Fondus

Origin: Tidewater Virginia

Source: Mary Randolph, 1824

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Put a pint of water, and a lump of butter the size of an egg, into a sauce pan.
  2. Stir in as much flour as will make a thick batter, put it on the fire, and stir it continually till it will not stick to the pan.
  3. Put it in a bowl, add three quarters of a pound of grated cheese, and mix it well.
  4. Break in two eggs and beat them well, then two more, and so on until you put in six.
  5. When it looks very light, drop it in small lumps on buttered paper.
  6. Bake it in a quick oven till of a delicate brown.
  7. You may use corn meal instead of flour for a change.

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