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Lingonberry Slices

4 servings

Ingredients

• fresh white bread, sliced, crust grated and crushed (as needed)
• cold milk, for soaking (as needed)
• butter, for frying (a little)
• preserved lingonberries (as needed)
• sugar, for sprinkling (a little)

Instructions

1. Peel fresh white bread, slice it, and grate and crush the crust.
2. Soak the slices in cold milk, turn them in the crushed crust, and fry them in hot butter until dark yellow, leaving them as soft as possible inside.
3. Spread the slices with preserved lingonberries, sprinkle with sugar, and serve as a dessert or with tea.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.