Bouchées of Meat

Ingredients

• 1 egg yolk
• 1/4 cup milk or cream
• 2 cups cold mashed potatoes
• Creamed meat

Instructions

1. Beat egg yolk slightly. Scald milk or cream and pour over egg, stirring constantly. Add to potato, beating thoroughly.
2. Place large, rough spoonfuls on a buttered baking sheet, make a hollow in the centre of each and fill with creamed meat. Heat and brown slightly in hot oven, transfer to platter, and serve. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes at 425 degrees.
3. To prepare the meat, grind or chop in small pieces and moisten with an equal quantity of gravy, or of sauce made with milk and seasoned and thickened with flour (two level tablespoons to one cup milk).