Anchovies, Potted
Ingredients
Directions
Scrape the anchovies clean.
Place them in a mortar and pound until smooth.
Mix in butter and seasoning to taste.
Add coloring if desired.
Pack the mixture into a pot, leaving space for a layer of clarified butter or lard on top.
Seal 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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