Sardines a la Cambridge
A historical recipe from The Just-Wed Cook Book A Present from The Merchants of Reno, Nevada, by E. F. Kiessling (1917).
A historical recipe
The Just-Wed Cook Book A Present from The Merchants of Reno, Nevada, by E. F. Kiessling (1917). Project Gutenberg eBook #51542.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards. Its words name: raw egg, raw meat or fish. Check current food-safety guidance before following this.
Source and licence
From The Just-Wed Cook Book A Present from The Merchants of Reno, Nevada, by E. F. Kiessling (1917). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #51542 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51542). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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- Raw or underdone meat. Raw or underdone meat or fish carries a risk. Cook to current safe temperatures.
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Ingredients
- three ounces of fresh bread crumbs
- one and a half ounces of warm butter
- a can of sardines
- a glass of white wine
- a spoonful Gold Medal Flour
- a glass of the above mixture except
- two hard-boiled eggs
- two raw eggs
Method
- Take a can of good sardines (“Mustard”), remove the backbone and outside skin and rub the meat through a sieve;
- mix with it minced raw oysters, the yolks of two hard-boiled eggs, a tiny dust of paprika, three ounces of fresh bread crumbs, one and a half ounces of warm butter, and the liquor from the oysters, and the yolks of two raw eggs.
- Divide the mixture into portions about the size of walnuts, roll each up in Gold Medal Flour and dip into beaten egg and then into freshly made bread crumbs, and put into a frying basket and fry for three or four minutes in clean boiling fat.
- Dish up in a pile on a hot dish on a dish paper, and serve hot.
- Garnish with a little fresh parsley around the dish.
- Remove the skin from a can of sardines and place them in a pan, add a piece of butter, a glass of white wine, a few shrimp, a dozen oysters, a few mushrooms and a few crusts of bread fried in butter, and when all is well cooked make the following sauce: Place in a pan a piece of butter the size of an egg and melt, then add a spoonful Gold Medal Flour and when brown, half a glass of the above mixture except the fish;
- use a wooden spoon.
- When the sauce is made, add the yolk of an egg and take from the fire.
- Place the fish in a dish, spread on the sauce, and put in a warm oven for fifteen minutes and serve.