towards the end.

Arrange the cutlets on a warmed serving dish and garnish each one with a cutlet frill.

To serve, combine the julienne of tongue, beetroot, gherkin, and egg white in a serving dish, pour the sauce into a sauceboat and serve separately.


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One of the very first dishes I learnt to make as a 15-year-old boy in the Army Catering Corps, this was at Clayton Barracks, Aldershot, and the occasion was for a dinner for the officer?s mess. Since then I have cooked it for countless people and it became a very popular lunchtime meal for Lord Hanson and some of his business friends including Eddie George, the governor of the bank of England.

Alexis Soyer invented this dish at the Reform Club, London in the 1830?s when the late entrance of a difficult and hungry club member and a resourceful chef who had to make the most of what he had in his kitchen may clarify the invention of this rather extraordinary recipe. The recipe has been changed over time but this is as close to the original as I can make it.

The club is still open with Lamb Cutlets Reform a popular item on the menu

We love these served with Pommes Anna and sliced runner beans

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