Force-meat Balls

Ingredients

• pound chopped beef
• one egg
• a small lump butter
• a cup or less of Dread-crumbs
• season with salt
• and pepper
• moisten with the water from stewed meat

Method

1. 1

   Add egg, butter, bread-crumbs, salt, and pepper to chopped beef.

2. 2

   Moisten with water from stewed meat, make into balls, and fry brown.

3. 3

   Alternatively, chop raw veal and salt pork, season, moisten with beaten eggs, roll into balls, fry in butter, and add to soup.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 521. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Force-meat Balls, add to pound chopped beef one egg, a small lump butter, a cup or less of Dread-crumbs ; season with salt and pepper, and moisten with the water from stewed meat

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