A Comprehensive Guide-Book to Natural, Hygienic and Humane DietBeard, Sidney Hartnoll
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A Comprehensive Guide-Book to Natural, Hygienic and Humane Diet
Beard, Sidney Hartnoll
Cooking; Diet; Vegetarian cooking; Vegetarianism
Three-ozs. nut-margarine, 3-ozs. castor sugar, 2 tablespoons
marmalade, 2 eggs, 6-ozs. flour. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream,
then add the eggs and marmalade and beat well for 10 minutes, then
stir in the flour very lightly, and put in a greased basin, cover with
a greased paper and steam for 2 hours. Serve with sweet sauce.
=192. Small Cakes.=
Three-ozs. nut-margarine, 3-ozs. castor sugar, 2 eggs, 5-ozs. flour.
Cream the butter and sugar together and add the eggs well beaten and
stir the flour in lightly, mix well and put in a shallow tin and bake
for 20 minutes. When cold cut in small shapes and ice.
=193. Stewed Prunes à la Francaise.=
Put the prunes in a basin of water and leave to soak for 12 hours,
then stew gently in a double saucepan in the same water (with a slice
of lemon peel) until it forms into a thick juice. Serve with whipped
cream or boiled rice, etc.
=194. Custard Moulds.=
Boil 1-pt. milk with 1 tablespoonful sugar and 1 bay leaf; add 1/2-oz.
gelatine. Stir till dissolved, and remove from the fire for a minute
or two. Strain this on to 1 egg well beaten, return to pan, and stir
over the fire until it thickens, but do not let it boil. Whisk well
occasionally while cooling, and just before it sets pour into wetted
moulds.
=195. Bakewell Pudding.=
Line a pie dish with puff paste, and spread on it a layer of apricot
jam. Put the yolks of 2 eggs into a basin with the white of 1 and beat
well together. Then add 3-ozs. of sugar, 2-ozs. butter dissolved, and
1/2-oz. of ground almonds. Mix all well together and pour over the jam;
bake half-an-hour.
=196. Vanilla Creams.=
Dissolve 1/2-oz. of gelatine in 3 gills of milk, and flavour with 1-oz.
of sugar and 1 teaspoonful of vanilla essence. Strain it on to 1/4-pt.
of cream, and when just beginning to set, whisk well and stir in
lightly the white of an egg beaten till quite stiff. Turn into wetted
moulds and leave till set.
=197. Lemon Creams.=
Dissolve 1/2-oz. of gelatine in 1/2-pt. of water, with 2-ozs. of sugar and
the grated rind and juice of a lemon. When nearly cold strain this on
to 1 gill of milk and 1 gill of cream, whisk well and stir in lightly
the stiff-beaten white of an egg. Pour into moulds and leave till set.
=198. Lemon Semolina Pudding.=
Put three tablespoonfuls semolina in a saucepan with 1-1/2-pts. milk.
Bring to the boil, then simmer slowly till quite swollen. Set aside to
cool a little, then add 2-ozs. sugar, the grated rind and half the
juice of a lemon, also a well-beaten egg. Stir well and pour into a
buttered pie-dish, and bake slowly till set. Turn out and garnish with
jam.
=199. Raspberry Pudding.=
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