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Millet Cutlets

4 servings

Ingredients

• 250 g Millet
• Water (a little)
• Butter (a piece)
• Salt (a little)
• 2 pcs Eggs
• Egg (for breading) (a little)
• Breadcrumbs (grated, for breading) (a little)
• Sugar and cinnamon or fruit sauce (for serving, optional) (as needed)

Instructions

1. Allow the millet to swell as stiffly as possible with a little water, a piece of butter, and a little salt, then let it cool after stirring in 2 eggs.
2. Form cutlet-like slices from the millet, dredge in beaten egg and grated breadcrumbs, and fry like cutlets.
3. Serve as a side dish with spinach or cauliflower, or as a sweet dish sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon or served with fruit sauce.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.