PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH
Main Dishes
CREAMED CABBAGE and DRIED BEEF
- ½ large head cabbage
- ¼ lb. dried beef
- 1½ cups white sauce
- ½ cup buttered crumbs
Chop cabbage coarsely and cook in salted water until tender, then drain. Chop the dried beef and soak in a little warm water for 10 minutes. Grease a casserole and in it place alternate layers of cabbage and dried beef. Pour the white sauce over it and top with buttered bread crumbs. Bake in moderate oven (350-f) 25 minutes.
DUTCH NOODLE CHEESE RING
- 1 cup egg noodles
- 3 tblsp. butter
- 3 tblsp. flour
- ½ tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. paprika
- 1½ cups milk
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- Swiss cheese (¼ to ½ lb.)
Boil noodles in salted water until tender. Drain and place in well-greased ring mold. Melt the butter, add flour and blend smooth. Stir in milk and cook, stirring constantly until it thickens. Add seasoning and cheese cut in small pieces. Cook until cheese melts. To ½ of the sauce add the well-beaten eggs and mix well. Pour this over the noodles. Set mold in pan of hot water and bake in moderate (350-f) oven 45 minutes. Unmold on large platter, pour over the remaining hot cheese sauce. Fill center with peas, and carrots or spinach.