Confectionery -- Early works to 1800; Pastry -- Early works to 1800
Make a very strong Pippin-Jelly; when it is run thro' a Jelly-bag,
take a Quart of Jelly, and the Meat of three or four Oranges, boil
them together, and rub it thro' a Jelly-bag again; then take a
Quarter of a Pint of Orange-Juice, a Quarter of a Pound of fine
Sugar, and let it have a Boil; then put it into your Jelly, but
first measure your Jelly; put half the Syrup of the Oranges to a
Pint of Juice, and the Outside of an Orange, boil'd in two or three
Waters, and shred very fine; make them scalding hot together; then
to a Pint of Jelly take a Pound and a Half of Sugar, boiling the
Sugar to a Candy; then put in your Jelly, but not altogether;
because if it all boil in the hot Sugar, it will not dry: As soon as
it has done boiling, put in the rest; set it over the Fire 'till all
the Candy is well melted; but take Care it does not boil; then fill
it in little Pots, dry and turn it on Glasses, as other Clear-Cakes.
Lemmons are done the same Way.
_To make POMEGRANATE CLEAR-CAKES._
Make a strong Pippin-Jelly, and slice a Lemmon into it, Rind and
all; boil it well, and run it thro' the Jelly-bag again; then colour
it as you like it: To a Pint of the Jelly take half a Quarter of
Orange-Syrup, made as for Orange Clear-Cakes; let it have a Boil
together, and boil a Pound and a Half of Sugar to a Candy; put your
Jelly to the Candy, a little at a Time, 'till the Sugar has done
boiling, then put in all the rest; scald it 'till the Candy is well
melted, fill it in Pots, and dry it as other Clear-Cakes.
The Colour is made thus: Take as much Carmine as you can have for
Half-a-Crown, put to it two Ounces of Sugar, and as much Water as
will wet it; give it a Boil, and then colour your Jelly with it.
_To make ORANGE-HALVES, or QUARTERS, with the Meat in them._
Rasp the Oranges round and thin, cut them in Halves, pick out the
Meat, boil the Halves very tender, then take half of them, that are
clearest and best, and put them in a thick cold Syrup, as much as
will cover them; the Syrup must be made with fine Sugar, half a Pint
of Water to a Pound of Sugar; beat the other Half of the Rinds very
fine; pick the Seeds out of the Meat; and to a Pint of the Meat put
half a Pound of the beaten Rinds; scald it very well, and stir it
into a Pound and a Half of sifted Sugar; scald it 'till the Sugar is
well melted; put in the Juice of a Lemmon or two; set it in a broad
Earthen Pan in a Stove; when the Half Orange-Rinds have lain three
or four Days in the Syrup, boil them very fast 'till they are clear,
and the Syrup very thick; when they are cold, lay them out on
Earthen Plates in a Stove; the next Day, if you think they have not
Sugar enough on them, dip them in the Syrup that runs from them;
they must not have dry Sugar on them, but only a Gloss; before they
are quite dry, fill them with the Meat; set them on a Sieve, to dry
in a Stove, which will be in a Day or two.
_To preserve CITRONS._
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