Hash Cakes

Ingredients

• 2 cups cold mashed potatoes
• 1 cup cold meat minced
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 egg
• 1 tbsp. fat
• 1 tsp. pepper

Method

1. 1

   Beat the egg until well mixed.

2. 2

   Add the potatoes, salt and pepper, and mix thoroughly.

3. 3

   Mix in the meat.

4. 4

   Wash the hands and form the mixture into flat, round cakes three-quarters of an inch thick.

5. 5

   Put two-thirds of the fat in the frying-pan, and put over the fire.

6. 6

   When hot, put in the cakes and brown one side; add the remaining fat, turn the cakes and brown the other side.

7. 7

   Serve on a hot dish.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Public school household science (1905) by Adelaide Hoodless, page 38. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.