Eggs Ponce de Leon

Ingredients

• 6 hard cooked eggs
• 2 cups tomato juice
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• 1/4 cup chopped green peppers
• 1/2 cup mushrooms
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 cup white sauce
• salt and pepper to taste

Method

1. 1

   Chop the whites of the eggs, and mash the yolks.

2. 2

   Brown the onion in the butter, add the flour and blend well.

3. 3

   Put in the tomato juice and the peppers and cook slowly until done.

4. 4

   Add the mushrooms, the seasoning and the Worcestershire.

5. 5

   When this is all done add the white sauce, the egg yolks and the chopped egg whites.

6. 6

   Place in buttered casserole.

7. 7

   Sprinkle with cracker crumbs, dot with butter, and brown in the oven.

8. 8

   Serve hot.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Southern cook book of fine old recipes (1935) by Lillie S. Lustig, page 31. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Eggs Ponce de Leon 6 hard cooked eggs 2 cups tomato juice l/2 cup chopped celery *4 cup chopped green peppers % cup mushrooms 1 tablespoon flour 1 tablespoon butter */2 onion, diced l/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce % cup white sauce salt and pepper to taste Chop the whites of the eggs, and mash the yolks. Brown the onion in the butter, add the flour and blend well. Put in the tomato juice and the peppers and cook slowly until done. Add the mushrooms, the seasoning and the Worcestershire. When this is all done add the white sauce, the egg yolks and the chopped egg whites. Place in buttered casse- role. Sprinkle with cracker crumbs, dot with butter, and brown in the oven. Serve hot. Chicken Liver Ramekins 1 cup raw chicken livers 1 tablespoon butter */2 tablespoon cream 2 tablespoons milk 3 eggs */2 cup mushrooms chopped parsley, salt, pepper, and red pepper Press the liver through a colander, beat the yolks of eggs and then add the cream and milk, butter, salt, pepper, parsley, and mush- rooms. Place the mixture in buttered molds and cover with greased paper. Put the mold in a pan of water and let them bake from 15 to 20 minutes. Sol one day she gave a sigh, Her mouth would hold a pumpkin pie, A bushel of potatoes, two quarts of gin; She gaped one day and her head fell in. Biltmore Golden Rod Eggs 3 hard cooked eggs 1 cup white sauce 6

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