Chicken Croquettes

Ingredients

• 1 oz. butter
• 1 oz. flour
• 1 gill white stock
• 1 tablespoonful of cream
• 1/2 lb. minced chicken
• 2 ozs. of ham
• a squeeze of lemon juice
• salt
• cayenne

Method

1. 1

   Melt the butter in a saucepan, then mix in the flour, cayenne, and salt till quite smooth.

2. 2

   Gradually add the stock and cook until it leaves the sides of the saucepan and clings in a ball.

3. 3

   Mix in the minced chicken, ham, cream, and lemon juice.

4. 4

   Cool, shape into balls or corks, egg and bread crumb, and fry in boiling fat until golden brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household gas cookery book (1900) by Helen Edden, page 52. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chicken Croquettes. — Ingredients : i oz. butter, i oz. flour, i gill white stock, i tablespoonful of cream, J lb. minced chicken, 2 ozs. of ham, a squeeze of lemon juice, salt, and cayenne. Melt the butter in a saucepan, then mix in the flour, cayenne, and salt till quite smooth, and gradually add the stock. Cook this until it leaves the sides of the saucepan (stirring all the time) and clings in a ball round the spoon. Then take it off the gas and mix in the minced chicken and ham, cream, and lemon juice. Turn this mixture out on to a plate to cool. Then shape into balls or corks, and egg and bread crumb, frying them in boiling fat a light golden brown. Devilled Chicken or Turkey Legs. — Ingre¬ dients : 1 teaspoon mustard pow’der, 1 teaspoon chutney, 1 teaspoon anchovy, 2 teaspoons salad oil, cayenne, and salt. Mix these well together and smear well over the legs, cutting slashes to let the mixture get well in. Then grill under the gas griller, and send to table very hot. To make a sauce, add one gill of stock to the above ingredients. Game, Souffles of, — Ingredients : 6 paper souffle cases, w^ell buttered, 3 ozs. game, 1 truffle or mush¬ room, 1 oz. butter, 1 oz. flour

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