PRAWN OR SHRIMP KROMESKIES

18 prawns or 24 shrimps
Salt
Pepper
Rashers of bacon
Frying batter
A grate of nutmeg
1 egg
A squeeze of lemon juice
1 gill of béchamel sauce

The prawn or shrimp should be finely minced. Heat the sauce, which should be fairly stiff, add the fish, a pinch of nutmeg and a squeeze of lemon juice and heat. Then add the beaten yolk of an egg. Mix thoroughly, season and turn the mixture on to a plate to cool. Take away the rind and rust from the bacon, which should be cut in very thin rashers. Each rasher should be stroked out with a broad-bladed knife, and cut in 2 or 3 pieces. Divide the fish mixture into equal portions. After wrapping each up in a piece of bacon, dip in frying batter and then drop into a pan of hot fat. Fry pale brown, and take out with a fish-slice. Drain on soft paper. Serve on a paper d’oyley on a hot dish. Decorate with fried parsley. This makes a very palatable savoury.
Note - any fish may be made into kromeskies in this way.
1 or 2 persons
Time 10 minutes

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Please note that as these are authentic recipe's before fridges and modern appliances were invented
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