Cheese Croquettes

Ingredients

• Three tablespoons butter
• 2-3 cup of milk
• 1 cup of grated cheese
• few grains cayenne
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1 egg
• salt
• pepper
• dry crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Make a thick white sauce by melting butter, stirring in flour, gradually adding milk and stirring over the fire until well thickened.

2. 2

   Add the egg yolk and stir until well mixed, then add the grated cheese.

3. 3

   As soon as the cheese melts, remove from the fire and season with salt and pepper.

4. 4

   Spread in a shallow pan and cool.

5. 5

   Shape into croquettes, dip in crumbs, then into egg white, which has been slightly beaten and diluted with water (cold).

6. 6

   Dip in crumbs again and fry in deep fat or brown in the oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Magnet users cook book (1920) by Petrie Manufacturing Co, page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHEESE CROQUETTES. Three tablespoons butter, 2-3 cup of milk, 1 cup of grated cheese, few grains cayenne, 4 tablespoons flour, 1 egg, salt cand pepper, dry crumbs

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