TRIED RECIPES

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 4871, 24 January 1903, Page 4 (Supplement)

TRIED RECIPES

Fish Fritters.—The remains of any boiled fish can bo made into tasty cakes or fritters, as follows:—itemove all bones from the fish, and put it in a pun, beat it up witii a fork, and mix with it a small quantity ot grated broad crumbs, a little" very finely chopped onion and paiedey, pepper, salt, and a couple of wellbeaten eggs. Tut some lard into a frying pan, and, when quite boiling, drop tho mixture into it in small cakes; fry them a light brown on both sides. They can be eaten hot or cold. Tinned salmon, treated in tho .same way, make:! delicious fritters: of course, the liquor in tiio tin must be drained off before using the salmon. As half the contents of the tin will make a good disli of fritters, tho other half can bo utilised by pouring spiced vinegar over it. when it will keep lor some days.

Chartreuse of Beef. —lib steak, loz butter. loz Hour, one gill of milk, two hardboiled eggs. one large lablespoonful Chopped parsley, one slice toast, one tenspoonlul salt, quarter teaspoon fill pepper. Remove all skin from the steak and run it three times through the mincer. Sprinkle over it the salt and the pepper. Molt in a saucepan the butter and stir into it the Hour; add by degrees the milk and stir till boiling. Tako the saucepan from the fire and add the minced aleak. Mis: well together, then stir all over the fire for iiftseu minutes. Place the toast on a hot dish and pile this mixture high on it. Dip a knife in water and smooth it over. Place a row of parsley about half an inch in width from one corner to the other, then another row from the remaining corners. Chop very finely tho white of egg, and arrange it on two sides of tho chartreuse. Put the yolk through a sieve and fill in the’ remaining sides. Just warm up in the oven and serve.

Devilled Kidneys.—lngredients: Four kidneys, 011:3 tiibluspoonlui of chutney, ono omieo butter, brown crumbs, a little French mustard, rounds of fried bread, a bunch of watercress, a tomato. Divide the kidneys and place them in a tin, pour over the butter melted, let them soak awhile, then inis the mustard with the chutney, and spread 0110 aide of each piece of kidney with the mixture, then sprinkle over tho brown crumbs and bako (covered with a buttered paper) six minutes, in a quick oven. When done dish up on the round of fried bread, with a hunch of watercress in centre, slices of tomato between each slice of kidney. Savoury Pie.—Line a round cake mould with short crust, having first buttered it. (Make a mince of cold fowl, rabbit, or meat with thick sauce, and when cold fill tho mould with a layer of mince, then some sliced tomatoes or pickled onion, pepper, salt, and nutmeg, and a sprinkling of cheese. Cover with a round of paste, and bako forty minutes. Servo out of mould with good white or brown sauce round it. Bread crumbs can be used instead of pastry, with bits of butter on top, -and bake in pie-dish.