Surprise Croquettes

Ingredients

• 2 cups mashed potatoes
• i egg-white
• 4 tablespoons cream
• Salt and pepper
• 1 teaspoon onion-juice
• 2 egg-yolks
• Cooked meat, cheese or vegetable
• Crums and flour

Method

1. 1

   To the mashed potato add cream or rich milk, onion juice and salt and pepper to taste.

2. 2

   Beat over the fire until smooth and hot.

3. 3

   Remove, slightly cool, and add the beaten egg yolks.

4. 4

   Form into cylinders, or cone shapes; make a depression in each, and into this put a teaspoon of creamed chicken, minced highly seasoned meat, grated cheese, or a vegetable in cream sauce.

5. 5

   Press the potato around the filling.

6. 6

   Beat the egg white slightly, dilute with a tablespoon of water, roll the croquettes in flour, egg and then in seasoned bread crumbs, and fry in deep fat.

As published

This recipe was extracted from New Delineator recipes. (1929) by Delineator Home Institute, page 31. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SURPRISE CROQUETTES 2 cups mashed potatoes i egg-white 4 tablespoons cream Salt and pepper 1 teaspoon onion-juice Cooked meat, cheese or 2 egg-yolks vegetable Crums and flour

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