Cheese Croquettes

Cheese Croquettes

Ingredients:
1/4 cup flour
2/3 cup milk
1/2 cup grated

Directions:
Gruyére cheese
Yolks 2 eggs
Salt and pepper
Few grains cayenne
Make a thick white sauce, using butter, flour, and milk, add yolks of eggs without first
beating,
and stir until well mixed; then add grated cheese. As soon as cheese melts, remove from fire,
fold in cheese cubes, and season with salt, pepper, and cayenne. Spread in a shallow pan, and
cool. Turn on a board, cut in small squares or strips, dip in crumbs, egg, and crumbs again, fry
in deep fat, and drain on brown paper. Serve for a cheese course.
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Chestnut Croquettes
1 cup mashed French
chestnuts
Yolks 2 eggs
2 tablespoons thick
cream
1 teaspoon
sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Mix ingredients in order given. Shape in balls, dip in crumbs, egg, and crumbs again, fry in
deep
fat, and drain.
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Chestnut Roulettes
Chapter XXII − ENTRÉES 405
The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook
1 cup chestnut
purée