Beat together the egg and milk and set aside.
Mix together the salt, black pepper, paprika and white pepper and
sprinkle on both sides of beef cutlets.
Dredge the cutlets in the flour, shaking off the excess. Then dip
each cutlet in the egg/milk mixture, then back in the flour. (You're
going to get your hands messy here, so take your rings off.) Set cutlets
aside on a piece of waxed paper.
Heat the cooking oil in a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet
over medium-high heat for a few minutes. Oil should be about a half-inch
deep in the pan. Check the temperature with a drop of water; if it
pops and spits back at you, it's ready.
With a long-handled fork, carefully place each cutlet into the hot
oil. Protect yourself (and your kitchen) from the popping grease that
results. Fry cutlets on both sides, turning once, until golden brown.
Reduce heat to low, cover and cook 4 or 5 minutes until cutlets are
done through. Drain cutlets on paper towels.
Cream Gravy:
After the cutlets are removed from the pan, pour off all but about
2 tablespoons of oil, keeping as many as possible of the browned bits
in the pan. Heat the oil over medium heat until hot.
Sprinkle 3 tablespoons flour (use the left-over flour from the chicken
fried steak recipe (waste not -- want not) in the hot oil. Stir with
a wooden spoon, quickly, to brown the flour.
Gradually stir in 3/4 cup milk and 3/4 cup water, mixed together,
stirring constantly with the wooden spoon and mashing out any lumps.
Lower heat, and gravy will begin to thicken. Continue cooking and
stirring a few minutes until gravy reaches desired thickness. Check
seasonings and add more salt and pepper according to your taste.
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