Mix 2 or 3 chopped and fried onions, 6-ozs. pine kernels (these should be ground and also fried with the onions), 6-ozs. breadcrumbs, pepper and salt, 1 chopped hard boiled egg, and 1 raw egg to bind. Fill the marrow with this mixture, and steam for half an hour to partly cook the marrow. Now place in a baking tin, cover with breadcrumbs, place some small pieces of butter on top, and bake for another half hour until the marrow is quite soft and a nice rich brown. Serve with brown gravy.
[40]. Purée of Walnuts.
Make a white sauce with 1-oz. butter, 1-oz. flour, ½-teacup of milk, add ½-pint of ground walnuts, ½-pint breadcrumbs, and 2 dessertspoons of milk, and beat well. About three-quarters-of-an-hour before serving, add the white of 1 egg stirred in lightly and pour into a mould. Steam for half-an-hour, serve with mashed potatoes.
[41]. Nut Croquettes.
Take ½-pint of mixed and shelled nuts, 4 or 5 mashed potatoes, 1 chopped and fried onion, and a pinch of mace. Chop the nuts, or pass through a nut-mill, and add them to the potato, with the onion and seasoning. Form into croquettes, brush over with egg, and cover with fine breadcrumbs and fry in boiling oil. Serve with bread sauce.
42. Mock Chicken Cutlets.
A tasty dish to be served with bread sauce is prepared as follows:—Run through the nut mill 2 cups of breadcrumbs and 1 good cup of shelled walnuts. Mix these together with a small piece of butter, a tablespoonful of grated onion juice, and a teaspoonful of mace. Melt a large teaspoonful of butter in a saucepan, with half a teaspoonful of flour and add gradually 2 cups of fresh milk; when this boils add the other ingredients, salt and pepper to taste, add a beaten egg, and when removed from the fire, a teaspoonful of lemon juice. Stir well and turn out into a dish to cool, then shape into cutlets, dip in egg, then in breadcrumbs, as usual, and fry crisp.
[43]. Mock Sweetbread Quenelles.