Boiled Salted Cod with Egg Sauce

Ingredients

• lib. of freshly-salted Cod
• 1 teaspoonful of corn-flour
• 1 teacupful of milk
• £lb. of mashed potatoes
• 2oz. of butter
• 1 dessert-spoonful of chopped parsley
• two well-beaten eggs
• pepper to taste

Method

1. 1

   Chop the boiled salted cod finely.

2. 2

   Mix cornflour with milk until smooth, heat until thickened, then add mashed potatoes, butter, parsley, eggs, and pepper.

3. 3

   Stir until hot and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopædia of practical cookery (1890) by Theodore Francis Garrett, page 419. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boiled Salted Cod with Egg Sauce, excepting that ilb. of melted maitre-d’liotel butter is used instead of the egg sauce. Boiled Salted Cod -with Brown Butter. — Prepare and cook the fish as for Boiled Salted Cod (No. 1). When it is done, put it on a dish, pour over 1 pint of brown butter, and garnish with fried parsley. Boiled Salted Cod with Egg1 Sauce. — (1) Chop as fine as possible lib. of freshly-salted Cod that has been soaked, boiled, and allowed to get cold. Mix 1 teaspoonful of corn- flour with 1 teacupful of milk till smooth, and stir it over the fire till it thickens ; add to this £lb. of mashed potatoes rubbed through a sieve, 2oz. of butter, 1 dessert-spoonful of chopped parsley, two well-beaten eggs, and pepper to taste

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