Fried Scallops

Ingredients

• a small saucer of flour slightly salted
• 1 tablespoonful of warm water
• an egg in a saucer
• a quantity of fine dried bread crumbs
• about a dozen large scallops
• a deep kettle partly filled with smoking hot fat

Method

1. 1

   Wash and drain the scallops.

2. 2

   Drop them into boiling salted water and boil for five minutes, then drain and chill.

3. 3

   Roll each scallop in flour, dip in beaten egg, and coat with bread crumbs.

4. 4

   Fry in hot fat until golden and drain on paper.

5. 5

   Serve garnished with watercress.

As published

This recipe was extracted from 365 tasty dishes (1906), page 38. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fried Scallops. Wash and drain the scallops. Drop them into a saucepan of boiling salted water and boil for five minutes, then drain and set in the icebox until cold and firm. Have ready a small saucer of flour slightly salted. Break an tgg in a saucer ; add i tablespoonful of warm water and beat with a fork just enough to break the stringiness. On a plate have a quantity of fine dried bread crumbs; also have ready a deep kettle partly filled with smoking hot fat

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