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Cheese Aigrettes

Put four ounces of flour in a cool oven to dry, then pass it through a sieve. Put half a pint of cold water and one ounce of butter in a saucepan, and let them boil. Then add the flour, and well stir the mixture over the fire until it will leave the sides of the pan quite clean. Take it off the fire and allow it to cool a little, then add two beaten eggs, one by one. Season with pepper, salt, and cayenne, and add three ounces of grated cheese. Spread the mixture on a plate to cool. Have ready a pan of frying fat; when it has almost reached boiling point, take a dessert-spoonful of the mixture, drop it into the fat, and fry it a golden brown. Drain the aigrettes on paper. Serve very hot, with grated cheese sprinkled over. Probable cost, 8d. for one dozen.