Potato Border

Ingredients

• Six potatoes
• three eggs
• one table-spoonful of butter
• one of salt
• half a cupful of boiling milk

Method

1. 1

   Pare, boil and mash the potatoes.

2. 2

   When fine and light, add the butter, salt and pepper and two well-beaten eggs.

3. 3

   Butter the border mould and pack the potato in it.

4. 4

   Let this stand on the kitchen table ten minutes; then turn out on a dish and brush over with one well-beaten egg.

5. 5

   Brown in the oven.

6. 6

   Fill the centre with a curry, fricassee, salmis or blanquette.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's new cook book and marketing guide (1880) by Maria Parloa, page 90. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

potato borders, and also for jelly borders, with which to decorate salads, boned chicken, creams, etc. Potato Border. Six potatoes, three eggs, one table- spoonful of butter, one of salt, half a cupful of boiling milk

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