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Swedish Timbales

A historical recipe from Fifty-two Sunday dinners, by Elizabeth O. Hiller (1913).

A historical recipe

Fifty-two Sunday dinners: A book of recipes, by Elizabeth O. Hiller (1913). Project Gutenberg eBook #31534.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From Fifty-two Sunday dinners, by Elizabeth O. Hiller (1913). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #31534 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31534). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Sweden. Associated with Sweden by a demonym leading its title: Swedish (confidence 0.55). "Associated with" means only that the evidence named here links this recipe to that place. A recipe isn't labelled as representing an entire country because a source associates it with one, and regional origins are kept where the source gives them.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. 1 cup flour.
  2. 1/2 teaspoon salt.
  3. 1 teaspoon sugar.
  4. 1 egg.
  5. 2/3 cup milk.
  6. 1 tablespoon olive oil.
  7. PROCESS: Mix and sift flour, salt and sugar, add milk slowly, stirring constantly, add well beaten egg and olive oil.
  8. Mixture should be very smooth, strain and let stand over night.
  9. Heat a timbale iron in hot Cottolene, drain and dip iron into batter, (having batter in a small pitcher), place in hot Cottolene and fry until crisp and delicately browned.
  10. Remove from iron and invert on brown paper.
  11. These dainty cases are for all kinds of creamed mixtures.
  12. They are used instead of patty shells or croustades.