Durham Cutlets

Ingredients

• li oz. Butter
• IJ, oz. Flour
• i pint Stock on Gravy
• 6 oz. cold Minced Meat
• about 3 oz. Bread Crumbs
• 1 Egg
• about 3 oz. Bread Crumbs for outside of cutlets

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter, and add flour, then stock.

2. 2

   Stir till you have a smooth, thick sauce; allowing this to cook 2 or 3 minutes.

3. 3

   Add seasoning, salt, and pepper to taste.

4. 4

   Add meat and potatoes, or bread, which is all the better for having been soaked in gravy.

5. 5

   Mix all together.

6. 6

   Turn mixture out on a dinner plate, spreading about 0.5 inch thick.

7. 7

   Set it aside to cool.

8. 8

   When it is hard, divide into 8 or 12 parts.

9. 9

   Shape each piece like a cutlet on a floured board.

10. 10

    Brush cutlets with the egg, well beaten, and roll them in bread crumbs.

11. 11

    Fry in fat to brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Tried favourites cookery book (1909) by Kirk, E. W. Mrs, page 51. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Durham Cutlets. li oz. Butter, IJ, oz. Flour, i pint Stock on Gravy, 6 oz. cold Minced Meat, about 3 oz. Bread Crumbs, or preferably Ma.shed Potatoes, 1 Egg, about 3 oz. Bread Crumbs for outside of cutlets

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