Croquettes

Method

1. From MRS.
2. L.
3. C.
4. GILLESPIE, of Tennessee, Lady Manager.
5. Breast of a large turkey;
6. five sweetbreads;
7. one and one-half pint of milk;
8. one-half pound butter;
9. five tablespoonfuls of flour;
10. two eggs.
11. Chop the turkey and sweetbreads very fine, using a silver knife for chopping the sweetbreads.
12. Beat the whites and yolks of the eggs separately as you would for a cake.
13. Mix the eggs, butter, flour and milk in a porcelain vessel and cook until the mixture comes to the consistency of cream sauce;
14. and that it may cook smoothly, it will be necessary to make first a thick paste of the flour by stirring into it a very small quantity of the milk, gradually thinning it with more of the milk.
15. While cooking it must be stirred constantly, and as soon as it is sufficiently thick add to the mixture the chopped turkey and sweetbreads and cook the whole for two minutes longer.
16. Use no seasoning but pepper (white or cayenne) and salt to the taste.
17. This quantity will make twenty-two large croquettes, which are prettiest moulded in a pear-shaped wine glass.
18. With a little practice you can mould them in your hand.
19. Have ready some cracker crumbs rolled very fine and dust like.
20. Fry the croquettes in boiling lard and enough to cover them.
21. When a rich brown take them out and place on sieve or brown paper to rid them of the surplus grease.
22. Run them into a well heated oven for a few minutes before serving.
23. Put a teaspoonful of cream sauce on the top of each croquette.