This section is from the book "The Table: How To Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It", by Alessandro Filippini. Also available from Amazon: The Table: How To Buy Food, How To Cook It And How To Serve It.
Fry two chopped onions in a saucepan with an ounce of butter; add half a pound of cooked, hashed lamb to one pint of cooked, hashed potatoes (No. 1002). Season with a good tablespoonful of salt, a teaspoonful of pepper, and half a teaspoonful of nutmeg. Moisten with half a pint of broth, and cook for ten minutes. Place the hash on a hot dish, and arrange six poached eggs (No. 404) on top. Serve with chopped parsley sprinkled over.
 
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