Meat Cake

Ingredients

• 1 lb. scraps of any cold meat (fat and lean)
• 1 lb. cooked potatoes
• 1 lb. bread crumbs or soaked pieces
• 1 dessert-spoonful parsley (chopped)
• 1 teaspoonful mixed herbs
• 1 egg or a little milk
• Grated nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste
• Browned bread crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Chop the meat finely, mash and beat the potatoes until light, then mix all the ingredients together.

2. 2

   Grease a cake-tin, sprinkle it with brown crumbs, put the mixture in, or pile it in a flat baking-tin, and bake in a quick oven for 20 minutes to 1 hour.

3. 3

   When nicely browned, turn it onto a hot dish and serve with brown gravy.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery book and general axioms for plain cookery (1890) by E. Briggs, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MEAT CAKE. Ingredients : — 1 lb. scraps of any cold meat (fat and lean), lb. cooked potatoes. i lb. bread crumbs or soaked pieces. 1 dessert-spoonful parsley (chopped). 1 teaspoonful mixed herbs. 1 egg or a little milk. Grated nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste. Browned bread crumbs

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