Forced Eggs for Garnishing Salad

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Eliza Acton

Published 1845

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Ingredients

  • Eggs, 6
  • anchovies, 4
  • butter, size of 2 yolks

Method

Pound and press through the hack of a hair-sieve the flesh of three very fine, or of four moderate-sized anchovies, freed from the bones and skin. Boil six fresh eggs for twelve minutes, and when they are perfectly cold, halve them lengthwise, take out the yolks, pound them to a paste with a third of their volume of fresh butter, then add the anchovies, a