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Force-meat of Beef

From The economical cook book, 1905

Serves 9

Ensure all ingredients are well mixed.

Presented as published in 1905. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The economical cook book (1905) by Sara T. Paul, page 53. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a tablespoonfol of chopped parsley ; mix all together lightly with a fork ; then add the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth ; mix all well together ; flour your hands, and form the mixture into round balls, flatter them until they are half an CROQUETTES, OMELETTES, *«• 111 imdi diiok, and brown them on both sides in boiling lard \ serre on a shallow dish. *yeal Croquettes. Boil a oalf s head until you can remove the bones, whioh will be in a little over two hours ; tie up the brains in a clean cloth, and boil them with the head for half an hour ; when the head is done, remove all the meat from the bones, and chop it as fine as possible ; grate a pint of bread crumbs, stir them through the meat; season with salt, black and cayenne pepper, a table- spoon heaping full of chopped parsley, a piece of onion the size of a nutmeg chopped very fine, and a saltspoonful of grated nutmeg ; stir all well together ; mash the brains and add to the meat; then add three beaten eggs, and moisten with some of the broth the head was boiled in, until of a consistence t<9 mould into croquettes ; form them in a wine-glass, roll in cracker dust, and boil in lard until a nice brown. * Force-meat of Teal Chop as fine as possible one pound oi lean veal, eight ounces of beef-suet, add four ounces of very fine bread cri^mbs, and mix all well together ; season with half a teaspoon of salt, half as much black pepper as salt, aud a little grated nutmeg ; chop very fine a piece of onion as large as a nutmeg and a tablespoon- ful of parsley, stir in until well incorporated, then add three Deaten eggs, and mix them well in ; pound all in a mortar for ten minutes. You may add a saltspoonful of grated lemon-peel. * Force-meat of Beef. One pound of lean beef, the same of suet ; chop them verj fine and pound them in a mortar, first separately, then together ; add a small cup of very fine bread crumbs, half a teaspoon of sweet marjoram, the same of sweet basil, a little thyme, a table- spoonAil of chopped parsley, pepper and salt, and three beaten eggs
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