To Fry Smelts
From Soyer's standard cookery, 1912
Serves 2
Presented as published in 1912. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Soyer's standard cookery (1912) by Nicolas Soyer, page 61. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
To Fry Smelts. Dry them in a cloth and dip them in flour; then have half an ounce of butter or clear fat melted in a bowl, into which break the yolk of two eggs, with which rub the smelts over with a brush, dip them in bread-crumbs, fry in very hot lard, dress them on a napkin, garnish with parsley, and serve with shrimp sauce in a boat
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