Lentil Croquettes

Ingredients

• put in cold water ^ a cup of dried beans or lentils
• Boil them 1^ hours or until tender
• add ^ of a cup of fine bread-crumbs
• 3 tablespoons of cream or butter
• 1 egg
• a grated onion
• a pimento chopped
• a little mace or nutmeg
• i teaspoon of salt
• a pinch of cayenne

Method

1. 1

   Soak lentils overnight, boil until tender, and pass through a sieve.

2. 2

   Mix with bread-crumbs, cream or butter, egg, onion, pimento, mace or nutmeg, salt, and cayenne.

3. 3

   Form into croquettes, roll in bread-crumbs, beaten egg, and bread-crumbs again, then fry in oil or butter.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Allied cookery (1916) by Harrison, Grace Clergue Mrs., page 18. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LENTIL CROQUETTES put in cold water ^ a cup of dried beans or lentils and let soak overnight. Boil them lyi hours or until tender. Pass them through a sieve ; add >^ of a cup of fine bread-crumbs and 3 table- spoons of cream or butter, i egg, a grated onion, a pimento chopped, a little mace or nutmeg, i tea- spoon of salt, and a pinch of cayenne

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