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Fried Grouse Cutlets

Prepare three young grouse and cut them in halves lengthwise, split the drumstick and push it inside the hip; beat each half slightly, skin, roll in clarified butter and breadcrumbs, season with salt and pepper and fry for twelve or fourteen minutes over a moderate fire, turning them so as to cook both sides. Make a sauce as follows: Put a small bunch of herbs in a saucepan with the juice of two lemons and two dessertspoonfuls of finely-chopped shallots; boil for two minutes with the cover on the pan, add one teacupful of raw mushrooms cut into small squares, simmer until the liquor is reduced, then pour in one breakfast cupful of melted meat-glaze. When boiling move the stewpan from the fire and stir in five ounces of butter; when this is melted, without boiling, and the sauce well thickened, add a little vinegar, two tablespoonfuls of gherkins cut into small squares, one tablespoonful of soy and one tablespoonful of tarragon leaves chopped small. Dish the cutlets, and serve with the sauce poured over.