Potato balls

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Yield: 5.0 balls for a corner dish
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

some boiled potatoes ↝ Potato, boiled, NFS [White potatoes, baked or boiled]
the yolks of two eggs ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
a little pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
yolk of egg ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
crumbs of bread ↝ Bread, crumbs, dry, grated, seasoned [Baked Products]

Instructions (4)

Pound some boiled potatoes in a mortar, with the yolks of two eggs, a little pepper, and salt.
Make them in balls about the size of an egg.
Do them over with yolk of egg and crumbs of bread.
Fry them of a light brown for table.

Original Text

Potato balls.

Pound some boiled potatoes in a mortar, with the yolks of two eggs, a little pepper, and salt; make them in balls about the size of an egg; do them over with yolk of egg and crumbs of bread; then fry them of a light brown for table; five balls for a corner dish.

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