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Meat Balls, Called Cecils


Preamble
"To dress beef, called cecils: Mince any kind of meat, crumbs of bread, a good deal of onion, some anchovies, lemon-peel, salt, nutmeg, chopped parsley, a bit of butter warm, and mix these over a fire for a few minutes; when cool enough, make them up into balls the size and shape of a turkey's egg, with an egg; sprinkle them with fine breadcrumbs, and then fry them of a yellow brown. (Domestic Cookery, 1843)"


Ingredients

1 1/2 oz (1/2 cup) finely chopped Onion

Spring Onion Spring Onion

1 oz (2 tablespoons) Butter

Butter Butter

1 lb (2 cups) minced (ground) Beef

Beef Beef

1 tablespoon minced Anchovy Fillets

Anchovy Anchovy

1/2 oz (1/4 cup) soft Breadcrumbs

Bread Bread

1 teaspoon grated Lemon Peel

Lemongrass Lemongrass

2 tablespoons chopped Parsley

Parsley Parsley

1/2 teaspoon Salt

Salt Salt

1/4 teaspoon Pepper

Pepper Pepper

1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg

Nutmeg Nutmeg

1 Egg beaten

Egg Egg

1 oz (1/2 cup) dry Breadcrumbs for coating

Bread Bread

1 oz (2 tablespoons) Butter for frying

Butter Butter

Method

Brown the onion in the butter. Stir in the remaining ingredients except the breadcrumbs and butter for frying. Shape the mixture into 2 inch egg-shaped balls. Coat with crumbs and fry in butter until golden.







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