Fish-Balis

Ingredients

• six potatoes
• a pint of water
• an ounce of butter
• a pinch of salt
• a pinch of pepper
• an egg
• six ounces of boiled codfish

Method

1. 1

   Boil the potatoes in water with salt, drain, and mash.

2. 2

   Mix in butter, salt, pepper, and egg.

3. 3

   Add the codfish and form into small balls.

4. 4

   Roll in flour and fry in hot lard until golden brown.

5. 5

   Serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from French dishes for American tables (1886) by Caron, Pierre, page 27. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fish-Balis. Wash and peel six potatoes, boil them in a pint of water, with salt, drain them, mash them thoroughly ; add an ounce of butter, a pinch of salt and pepper, and an egg; mix all well 64 FRENCH DISHES. together, adding six ounces of boiled codfish

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