Cheese Fondue

Ingredients

• 1/4 lb. Breadcrumbs or slices of Bread
• 1/4 lb. Cheese
• 2 ozs. Butter
• 2 Eggs
• 1/2 pint Milk
• Mustard
• Pepper
• Salt

Method

1. 1

   Spread some thin slices of bread with butter, then cover them with thin slices of cheese.

2. 2

   Sprinkle over them mustard, pepper, and salt; lay them in a buttered pie dish.

3. 3

   Now beat up the yolks of eggs in the milk and pour over; let it bake about half an hour.

4. 4

   Whip the whites of eggs stiffly and place on the top when baked; return to the oven and lightly brown, sprinkling over it some grated cheese.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Gas cookery (1885) by Helen Edden, page 35. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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