Veal Croquettes

Ingredients

• Veal
• Milk
• One teaspoon flour
• Butter
• Egg
• Bread crumbs
• Lard

Directions

1. Mince the veal real fine.
2. Mix 1/2 a cup of milk with one teaspoon of flour.
3. Add a stick of butter about the size of an egg and cook the mixture until it thickens.
4. Stir the mixture into the minced veal.
5. Crack an egg into a container and mix a little bit of milk.
6. Roll the minced veal into small balls and dip it in the egg mixutre then into the bread crumbs.
7. Fry the balls in very hot lard.

Source — Cooking in Old Créole Days
Prepared by Prasil Mainali
Louisiana Anthology
January 6, 2020