Codfish Balls

Ingredients

• one pound of salt codfish
• two potatoes
• the yolks of three eggs
• salt
• pepper
• melted butter

Method

1. 1

   Soak one pound of salt codfish in cold water over night.

2. 2

   Then boil in fresh water for ten minutes.

3. 3

   Boil two potatoes in salt water and strain through colander or sieve.

4. 4

   Shred the codfish very fine and mix with the potato and the yolks of three eggs working well together.

5. 5

   Allow to become cool, form into balls, roll in flour and fry in melted butter until nice and golden yellow.

6. 6

   Serve on napkins with quartered lemons and parsley in branches.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Hotel St. Francis cook book (1919) by Hirtzler, Victor., page 275. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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