Confectionery -- Early works to 1800; Pastry -- Early works to 1800
Take the Stalks of Angelica, and boil them tender; then put them to
drain, and scrape off all the thin Skin, and put them into scalding
Water; keep them close cover'd, and over a slow Fire, not to boil,
'till they are green; then draining them well, put them in a very
thick Syrup of the Weight and half of Sugar: Let the Syrup be cold
when you put them in, and warm it every Day 'till it is clear, when
you may lay them out to dry, sifting Sugar upon them. Lay out but as
much as you use at a Time, and scald the rest.
_To preserve green APRICOCKS._
Take Apricocks before the Stones are very hard; wet them, and lay
them in a coarse Cloth; put to them two or three large Handfuls of
Salt, rub them 'till the Roughness is off, then put them in scalding
Water; set them over the Fire 'till they almost boil, then set them
off the Fire 'till they are almost cold; do so two or three Times;
after this, let them be close cover'd; and when they look to be
green, let them boil 'till they begin to be tender; weigh them, and
make a Syrup of their Weight in Sugar, to a Pound of Sugar allowing
half a Pint of Water to make the Syrup; let it be almost cold before
you put in the Apricocks; boil them up well 'till they are clear;
warm the Syrup daily, 'till it is pretty thick. You may put them in
a Codling-Jelly, or Hartshorn Jelly, or dry them as you use them.
_To make Goosberry CLEAR-CAKES._
Take a Gallon of white Goosberries, nose and wash them; put to them
as much Water as will cover them almost all over, set them on an hot
Fire, let them boil a Quarter of an Hour, or more, then run it thro'
a Flannel Jelly-Bag; to a Pint of Jelly have ready a Pound and half
of fine Sugar, sifted thro' an Hair Sieve; set the Jelly over the
Fire, let it just boil up, then shake in the Sugar, stirring it all
the while the Sugar is putting in; then set it on the Fire again,
let it scald 'till all the Sugar is well melted; then lay a thin
Strainer in a flat earthen Pan, pour in your Clear-Cake Jelly, and
turn back the Strainer to take off the Scum; fill it into Pots, and
set it in the Stove to dry; when it is candy'd on the Top, turn it
out on Glass; and if your Pots are too big, cut it; and when it is
very dry, turn it again, and let it dry on the other Side; twice
turning is enough. If any of the Cakes stick to the Glass, hold them
over a little Fire, and they will come off: Take Care the Jelly does
not boil after the Sugar is in: A Gallon of Goosberries will make
three Pints of Jelly; if more, 'twill not be strong enough.
_To make GOOSBERRY-PASTE._
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