TimbaJes

Ingredients

• two pounds of lard
• two eggs
• a half teacupful of sweet milk
• half a teaspoonful of salt
• same of sugar
• one teacupful of unsifted flour
• one teaspoonful of whiskey or rum
• an Irish potato

Method

1. 1

   In a granite boiler, place lard over a brisk fire.

2. 2

   Clean and smooth the timbale iron.

3. 3

   Make a batter by breaking eggs into a bowl, adding sweet milk, salt, sugar, and flour.

4. 4

   Beat to a smooth batter and add whiskey or rum.

5. 5

   When the lard is boiling, dip the iron in batter and then into the lard.

6. 6

   Let stay half a minute until brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Annie Dennis cook book (1905) by Annie E. Dennis, page 170. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TimbaJes In a granite boiler five or six inches in diameter and the same in depth, place two pounds of lard. Set this over a brisk fire. Have the timbale iron thor- oughly cleaned and smooth (no rust on it) and put in th-e vessel containing the lard. 328 THE NEW ANNIE DENNIS COOK BOOK Make a batter thus : Break into a small bowl two eggs ; add to these a half teacupf ul of sweet milk, half a teaspoonful of salt, same of sugar. Measure one teacupful of unsifted flour (not packed) and sift into the bowl. Now beat these together to a smooth bat- ter, then add one teaspoonful of whiskey or rum. By this time the lard should be boiling ; when a blue smoke arises from it, it is hot enough to begin to cook the timbales. Have an Irish potato

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