Anchovy Croutes

Ingredients

• 4 filleted anchovies.
• 1 hard-boiled egg.
• 1 tea-sp. anchovy essence.
• 1 dessert-sp. butter.
• 1 tea-sp. chopped parsley.

Method

1. 1

   Wipe the anchovies and chop the hard-boiled egg, reserving a little of the white for decoration.

2. 2

   Pound the anchovies and egg together with the butter and seasoning, and rub them through a sieve.

3. 3

   Have ready some round or oval-shaped croutons of fried bread, spread them rather thickly with the mixture, and place them in the oven to become very hot.

4. 4

   Decorate the croutes with finely-chopped parsley, chopped white of egg, and coralline pepper, and serve them on a hot dish with a dish paper under them.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 806. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Anchovy Croutes 4 filleted anchovies. 1 hard-boiled egg. Coralline pepper. \ tea-sp. anchovy es- sence. (Crofites aux Anchois) 1 dessert-sp. butter. 1 tea-sp. chopped parsley.

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