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Salmon Croquettes

Name: Salmon Croquettes
Ingredients: one pound of cooked salmon; one cup of cream; two tablespoonfuls of butter; one tablespoonful of flour; three eggs; one pint of crumbs; pepper; salt

A historic early American dish of cooked salmon, cream, butter, flour and eggs. Adapted from Salmon Croquettes, from The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887).

Adapted from Salmon Croquettes, in The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887), preserved in the Open Recipe Archive's Ye Old American Recipe Book collection and marked public domain. The method is condensed from the original and the quantities are restated in modern units; see the archive record at https://github.com/AdamBouhmad/open-recipe-archive/blob/main/collections/ye-old-american/recipes/salmon-croquettes.md.

The dish

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Salmon Croquettes

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Meat & Poultry

1 lbcooked salmon

Dairy & Eggs

1 cupcreamChecked by You
2 tbspbutter
3eggsChecked by You

Pantry / Durable

1 tbspflour
1 pintcrumbs

Spices & Seasoning

pepper
saltChecked by You

Cooking Instructions

Chop the salmon fine
Mix the flour and butter together
Let the cream come to a boil, and stir in the flour and butter, salmon and seasoning
Boil one minute
Stir in one well-beaten egg, and remove from the fire
When cold make into croquettes
Dip in beaten egg, roll in crumbs and fry

Adapted from Open Recipe Archive · The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887; archive record marked public domain). View a published recipe at Project Gutenberg (opens in a new tab)