Spanish Meat Balls
A historical recipe from California Mexican-Spanish Cook Book, by Bertha Haffner-Ginger.
A historical recipe
California Mexican-Spanish Cook Book: Selected Mexican and Spanish Recipes, by Bertha Haffner-Ginger. Project Gutenberg eBook #39586.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.
Also printed in: California Mexican-Spanish cookbook (1914).
Source and licence
From California Mexican-Spanish Cook Book, by Bertha Haffner-Ginger. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #39586 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39586). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
- one cup meat
- two tablespoons soaked bread
- one cup mashed potatoes
- one cup chicken
- one cup milk
- one egg
Method
- Grind soup beef very fine.
- Add one egg to one cup meat, salt, little onion juice, two tablespoons soaked bread, make into very small balls, roll in crumbs, fry, drop in soup just before serving and sprinkle each ball with finely chopped parsley and bits of pimiento for color effect.
- Sopa de Papas (Potato Soup) Add one cup mashed potatoes to one cup chicken, veal or beef stock, one cup milk, tablespoon butter, salt, one bay leaf, tablespoon flour to thicken, cook and strain, cut thinly sliced bread, round, the size of a nickle, butter and toast, make little pile grated yellow cheese on toast, top with red sweet pepper, pinch of chopped parsley on top.
- Serve hot.