Italian Potatoes

Ingredients

• 1 pound of potatoes
• 3 ounces of butter
• a little bread-crumb soaked in milk
• sufficient milk
• 3 yolks of eggs
• 2 whites of eggs

Method

1. 1

   Boil 1 pound of potatoes, then peel them and pound them; add 3 ounces of butter, a little bread-crumb soaked in milk; add sufficient milk to make the mixture smooth but not liquid, then 3 yolks of eggs well beaten, and 2 whites of eggs beaten to a froth.

2. 2

   Place this high up on a baking-dish, smooth it with a knife, pour over some hot butter, and bake it in the oven.

3. 3

   Must be served immediately it is cooked.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wholesome cookery (1887) by Marie de Joncourt, page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Italian Potatoes. Boil 1 pound of potatoes, then peel them and pound them ; add 3 ounces of butter, a little bread-crumb soaked in milk ; add sufficient milk to make the mix- ture .smooth but not liquid, then 3 yolks of eggs well VEGETABLES, ETC. G1 beaten, and 2 whites of eggs

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