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Fish Croquettes

Name: Fish Croquettes
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1½ cups cold flaked halibut or salmon; 1 cup thick white sauce; 1 pinch salt; 1 pinch pepper; 1 cup breadcrumbs; 1 egg; 1 tablespoon lemon juice (if using salmon); 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley (if using salmon); 2 cups oil for frying

From Original recipes of good things to eat, 1919.

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Ingredients

4 servings

1½ cups cold flaked halibut or salmon
1 cup thick white sauce
1 pinch salt
1 pinch pepper
1 cup breadcrumbs
1 egg
1 tablespoon lemon juice (if using salmon)
1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley (if using salmon)
2 cups oil for frying

Method

Mix cold flaked fish with thick white sauce, salt, and pepper (add lemon juice and parsley if using salmon).
Spread on a plate to cool.
Shape into croquettes, roll in breadcrumbs, beaten egg, and breadcrumbs again.
Fry in deep hot fat, drain, arrange on a hot dish, and garnish with parsley.

Original recipe, verbatim

To lyz cups cold flaked halibut or salmon add 1 cup thick
white sauce. Season with salt and pepper, and spread on a
plate to cool. Shape, roll in crumbs, tgg and crumbs, and fry
in deep fat. Drain, arrange on hot dish for serving, and
garnish with parsley. If salmon is used, add lemon juice and
finely chopped parsley. Mrs. Golden.

Transcribed as printed in Original recipes of good things to eat, 1919. Spelling and punctuation are left as in the source scan.

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