Helen Taft's Turkey or Chicken Croquette

Betsy at TKL (5:33:29 pm) :

Title: Helen Taft's Turkey or Chicken Croquettes
Categories: Poultry, Main dish
Yield: 2 servings

2 1/2 c Leftover turkey/chicken finely chopped
1 Medium onion, chopped
Salt, pepper, nutmeg to taste
2 tb Butter
3 tb Flour
1 1/2 c Heavy cream
2 Eggs, beaten
Bread crumbs

Combine the chopped turkey or chicken with the onion
and seasonings. Melt the butter, stir in the flour, and add this to the cream
over a low flame before combining the two mixtures. Chill, forming little
croquet shapes, roll in egg and then bread crumbs, and fry.

Serve this with rice, leftover giblet gravy and a fresh
green salad. Fresh fruit for dessert.

"You will have to agree this is probably the kind of food
that put President Taft in the 230 pound weight category."
Quote by White House Chef, Mr. Rysavy. (1957)

From The Treasures of White House Cooking