Mincemeat en Surprise

Ingredients

• some mincemeat
• white of egg beaten to snow
• some crumb made by grating ratafia biscuits
• some of the balls in citron shred very fine
• some in desiccated cocoanut

Method

1. 1

   Form mincemeat into balls, roll in egg, smooth with a knife, roll in crumbs, place in oven, roll in citron and coconut, brush with egg and sugar, arrange in a heap.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Puddings and Pastry à la Mode (1889) by Harriet Anne de Salis, page 15. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mincemeat en surprise. Take some mincemeat, form it into balls the size of greengages, roll them first into white of egg 4 LA MODE. 39 beaten to snow, smooth with a knife, then roll each in some crumb made by grating ratafia biscuits through a sieve ; place them in the oven for a few moments, then roll sbme of the balls in citron shred very fine, and some in desiccated cocoanut

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