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Fried Bread-crumbs for Game , Etc

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Fried Bread-crumbs for Game , Etc

Oven, in the book's wordsA cool oven

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Cut the bread into thin slices.

  2. Place the slices in a cool oven with the door open overnight until thoroughly dry and crisp, but not brown.

  3. Roll the dried bread into fine crumbs.

  4. Heat lard in a frying pan until boiling.

  5. Add the crumbs to the boiling lard and fry quickly until golden brown, avoiding burning.

  6. Remove the crumbs with a sieve and place them in the open oven to dry.

  7. Serve the fried bread-crumbs in small heaps around grouse or other game.

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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