Cheese Fritters

Ingredients

• two ounces of butter
• three ounces of flour
• half a pint of water
• three ounces of grated cheese
• a pinch of cayenne pepper
• salt

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter in a saucepan, cook flour in it, then add water and stir to boiling.

2. 2

   Boil for two minutes, then remove from heat and add eggs one at a time, beating well.

3. 3

   Add cheese, cayenne, and salt.

4. 4

   Shape fritters with spoons and fry in boiling fat until pale brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The handy dictionary of cookery (1890) by Mary A. Everard, page 29. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cheese Fritters. Put into a saucepan two ounces of butter. When it is melted, cook in it three ounces of flour ; add half a pint of water ; stir carefully to boiling. Boil about two minutes till it leaves the pan sides clean, stirring briskly all the time ; remove the pan from the Are; drop in three eggs (not beaten) ; beat well between each one. Next add three ounces of grated cheese a pinch of cayenne pepper and salt

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