Beef Croquettes, Cold Roast

Ingredients

• enough lean roast beef to make two cupfuls
• a tablespoonful of butter
• two of flour
• two cupfuls of milk
• a few drops of onion juice
• a dash of paprika
• a dash of nutmeg
• salt to taste

Method

1. 1

   Cook butter and flour together, then add milk with baking soda.

2. 2

   Stir to a smooth sauce, add minced beef, and remove from heat.

3. 3

   Add onion juice, paprika, nutmeg, and salt.

4. 4

   Cool, mold into croquettes, roll in beaten egg and cracker dust, chill, and fry in deep fat.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Harper's cook book encyclopædia (1902), page 9. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beef Croquettes, Cold Roast. — Chop into tiny bits enough lean roast beef to make two cupfuls. Cook to- gether in a saucepan a table-spoonful of butter and two of flour, and when these are blended pour upon them two cupfuls of milk, to which you have added a pinch of baking-soda. Stir to a smooth sauce, then add the minced beef and remove from the range. Beat in a few drops of onion juice, a dash each of paprika and nutmeg, and salt to taste

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