Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesLeslie, Eliza
General
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Leslie, Eliza
Cooking, American
Take a dozen of the square or oblong sponge-cakes that are commonly
called Naples biscuits. They should be quite fresh. Spread over each a
thick layer of raspberry jam, and place them in the bottom and round
the sides of a glass bowl. Take the whites of six eggs, and mix with
them six table-spoonfuls of raspberry or currant jelly. Beat the egg
and jelly with rods till very light, and then fill up the bowl with it.
For this purpose, cream (if you can conveniently procure it) is still
better than white of egg.
You may make a charlotte with any sort of jam, marmalade, or fruit
jelly. It can be prepared at a short notice, and is very generally
liked.
A PLUM CHARLOTTE.
Stone a quart of ripe plums, and stew them with a pound of brown sugar.
Cut slices of bread and butter and lay them in the bottom and round the
sides of a large bowl or deep dish. Pour in the plums boiling hot,
cover the bowl, and set it away to cool gradually. When, quite cold,
send it to table, and eat it with cream.
CLOTTED CREAM.
Mix together a jill of rich milk, a large wine glass of rose water, and
four ounces of white sugar. Add to it the beaten yolks of two eggs.
Stir the mixture into a quart of the best cream; set it over hot coals,
and let it just come to a boil, stirring it all the time. Then take it
off, pour it into a glass bowl, and set it away to get cold. Eat it
with fresh strawberries, raspberries, or with any sort of sweetmeats.
LEMON CREAM.
Beat well together a quart of thick cream and the yolks of eight eggs.
Then gradually beat in half a pound of powdered loaf-sugar, and the
grated rind of three large lemons. Put the mixture into a porcelain
skillet, and set it on hot coals till it comes to a boil; then take it
off, and stir it till nearly cold. Squeeze the juice of the lemons into
a bowl; pour the cream upon it, and continue to stir it till quite
cold. You may serve it up in a glass bowl, in glass cups, or in jelly
glasses. Eat it with tarts or sweetmeats.
ORANGE CREAM.
Beat very light six eggs, omitting the whites of two. Have ready a pint
of orange juice, and stir it gradually into the beaten egg, alternately
with a pound of powdered loaf-sugar. Put into a porcelain skillet the
yellow rind of one orange, pared very thin; pour the mixture upon it,
and set it over a slow fire. Simmer it steadily, stirring it all the
time; but when nearly ready to boil, take it off, remove the
orange-peel, and put the mixture into glasses to get cold.
CURDS AND WHEY.
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