Fried Celery Heads

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

Source: The Art Of Cookery
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

fix or eight heads of celery ↝ Celery, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
half a pint of white wine ↝ Wine, white [Wine]
the yolks of three eggs ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
a little salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (8)

Cut off the green tops of the celery and take off the outside stalks.
Wash the celery clean and pare the roots clean.
Mix the white wine, beaten egg yolks, salt, and nutmeg together.
Thicken the mixture with flour to form a batter.
Dip each head of celery into the batter.
Fry the battered celery heads in butter until done.
Arrange the fried celery heads in a dish.
Pour melted butter over the fried celery.

Original Text

TAKE fix or eight heads of celery, cut off the green tops, and take off the outside stalks, wash them clean and pare the roots clean, then have ready half a pint of white wine, the yolks of three eggs beat fine, and a little salt and nutmeg; mix all well together with flour into a batter, dip every head into the batter, and fry them in butter. When they are enough, lay them in your dish, and pour melted butter over them.

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