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The King's College Hospital book of cooking recipes

1907

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Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
fat. lie place the mixture in tlie potato mul cover with the piecs which have been previously re- moved* reheat and s rve hot. V Ait i A t ions — A variation of this mav be made by lining1 the seooi cl out potato with the mashed potato mixture, then bre king a fresh egg carefully into the autre and baking until just set. This makes a substantial dish. A further variation would be to use a tillet of cooked iisli cover* il with well-flavoured white sauce instead of an egg. Potato and Cabbage Cakes.— Mix .j lb. mashed potatoes✪ Potato Pyramids and $ lb. cooked and finely chopp. d cabbage ; season well, turn on to a floured board, roll into cakes of even size, flour and bake. Che se and Potato Pie.— 2 lbs potatoes, 1 egg or dri. d egg. I < z. cot king fat 1 1 oz. fl ur pint skimmed milk or Vf getable stock Salt, pepp' r Grated cheese lor flavouring. A little li e pea flour. Boil, peel and slice the potatoes ; hard boil and s’ ice the eggs Make a white sauce as follows: Melt the margari in a pan, draw to the side of the fire, stir ii the Hour and mix well with the bade of a w out. sp un. Add gradually abmit one-third of the liquid, stir carefully till boiling Add the rest of ihe liquid gradually, stirring meanwhile ; bring to the bo 1. and hoil slowly lor about ten minutes. Season with pepper and sab and. lastly, add the grated cheese. Arrange the potatoes, egg a> d sauce in layers in a pie dish : finishing wiih a layer of sauce. Sprinkle with pen flour ; heaT in the. oven until brown. ft oto In aim st every recipe in which a starc hy food su h as macaroni, is used with cheese, the start by fa d ad vocal eel can be replaced by cooked potato : especially when potatoes are plentiful and cheap. To make white sauce. Savoury Potato and Tomato — 1 0 cold cooked potatoe s. £ lb. tomatoes. 1 < l cooking fat. silt, pepper✪ Cheese and Potato Pie, choppeu paisley. Cut the potato into slice-. Peel and slice tin tomato. Melt the fat in a pan, add the vegetables and season to t ste. Cook gently over the fire for 10 minutes, stirring now and then. Dish up and serve hot. Curried Potatoes : — 10 cold cooked potatoes. A large onion. 1 oz fat £ oz. flour. i oz curry powder. Juice of quarter a lemon, al t le sain. 2J gills of stock, ih ei and si ce the onion, fry it in the fat. Add the potatoes cut in cubes, toss these in the fat, add salt to taste✪ Curried Potatoes, then r-prinkle in the curry powder and tne flour, add the stock ami lemon juice. Stew slowly over the fire for 1 5 minutes. Dish up and serve hoc Potato Salad. — Any cold cooked potatoes, a little cooked beetroot. 1 teaspoon t'ul of chopped paisley, 2 tab espuonsful of s ilacl oil, 1 tablespoonful of vinegar, A cut onion, :} tcaspoouful of salt,✪ Potato Salad \ teaspoon fu l pepper. Rub the inside of the salad-bowl or dish with a cut onion, just enoug i to give the salad the flavour, without maki g it too strong. Slice the potatoes and hiy them in the dish. Potatoes freshly cooked and sliced while warm are best for this. Put the salt and pepper in a small basin, add the vinegar, stir the oil to this very briskly, add the parsley ; pour over the potatoes, put the cooked beetroot as a garnish on tlm top. Note : — Equal quantities of potato, beetroot, carrot, turnip, all cooked and laid in the salad- bowl as ab >ve with a sauce poured over, makes an excellent salad. Slices of cooked potatoes are a useful addition to any green salad. ✪ Nut and Potato Pie