Chapter XV · Relevés and Entrées · No. 1288
1288—Calf’s Brains and Amourettes
Calf’s brains form the most wholesome and reparative diet for all those who are debilitated by excessive head-work; and the same remark applies to the brains of the ox and the sheep.
The amourettes mentioned here, which almost always accompany ox brains, are only the spinal marrow of the ox or the calf. This may be used in the preparation of a few special dishes; but all the recipes dealing with brains may be applied to it.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1288, p. 428. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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