Chicken Patties Recipe ingredients

To prepare this Chicken Patties Recipe, first pick the meat from a cold chicken, and mince it very finely. To every 6 ounces of chicken allow 3 ounces of lean ham also minced, a piece of butter about the size of an egg rolled in flour, a small teacupful of cream or new milk and the same of white stock, 2 pinches of salt, 1 of pepper, 1/4 of a small nutmeg grated, the thin rind of 1/4 of a lemon finely grated, and a teaspoonful of lemon juice. A few minced mushrooms are a great improvement. Put these into a saucepan, and stir them gently for ten minutes, taking care that they do not burn. Line some patty-pans with good crust. Put a piece of paper crumpled up or a crust of bread into each to support the top while baking, and place a cover of crust over it. When sufficiently baked, take off the top crust, remove the bread or the paper, 3 parts fill the patty with the mixture, replace the cover, being careful not to break it, and fasten it with white of egg.