Dr. Allinson's cookery book, comprising many valuable vegetarian recipesAllinson, T. R. (Thomas Richard)
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Dr. Allinson's cookery book, comprising many valuable vegetarian recipes
Allinson, T. R. (Thomas Richard)
Vegetarian cooking
1 lb. flour, 1/4 lb. sugar, 4 oz. currants, 2 oz. butter, or
vege-butter, 1 teacupful of milk, 1 oz. French yeast, 2 eggs, a little
salt. Mix the flour, sugar, salt, and currants in a basin, warm the
butter and milk slightly, mix it smoothly with the yeast, then add the
eggs well beaten; pour this on the flour, stirring well together till
it is all moistened; when thoroughly mixed, set it to rise by the fire
for 1/2 hour; make into buns, set to rise by the fire for 10 minutes,
brush the tops over with egg, and bake from 10 to 15 minutes.
BUNS (2).
1/2 pint water, 1/2 pint milk, 1 oz. yeast, 1 oz. sugar, 6 oz.
Allinson's wholemeal, 1 egg (not necessary). Warm water and milk to
105 degrees, dissolve sugar and yeast in it and stir in the meal,
leave well covered up in a warm place for 45 minutes. Then have ready
1 3/4 lbs. Allinson's wholemeal, 1/4 lb. vege-butter, 5 oz. sugar, 1/2
lb. currants, pinch of salt. Melt down vege-butter to oil, make bay of
meal, sprinkle currants round, stir the sugar and salt with the
ferment till dissolved, then mix in the melted butter and make up into
a dough with the meal and currants. Keep in warm place for 45 minutes,
then knock gas out of dough and leave 1/2 hour more; shape buns, place
on warm greased tin, prove 15 minutes and bake in moderately warm oven
for 20 minutes.
BUNS (PLAIN).
1 lb. flour, 6 oz. butter, or vege-butter, 1/4 lb. sugar, 1 egg, 1/4
pint milk, 15 drops essence of lemon. Warm the butter without oiling
it, beat it with a wooden spoon, stir the flour in gradually with the
sugar, and mix the ingredients well together; make the milk lukewarm,
beat up with it the egg and lemon and stir to the flour; beat the
dough well for 10 minutes, divide into 24 pieces, put into patty pans,
and bake in a brisk oven for from 20 to 30 minutes.
BUTTER BISCUITS.
1/2 lb. butter, 2 lbs. fine wholemeal flour, 1/2 pint milk. Dissolve
the butter in the milk, which should be warmed, then stir in the meal
and make into a stiff, smooth paste, roll it out very thin, stamp it
into biscuits, prick them out with a fork, and bake on tins in a quick
oven for 10 minutes.
BUTTERMILK CAKE.
2 lbs. Allinson wholemeal flour, 2 lbs. currants, 1/2 lb. sugar, 12
oz. butter, 2 oz. candied lemon peel, 1 pint buttermilk. Beat the
butter to a cream, add the sugar, then the meal, fruit, and milk, mix
thoroughly; butter a cake tin, pour in the mixture, and bake in a slow
oven for 3 1/2 hours.
BUTTERMILK CAKES.
2 lbs. wholemeal flour, 1 pint buttermilk, 1 teaspoonful salt. Mix the
meal well with the salt, add the buttermilk and pour on the flour;
beat well together, roll it out, cut into cakes, and bake for from 15
to 20 minutes in a quick oven.
CHOCOLATE BISCUITS.
2 oz. of powdered chocolate, 2 oz. of white sugar, 2 whites of eggs
beaten to a stiff froth. Mix all together, and drop in biscuits on
white or wafer paper. Bake 16 minutes in a moderate oven.
CHOCOLATE CAKE (1).
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