Fricassee Eggs

Name: Fricassee Eggs
Cuisine: Tidewater Virginia
Ingredients: 6 eggs; flour; 1 egg; bread crumbs; pepper; salt; nutmeg, grated; lard; gravy, rich and well seasoned; parsley

Origin: Tidewater Virginia

Source: Mary Randolph, 1824

Ingredients

6 eggs
flour
1 egg
bread crumbs
pepper
salt
nutmeg, grated
lard
gravy, rich and well seasoned
parsley

Instructions

Boil six eggs for five minutes. Transfer to cold water and peel them carefully. Dredge the hard eggs lightly with flour. Beat one egg light. Dip the hard eggs in the beaten egg, then roll them in bread crumbs seasoned with pepper, salt, and grated nutmeg. Coat them well and let them stand some time to dry. Fry them in boiling lard. Serve with any kind of rich, well-seasoned gravy and garnish with crisped parsley.