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XCVII.— Billiard Eggs

From A Lenten cookery book (1876).

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A historical recipe

A Lenten cookery book, by Lear, Henrietta Louisa, formerly Farrer (1876).

United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

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

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. a pound of bread crumbs
  2. 2 oz. of butter
  3. two tablespoonfuls of cream

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Hot oil. Never put water on an oil fire: turn off the heat and cover the pan with a lid or a damp tea towel. Pat food dry before it goes into hot oil, and lower it in gently, away from you.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Half a pound of bread crumbs, mixed with 2 oz.
  2. of butter, a chopped onion, some herbs, and, if convenient, a sliced truffle ;
  3. season to taste.
  4. Beat two or three eggs well in a little milk.
  5. Add two tablespoonfuls of cream.
  6. Roll into balls, and fry in egg and bread crumb.
  7. Serve with potato balls fried in the same manner, alternately.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
Source http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Credit

From A Lenten cookery book (1876), printed page 37, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/ALentenCookeryBook

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.