Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesLeslie, Eliza
General
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Leslie, Eliza
Cooking, American
The day before you want to use the liquor toast four large oranges till
they are of a pale brown. You may do them either before a clear fire or
in the oven of a stove. Dissolve half a pound of loaf-sugar in half a
pint of claret. When the oranges are roasted, quarter them without
peeling, lay them in the bottom of a bowl or a tureen, add two beaten
nutmegs and some cinnamon, and pour on them the wine and sugar. Cover
it, and let it stand till next day. Then having heated the remainder of
the bottle of claret till it nearly boils, pour it into a pitcher, and
having first pressed and mashed the pieces of orange with a spoon to
bring out the juice, put them with the sugar, &c. into a cloth, and
strain the liquid into the hot claret. Serve it warm in large glasses.
MULLED WINE.
Boil together in a pint of water two beaten nutmegs, a handful of
broken cinnamon, and a handful of cloves slightly pounded. When the
liquid is reduced to one half, strain it into a quart of port wine,
which must be set on hot coals, and taken off as soon as it comes to a
boil. Serve it up hot in a pitcher with little glass cups round it, and
a plate of fresh rusk.
MULLED CIDER.
Allow six eggs to a quart of cider. Put a handful of whole cloves into
the cider, and boil it. While it is boiling, beat the eggs in a large
pitcher; adding to them as much sugar as will make the cider very
sweet. By the time the cider boils, the eggs will be sufficiently
light. Pour the boiling liquor on the beaten egg, and continue to pour
the mixture backwards and forwards from one pitcher to another, till it
has a fine froth on it. Then pour it warm into your glasses, and grate
some nutmeg over each.
Port wine may be mulled in the same manner.
EGG NOGG.
Beat separately the yolks and whites of six eggs. Stir the yolks into a
quart of rich milk, or thin cream, and add half a pound of sugar. Then
mix in half a pint of rum or brandy. Flavour it with a grated nutmeg.
Lastly, stir in gently the beaten white of an egg.
It should be mixed in a china bowl.
SANGAREE.
Mix in a pitcher or in tumblers one-third of wine, ale, or porter, with
two-thirds of water either warm or cold. Stir in sufficient loaf-sugar
to sweeten it, and grate some nutmeg into it.
By adding to it lemon juice, you may make what is called negus.
TURKISH SHERBET.
Having washed a fore-quarter or knuckle of veal, and cracked the bones,
put it on to boil with two quarts and a pint of water. Let it boil till
the liquid is reduced to one quart, and skim it well. Then strain it,
and set it away to cool. When quite cold, mix with it a pint and a half
of clear lemon juice, and a pint and a half of capillaire or clear
sugar-syrup. If you have no capillaire ready, boil two pounds of
loaf-sugar in a pint and a half of water, clearing it with the beaten
white of an egg mixed into the sugar and water before boiling. Serve
the sherbet cold or iced, in glass mugs at the dessert, or offer it as
a refreshment at any other time.
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