CROQUETTES OF TURKEY (Cold Meat Cookery)
Origin: London, England
Source: Isabella Beeton, 1861
Ingredients
- The remains of cold turkey
- to every 1/2 lb. of meat
- 2 oz ham or bacon
- 2 shalots
- 1 oz butter
- 1 tablespoonful flour
- the yolks of 2 eggs
- egg and bread crumbs
Instructions
- The smaller pieces, that will not do for a fricassée or hash, answer very well for this dish.
- Mince the meat finely with ham or bacon in the above proportion; make a gravy of the bones and trimmings, well seasoning it; mince the shalots, put them into a stewpan with the butter, add the flour;
- mix well, then put in the mince, and about 1/2 pint of the gravy made from the bones.
- (The proportion of the butter must be increased or diminished according to the quantity of mince.) When just boiled, add the yolks of 2 eggs;
- put the mixture out to cool, and then shape it in a wineglass.
- Cover the croquettes with egg and bread crumbs, and fry them a delicate brown.
- Put small pieces of parsley-stems for stalks, and serve with, rolled bacon cut very thin.