the thorough good cook - recipe - Croquettes of Macaroni

The Thorough Good Cook
by George Augustus Sala
recipes from 1896

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RECIPE

14. Croquettes of Macaroni.
Stir half a pint of any kind of good sauce over the
fire until reduced to half its original quantity ; then add
the yolks of three eggs, nutmeg, pepper, a pinch of
chopped shallot, a pinch of sugar, and the juice of half a
lemon ; stir this again over the fire to set the eggs in the
sauce, and then add the following ingredients, mixed small
and neatly :-A handful of boiled Genoa macaroni, two
ounces of roast game, one ounce of lean ham, truffles,
mushrooms ; incorporate these with the sauce, and when
set cold and firm, divide the preparation into equal small
portions ; mould these in the form of eggs ; egg-and-bread-
crumb, and fry them in hot lard, and, being dished up
with fried parsley, serve hot.

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