Potato Balls
(For Potato or Clear Soups)
2 potatoes
1 oz. butter
1 table-spoon thick cream
1 egg
Boil the potatoes. Rub them through a sieve. Put them in a sauce-pan with the butter and cream. Season. Stir over a good fire until of a stiff consistency. Remove from the fire and put in a basin. Add the yolk of an egg and the beaten white. Form into small balls. Drop into boiling water. Boil two or three minutes.