Beef Croquettes

Ingredients

• a pound of meat
• egg
• more bread-crumbs
• a garnish of parsley
• oysters, cut into four
• some of their liquor for the sauce

Method

1. 1

   Make them taper according to fancy; smear with egg, and cover thickly with more bread-crumbs.

2. 2

   Fry at once in boiling lard, drain, and serve on a napkin, with a garnish of parsley.

3. 3

   For beef croquettes, add oysters, cut into four, after the eggs have set, and use some of their liquor for the sauce.

4. 4

   Time, from five to eight minutes to fry.

5. 5

   Sufficient for three persons.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 910. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

more bread-crumbs. Fry at once in boiling lard, drain, and serve on a napkin, with a garnish of parsley. For beef croquettes, add oysters, cut into four, after the eggs have set, and use some of their liquor for the sauce. Time, from five to eight minutes to fry. Sufficient, a pound of meat

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