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Mince with Potato Cassolettes

From The household gas cookery book, 1900

Serves 2

Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The household gas cookery book (1900) by Helen Edden, page 55. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mince with Potato Cassolettes. Take some large potatoes, and peel them thinly and cut them in half lengthwise ; then scoop out the potato in the centre, leaving about J-inch all round in thickness, basket shape. Parboil these potatoes and let them drain. When dry, brush them over with an egg, and bread¬ crumb them and fry in boiling fat a golden brown. Drain them on kitchen paper, and fill them with any kind of hot mince or calf’s brains

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