Chapter XIX · Savouries · No. 2312
2312—Crème Frite au Fromage
Mix together four oz. of flour, two and one-half oz. of rice cream, three eggs, and two egg-yolks. Dilute with one pint of milk; season with salt, cayenne, and nutmeg; boil, and cook for five minutes over an open fire, stirring incessantly the while.
Add four oz. of grated Gruyère; spread this preparation on a buttered tray; leave it to cool, and then cut it into elongated lozenges. Roll the latter in beaten egg and bread-crumbs mixed with grated cheese, and fry them at the last moment. Dish them on a napkin.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 2312, p. 681. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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