Cheese Balls, Fried

Ingredients

• 3 ozs. of cheese
• a dessert-spoonful of finely minced ham
• three dessert-spoonfuls of finely grated bread-crumbs
• a teaspoonful of dry mustard
• a piece of butter about the size of a small egg
• two or three grains of cayenne
• the yolk of an egg well beaten

Method

1. 1

   Pound cheese, ham, bread-crumbs, mustard, butter, cayenne, and egg yolk until smooth.

2. 2

   Form into balls, flatten to half an inch thick, dip in batter, and fry until lightly browned.

3. 3

   Drain and serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Harper's cook book encyclopædia (1902), page 87. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cheese Balls, Fried. — Cheese which has become a little dry will answer for this purpose, though, of course, fresh cheese will be better. Put 3 ozs. of cheese in a mortar, with a dessert-spoonful of finely minced ham, three dessert-spoonfuls of finely grated bread-crumbs, a teaspoonful of dry mustard, a piece of butter about the size of a small egg, two or three grains of cayenne, and the yolk of an egg well beaten

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