Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesLeslie, Eliza
General
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Leslie, Eliza
Cooking, American
Stir to a cream half a pound of fresh butter and half a pound of
powdered white sugar; and by degrees pour into it a glass of mixed wine
and brandy. Beat to a stiff froth, the whites only, of twelve eggs,
(you may reserve the yolks for custards or other purposes,) and stir
alternately into the butter and sugar the pounded almonds and the
beaten white of egg. When the whole is well mixed, put it into a
buttered dish and lay puff paste round the edge. Bake it about half an
hour, and when cold grate sugar over it.
ANOTHER ALMOND PUDDING.
Blanch three quarters of a pound of shelled sweet almonds, and three
ounces of shelled bitter almonds, and beat them in a mortar to a fine
paste; mixing them well, and adding by degrees a tea-cup full, or more,
of rose water. Boil in a pint of rich milk, a few sticks of cinnamon
broken up, and a few blades of mace. When the milk has come to a boil,
take it off the fire, strain it into a pan, and soak in it five stale
rusks cut into slices. They must soak till quite dissolved. Stir to a
cream three quarters of a pound of fresh butter, mixed with the same
quantity of powdered loaf-sugar. Beat ten eggs very light, yolks and
whites together, and then stir alternately into the butter and sugar,
the rusk, eggs, and almonds. Set it on a stove or a chafing dish, and
stir the whole together till very smooth and thick. Put it into a
buttered dish and bake it three quarters of an hour. It must be eaten
cool or cold.
COCOA-NUT PUDDING.
Having opened a cocoa-nut, pare off the brown skin from the pieces, and
wash them all in cold water. Then weigh three quarters of a pound, and
grate it into a dish. Cut up half a pound of butter into half a pound
of powdered loaf-sugar, and stir them together to a cream; add to them
a glass of wine and rose water mixed. Beat the whites only, of twelve
eggs, till they stand alone on the rods; and then stir the grated
cocoa-nut and the beaten white of egg alternately into the butter and
sugar; giving the whole a hard stirring at the last. Put the mixture
into a buttered dish, lay puff paste round the flat edge, and bake it
half an hour in a moderate oven. When cool, grate powdered sugar over
it.
ANOTHER COCOA-NUT PUDDING.
Peel and cut up the cocoa-nut, and wash, and wipe the pieces. Weigh one
pound, and grate it fine. Then, mix with it three stale rusks or small
sponge-cakes, grated also. Stir together till very light half a pound
of butter and half a pound of powdered white sugar, and add a glass of
white wine. Beat six whole eggs very light, and stir them gradually
into the butter and sugar in turn with the grated cocoa-nut. Having
stirred the whole very hard at the last, put it into a buttered dish
and bake it half an hour.
PUMPKIN PUDDING.
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