Scalloped Mushrooms

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Makes 4 servings.

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. butter

  • 8 oz. mushrooms

  • 1 oz. corn flour

  • 4 hard-boiled eggs

  • 3/4 pt. milk

  • 2 tomatoes

  • Salt and pepper

  • Bread crumbs

  • Nutmeg

  • Chopped parsley

Method

  1. Make sauce with butter, corn flour, and milk and season with salt and pepper and a pinch of nutmeg.

  2. Add thinly sliced mushrooms and simmer for about 10 minutes.

  3. Put sliced eggs and peeled and sliced tomatoes into a fireproof dish.

  4. Pour mushrooms and sauce over.

  5. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and put into a moderately hot oven (400 F / Gas Mark 5) until brown and crisp, about 20 minutes.

  6. Sprinkle with parsley before serving.

Courtesy of member Rena Platt, House of Lancaster Cookery Book, 1986