Potato Croquettes

Ingredients

• One pound of mashed potatoes
• one ounce of butter
• two table-spoonfuls of milk
• one half tea-spoonful of pepper
• two eggs
• four table-spoonfuls of bread crumbs
• one grain of cayenne
• one half tea-spoonful of salt

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter in a saucepan, add milk, and bring to boiling point.

2. 2

   Pass mashed potatoes through a sieve, add to boiling mixture, and beat until hot.

3. 3

   Stir in pepper, salt, and cayenne, then add yolks of eggs and mix until dry.

4. 4

   Roll into balls, dip in egg whites, coat with bread crumbs, and fry in hot fat for two minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Handbook of practical cookery (1886) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 87. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potato Croquettes. — Oue pound of mashed potatoes, one ounce of butter, two table-spoonfuls of milk, one half tea-spoonful of pepper, two eggs, four table-spoonfuls of bread crumbs, one grain of cayenne, one half tea-spoonful of salt

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