Nutmeg Recipes Page 85

Recipes Featuring Nutmeg

• Sweet Potato Pie | 1 pint potatoes, boiled
  1 pint potatoes, boiled 4 ounces milk 4 eggs, whites & yolks beaten separately 4 ounces butter 4 ounces sugar 1/2 nutmeg, grated 4 Tbsps brandy or whiskey Paste Powdered sugar
• Plum Cake | 1 lb butter
  1 lb butter 1 lb sugar 1 lb flour 10 eggs, whites & yolks beaten separately 4 Tbsp brandy 1 lb currants, washed & dried 1/2 lb raisins 1 nutmeg, grated
• Bread & Butter Pudding | 8 egg yolks, beaten
  8 egg yolks, beaten 1 quart milk 1 tsp peach water or vanilla Slices of bread, 1/2 inch thick Butter Nutmeg, grated Powdered cinnamon
• Eggnog | Eggs, whites & yolks beaten separately
  Eggs, whites & yolks beaten separately Sugar 4 Tbsps wine Vanilla Milk or cream Nutmeg, grated
• Wine Sauce
  1/4 lb butter 1 heaping Tbsp flour 1 heaping cup sugar (light brown sugar makes a richer sauce than white) 2 ounces boiling water 4 ounces cooking wine Nutmeg, grated
• Beef Croquettes | 2 cups beef, very finely chopped
  2 cups beef, very finely chopped Salt Pepper Celery salt Nutmeg, grated (optional) 1 egg, beaten Tomato sauce Bread crumbs For the tomato sauce: 1 Tbsp water 2 Tbsps butter 2 Tbsps flour
• Chicken Croquettes | White sauce #1
  White sauce #1 Cooked chicken, finely chopped Salt Pepper Lemon rind, grated Onion juice Nutmeg, grated Mace Bread crumbs Egg 1 Tbsp cold water White sauce #2 (see White Sauce for Creamed M
• Cream of Rice & Chicken Soup
  Chicken bones 3 pints cold water 1 Tbsp butter 1 Tbsp flour 1/4 tsp salt Nutmeg Cayenne pepper 1/4-1/3 cup cooked rice Rice water 1/2 cup cream Yolk of 1 hard boiled egg, grated
• Fried Cakes | 1 cup sugar
  1 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 1/2 tablespoons melted butter 1 1/2 cups sweet milk 3 teaspoons baking powder, nutmeg Salt
• Rice Croquettes | 1 cup rice, cooked very soft
  1 cup rice, cooked very soft 2 tsps melted butter 1 tsp sugar Jelly 1 egg yolk, beaten 1/4 tsp salt Breadcrumbs Eggs Grated nutmeg to taste