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Egg Balls

From The Pattern cook-book, 1890

Serves 1

They may be made some time before they are needed.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • Five eggs
  • One tea-spoonful of salt
  • One-tenth tea-spoonful of pepper

Method

  1. Boil four of the eggs for twenty minutes, mash the yolks to a smooth paste in a bowl; add the salt, pepper, and the other egg well beaten.

  2. Shape the mass into tiny balls, roll them in flour, and fry brown in the frying-pan with a little butter, tossing them about while frying to prevent sticking.

Nutrition per serving

358Calories
32 gProtein
2 gCarbs
24 gFat

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pattern cook-book (1890) by Butterick Publishing Company, page 31. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

EGG BALLS. Five eggs. One tea-spoonful of salt. One-tenth tea-spoonful of pepper

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