Potato Balls

Ingredients

• 1 lb. Cold Boiled Potatoes
• Bread Crumbs
• 2 Eggs
• 1 oz. Butter
• Hot Fat

Method

1. 1

   Rub the potatoes through a sieve or mash them smoothly.

2. 2

   Put the butter into a saucepan, and, when melted, season with pepper and salt; put in the potatoes and turn them about till hot through.

3. 3

   Drop in the egg and mix into a paste, turn on to a plate to cool, and roll into balls.

4. 4

   Beat up an egg and brush over the balls, cover well with crumbs, and fry in hot fat.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of living in Australia (1893) by Philip E. Muskett, page 212. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Bread Crumbs .... ^d. 1 oz. Butter 1 ^ teaspoonful Mustard . . . j ' Total Cost— 5|f7. Time— 15 Minutes. Slice up the tomatoes, spread with a very little made COOKERY RECIPES, #c. 549 mustard. Season some brown bread crumbs with pepper and salt, and sprinkle the slices well. Put into a buttered dish and bake till soft. Serve hot. CURRIED TOMATOES. 1 doz. Tomatoes .... 4d. 1| oz. Butter .... Id. 1 gill Milk .... Id. ^ oz. Flour .... 1 lb. Kice }l|d. 1 Apple ^ 1 Onion 1.2^. 1 dessertspoonful Curry Powder Salt J Total Cost— gii. Time— Hal ' an Hour Mince the onion and apple finely, and fry in the batter till a good colour ; sprinkle over it the curry powder and flour, and mix well. Pour in the milk and stir until it boils ; slice the tomatoes and put them in and simmer very gently for half an hour. Season with salt, dish carefully and serve either in a border of rice, or with rice moulds on a separate dish. CURRIED VEGETABLES. Take any vegetables in season, such as potatoes, peas, carrots, beans, and cauUflowers ; very young vegetables are the best, and if there are any cold ones in the larder they \\i\\ do as well as fresh. Slice up the potatoes and branch the cauliflowers, and, if they have not been boiled before, boil them in water seasoned with a little salt and sugar, for ten minutes, and strain off the water. Put one ounce or more of butter into a saucepan according to the quantity of vegetables, and when hot stir in half an ounce of flour, and the same of curry powder. Pour in half a pint of milk and stir till it boils. Then put in the vegetables and simmer 350 THE ART OF LIVING IN AUSTRALIA. very gently for about half an hour. They should not be broken, but quite soft, and all the liquor absorbed. Pile in a hot dish and serve with boiled rice. BEETROOT AND ONION STEW. 3 Beetroots . 2d. 3 Onions .... . Id. 1^ oz. Butter •"I 1 teaspoonful Sugar . •| teaspoonful Salt I pint Milk 1 tablespoonful Vinegar ^ oz. Flour .Uid- . Id. :} 4- Mashed Potatoes . ly. Total Cost— 7 k^ Time— One Hour. Boil the beetroots by directions given and slice them up ; peel and slice up the onions and fiy in the butter, but do not let them brown. Stir in the flour and the milk and bring to the boil, and when it has boiled a few minutes stir in gradually the vinegar, salt, and sugar, then the beetroot. Simmer slowly for one hour ; make a border of the potatoes on a hot dish, garnish with sprigs of parsley. Put the beet- root and onion in the centre, and serve hot. 8A.\STt OP TURNIPS. 6 Turnips . 1 oz. Butter 1 gill Stock 1 teaspoonful Sugar 1 teaspoonful Salt Total Cost— 2t(?. IR Id. Time — Half an Hour. Peel the turnips and cut them into pieces like the quarter of an orange ; put them into a small stewpan with the butter, sprinkle over them the sugar and salt, and stir about COOKERY RECIPES, ^c 351 till quite brown. Pour on the stock, bring it to the boil, and simmer till soft but not broken. Dish the turnips, season the gravy with salt and a few drops of lemon juice, pour over, and serve. CARROTS IN BUTTER. 4 Carrots l^d. 1 oz. Butter "i 1 teaspoonful Parsley . . . > Ic?. Pinch of Salt and Sugar . . .J Total Cost— 2id. Time— One Hour. Scrape the cari'ots and slice them up, put them into boil-" ing water seasoned with salt and sugar, and boil for ten minutes. Strain off the water. Put the butter into a small saucepan, and when it is hot stir in the parsley and a few drops of lemon juice. Toss the carrots in this until they are thoroughly hot, then cover down and cook slowly till soft. Dish and pour over the butter in which they were cooked. PARSNIPS AND PARSLEY BUTTER, >-2d. 4 or o Parsnips . J oz. Flour 1 teaspoonful Parsley , 1 oz. Butter 1 gill Milk \-2d. Pepper and Salt Total Cost— 4rf. Time— One Hour. Scrape and cut up the parsnips (or cold ones will do). If raw, boil them in water seasoned with salt for three-quarters of an hour. Make the butter, flour, and milk into a sauce by directions given, and season nicely. Stir in the pareley, put in the parsnips, bring to the boil and simmer for ten minutes. Arrange them on a hot dish, pour the sauce over, and serve. 352 THE ART OF LIVING m AUSTRALIA. PARSNIPS FRIED. Cold boiled parsnips make a delicious breakfast dish if sliced up and fried either in bacon fat, di'ipping, or butter. Pile high on a dish and serve very hot. ■|l^. POTATO BALLS. 1 lb. Cold Boiled Potatoes . Bread Cnimbs .... 2 Eggs 1 1 oz. Butter Kzd. Hot Fat

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