Brain Cakes

Ingredients

• brains
• 1 teaspoonful sage
• 0.5 teaspoonful salt
• 0.25 teaspoonful mace
• white pepper or cayenne
• 1 egg
• butter
• 1 teaspoonful flour
• lemon-grate

Instructions

1. Wash and soak the brains well in cold water.
2. Soak the brains in hot water.
3. Free the brains from the skin and large fibres.
4. Boil the brains in lightly salted water for two to three minutes.
5. Beat the boiled brains with a teaspoonful of finely chopped sage (or equal parts sage and parsley).
6. Add half a teaspoonful of salt (or rather more), half as much mace, a little white pepper or cayenne, and one egg to the brains; optionally add a teaspoonful of flour and a little lemon-grate.
7. Drop the mixture in small cakes into a pan.
8. Fry the cakes in butter until a fine light brown.