Tuna fritters with easy cheese sauce (1959)

Name: Tuna fritters with easy cheese sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose biscuit mix; 1 teaspoon seasoned salt; 1 egg; 2/3 cup Carnation undiluted evaporated milk; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 1-1/2 cups tuna (or diced, cooked ham); 2 tablespoons finely-chopped onion; 2 tablespoons finely-chopped green pepper; 2 tablespoons chopped parsley; 1/2 cup chopped celery; Fat or oil for frying; 1-2/3 cups Carnation undiluted evaporated milk; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 2 cups grated processed American cheese

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Cheese sauce in 3 minutes… and tuna fritters

New ideas for Lent! Real homemade

Imagine! Your own homemade cheese sauce in 3 minutes. No flour or shortening needed because of the evaporated milk’s double richness. Delicious over tuna fritters, a new kind of fritters that stay moist, won’t crumble, thanks to Carnation.

Tuna fritters with easy cheese sauce

Yield: 6

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose biscuit mix
1 teaspoon seasoned salt
1 egg
2/3 cup Carnation undiluted evaporated milk
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1-1/2 cups tuna (or diced, cooked ham)
2 tablespoons finely-chopped onion
2 tablespoons finely-chopped green pepper
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
1/2 cup chopped celery
Fat or oil for frying
1-2/3 cups Carnation undiluted evaporated milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups grated processed American cheese

Instructions

Blend biscuit mix, seasoned salt, egg, evaporated milk and lemon juice in a bowl.
Add remaining ingredients and blend well.
Drop from teaspoon into deep hot fat (375 degrees F) or into 1/2 inch hot fat in frying pan.
Fry 1-1/2 to 2 minutes.
Turn and fry on other side.
Drain on absorbent paper.
Prepare cheese sauce, starting by simmer evaporated milk and salt in a sauce pan to just below boiling (about 2 minutes).
Add cheese, and stir until thickened and smooth (about 1 minute longer).
Serve at once with fritters.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 6 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 921Total Fat: 48gSaturated Fat: 25gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 208mgSodium: 2295mgCarbohydrates: 62gFiber: 1gSugar: 38gProtein: 59g

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