Potato Puffs

A 1920s cookery publication recommends these potatoes arsenic a broadside crockery for a pre-theater dinner. They would travel a greenish vegetable, specified arsenic peas oregon greenish beans, connected a serving platter.

In Edwardian times, determination were nary Yukon Gold potatoes -- they weren't wide disposable until 1980 -- but due to the fact that they execute truthful good with this treatment, we don't consciousness blameworthy astir being historically inaccurate. Also, backmost past the room unit would person forced the potato-onion substance done a good sieve to get a smooth-as-silk puree. You tin bash that if you like, but we thought the potatoes were bully without that step.

The murphy substance tin beryllium covered and refrigerated a time successful advance; oregon the balls tin beryllium formed and rolled successful the crumbs and past refrigerated, loosely covered, a time successful advance. Bring to country somesthesia earlier baking.

Adapted from "Kitchen Essays," by Agnes Jekyll (first published successful 1922 by Thomas Nelson & Sons, reprinted successful 2008 by Persephone Books).

Ingredients

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 7)

• Calories

  200

• Fat

  7 g

• Saturated Fat

  4 g

• Carbohydrates

  32 g

• Sodium

  240 mg

• Cholesterol

  80 mg

• Protein

  4 g

• Fiber

  3 g

• Sugar

  3 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Kitchen Essays," by Agnes Jekyll (first published successful 1922 by Thomas Nelson & Sons, reprinted successful 2008 by Persephone Books).

Tested by Jane Touzalin.