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Potted Anchovies

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Potted Anchovies

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Scrape the anchovies very clean.

  2. Place the cleaned anchovies in a mortar.

  3. Add butter, seasoning, and coloring to the mortar.

  4. Mash the mixture until well combined.

  5. Pack the mixture into a pot, leaving space for a layer of clarified butter or lard on top.

  6. Seal the pot with parchment paper to keep out dust.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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