Hashed Potatoes Browned in the Oven

Ingredients

• 2 large potatoes
• a tablespoon of butter
• a tablespoon of flour
• 1/2 pt. milk
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 2 dashes of pepper
• parsley
• onion juice
• bread crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Pare and cut potatoes into dice.

2. 2

   Put butter into a frying-pan; when melted, add flour, mix until smooth, then add milk, stir until it boils, add salt and pepper.

3. 3

   Layer chopped potatoes, sprinkle with salt, pepper, parsley, and onion juice, then a second layer of potatoes, and so on, having the last layer sauce.

4. 4

   Sprinkle top lightly with bread crumbs, and bake in a moderate oven for 30 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 284. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 tablespoon of butter and 2 tablespoons of flour, place on the fire, and stir until the flour is brown. Add 1 pt. raw potatoes, cubed, well drained, and stir well. Put -the cover on the stewpan, and cook the potatoes for 10 minutes, stirring them fre- quently. At the end of 10 minutes, add salt, pepper and boiling water, and simmer for 15 minutes longer. — Mrs. John P. O'Hara, 1449 E. 56th St., Chicago, 111. FRENCH FRIED POTATOES.— Wash, pare, cut in eights, lengthwise, soak 1 hr, in cold water; dry, fry, drain, and sprinkle with salt. — Mrs. R. W. Walsh, 3656 Michigan Ave., Chicago, 111. POTATO FINGERS.— Peel and boil some long-shaped pota- toes till nearly done, strain, cut each potato lengthwise into 4 pieces, and put into a baking-dish into boiling fat, and bake in oven till nicely browned. Nice served under the meat. — ^^Mrs. J. J. Har- rigan, 3118 South Park Ave., Chicago, 111. HASHED POTATOES BROWNED IN THE OVEN.— Pare 2 large potatoes, cut into dice; put a taiblespoon of butter into a frying-pan; when melted, add 1 tablespoon of flour, mix until smooth, then add ^ pt. milk, stir continually until it boils, add Yz teaspoon of salt and 2 dashes of pepper. Put layer of chopped potatoes, sprinkle with salt, pepper, parsley, and a few drops of onion juice, second layer of potatoes, and so on, having the last layer sauce. Sprinkle the top lightly with bread crumbs

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