Fritadella

Ingredients

• half-a-pound of the crumb of a loaf of bread
• three ounces of butter
• two tablespoonfuls of chopped onion
• one of shallots
• a teaspoonful of salt
• half a teaspoonful of pepper
• the juice of one lemon

Method

1. 1

   Soak bread, squeeze out water, mince meat, fry onion and shallots, add bread and meat, season, and cook gently.

2. 2

   Serve with poached eggs.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household gas cookery book (1900) by Helen Edden, page 129. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fritadella. Take half-a-pound of the crumb of a loaf of bread, let it be soaked in cold water until quite soft, place it in a clean clothLand squeeze out all the water. Mince three-quarters of a pound of any kind of cold meat. Into a stewpan put three ounces of butter, two table¬ spoonfuls of chopped onion, and one of shallots, let them fry until a lightish brown, then add the bread and lastly the meat. Stir with a wooden spoon, put in a teaspoonful of salt, and half a teaspoonful of pepper, some chopped up lemon rind, and the juice of one lemon

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