Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesLeslie, Eliza
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Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Leslie, Eliza
Cooking, American
This is made of a sea-weed resembling moss, that is found in large
quantities on some parts of our coast, and is to be purchased in the
cities at most of the druggists. Carrageen costs but little, and is
considered extremely salutary for persons of delicate constitutions.
Its glutinous nature when boiled, renders it very suitable for
blanc-mange.
From a quart of rich unskimmed milk take half a pint. Add to the half
pint two ounces of bitter almonds, blanched and pounded; half a nutmeg;
and a large stick of cinnamon, broken up; also eight or nine blades of
mace. Set it in a closed pan over hot coals, and boil it half an hour.
In the mean time, wash through two or three _cold_ waters half a
handful of carrageen, (if you put in too much it will communicate an
unpleasant taste to the blanc-mange,) and add it to the pint and a half
of cold milk. Then when it is sufficiently flavoured, stir in the
boiled milk, adding gradually half a pound of powdered sugar, and mix
the whole very well. Set it over the fire, and keep it boiling hard
five minutes from the time it has come to a boil. Then strain it into a
pitcher; wet your moulds or cups with cold water, put the blanc-mange
into them, and leave it undisturbed till it congeals.
After washing the sea-weed, you must drain it well, and shake the water
from the sprigs. You may flavour the mixture (_after_ it is boiled and
strained) with rose-water or peach-water, stirred in at the last.
ARROW ROOT BLANC-MANGE.
Take a tea-cup full of arrow root, put it into a large bowl, and
dissolve it in a little cold water. When it is melted, pour off the
water, and let the arrow root remain undisturbed. Boil in half a pint
of unskimmed milk, (made very sweet with white sugar,) a beaten nutmeg,
and eight or nine blades of mace, mixed with the juice and grated peel
of a lemon. When it has boiled long enough to be highly flavoured,
strain it into a pint and a half of very rich milk or cream, and add a
quarter of a pound of sugar. Boil the whole for ten minutes; then
strain it, boiling hot, over the arrow roof. Stir it well and
frequently till cold; then put it into moulds and let it set to
congeal.
JAUNE-MANGE.
Put two ounces of isinglass into a pint of water, and boil it till it
has dissolved. Then strain it into a porcelain skillet, and add to it
half a pint of white wine; the grated peel and juice of two large
deep-coloured oranges; half a pound of loaf-sugar; and the yolks only
of eight eggs that have been well beaten. Mix the whole thoroughly;
place it on hot coals and simmer it, stirring it all the time till it
boils hard. Then take it off directly, strain it, and put it into
moulds to congeal.
CALVES’ FOOT JELLY.
The best calves’ feet for jelly are those that have had the hair
removed by scalding, but are not skinned; the skin containing a great
deal of glutinous matter. In Philadelphia, unskinned calves’ feet are
generally to be met with in the lower or Jersey market.
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