Pounded Cheese
Origin: London, England
Source: Isabella Beeton, 1861
Ingredients
- To every lb. of cheese
- 3 oz fresh butter
Instructions
- To pound cheese is an economical way of using it, if it has become dry; it is exceedingly good spread on bread, and is the best way of eating it for those whose digestion is weak.
- Cut up the cheese into small pieces, and pound it smoothly in a mortar, adding butter in the above proportion.
- Press it down into a jar, cover with clarified butter, and it will keep for several days.
- The flavour may be very much increased by adding mixed mustard (about a teaspoonful to every lb.), or cayenne, or pounded mace.
- Curry-powder is also not unfrequently mixed with it.