Beef Croquettes No. 1

Original Ingredients

• 1 cup cold, cooked, lean beef, chopped fine
• 1/2 cup fat
• 1/2 cup cold boiled or fried ham (or cold pork)
• 1 slice onion, minced
• 1 teaspoonful salt
• 1/2 teaspoonful pepper
• 1 teaspoonful powdered sage or parsley
• 1/2 cup stock or milk
• 1 beaten egg
• egg and bread crumbs or flour and egg for coating
• hot lard or beef drippings for frying

Original Instructions

1. 1

   Chop fine one cup of cold, cooked, lean beef, half a cup of fat, half a cup of cold boiled or fried ham; cold pork will do if you have not the ham

2. 2

   Also mince up a slice of onion

3. 3

   Season all with a teaspoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful of pepper, and a teaspoonful of powdered sage or parsley if liked

4. 4

   Heat together with half a cup of stock or milk

5. 5

   When cool add a beaten egg

6. 6

   Form the mixture into balls, slightly flattened

7. 7

   Roll in egg and bread crumbs, or flour and egg

8. 8

   Fry in hot lard or beef drippings

9. 9

   Serve on a platter and garnish with sprigs of parsley