Meat Cakes

Ingredients

• 1 lb. round steak
• 1/2 lb. grated cheese
• 3 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco
• 2 cupfuls breadcrumbs
• 3 small onions
• Salt, pepper, and paprika to taste
• 1 tablespoonful chopped parsley
• 2 eggs
• 4 tablespoonfuls Crisco
• 1 can or 1/2 lb. fresh tomatoes
• 1 carrot
• 1 turnip
• 2 onions
• Salt, pepper, and red pepper to taste
• 3 tablespoonfuls flour
• 2 cupfuls stock
• 1 blade mace
• 1 bay leaf

Method

1. 1

   For meat cakes: Grind steak and onions together, add Crisco, cheese, parsley, crumbs, seasonings, and eggs lightly beaten.

2. 2

   Mix together; form into small cakes, toss in flour and fry in hot Crisco.

3. 3

   Serve hot with tomato sauce.

4. 4

   For sauce: Slice vegetables, fry in Crisco ten minutes; then add flour, stock, mace, bay leaf, tomatoes, catsup, and herbs.

5. 5

   Stir till they boil, then simmer gently forty-five minutes.

6. 6

   Rub through sieve, add seasonings and use.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 7 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes (1913) by Marion Harris Neil, page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Meat Cakes 1 lb. round steak Y% |b. grated cheese 3 tablespoonfuls melted Crisco 2 cupfuls breadcrumbs 3 small onions Salt, pepper, and paprika 1 tablespoonful chopped parsley to taste 2 eggs Tomato sauce 63 Meats For Sauce 4 tablespoonfuls Crisco 1 can or % Ib. fresh tomatoes 1 carrot 1 tablespoonful tomato catsup 1 turnip 1 bunch sweet herbs 2 onions Salt, pepper, and red pepper 3 tablespoonfuls flour to taste 2 cupfuls stock 1 blade mace 1 bay leaf

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