Escalloped Terrapin
- 1 cup of butter
- 2 tablespoons of flour
- 1 pint of hot water
- Eggs
- Salt
- Pepper
- Nutmeg
- 1 quart of bread crumbs
- Sweet milk
- Slices of lemon
Put a cup of butter in a saucepan, melt, and stir in 2 tablespoons of flour; then pour on a pint of hot water, stirring rapidly, to make a smooth gravy; pound the terrapin eggs to a paste and add with salt, pepper, and a trifle of nutmeg to taste; then strain. For a quart of finely cut terrapin, have a quart of bread crumbs made fine; put a layer of terrapin on the bottom of pudding dish, then layer of crumbs, then of sauce, and so fill the dish, having a layer of crumbs on the top. Add sweet milk enough to show through the top layer of crumbs if it is not sufficiently moist; put on a few bits of butter, and bake 20 minutes in a hot oven. Serve with slices of lemon.
Submitted by Oct 23, 2009
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