Cheese Puffs

Ingredients

• half a gill of water
• an ounce and a half of butter
• three and a half ounces of well-sifted flour
• a well-beaten egg
• an ounce and a half of grated Parmesan

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter in water, stir in flour until smooth, then add beaten egg and Parmesan.

2. 2

   Shape into balls and bake until risen.

3. 3

   Fill with hot stewed cheese and serve quickly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Fifty dinners (1895) by A. R. Kenney-Herbert, page 60. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

half a gill of water into a stewpan over a low fire with an ounce and a half of butter and a pinch of salt ; when the butter is melted take the pan oflf the fire and stir in three and a half ounces of well-sifted flour ; work well, getting rid of all the lumps, then replace the vessel on the fire and stir the paste about until it leaves the side of the vessel, then take it off, stir in a well-beaten egg and an ounce and a half of grated Parmesan

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