The Art of German Cooking and Baking: Revised and Enlarged EditionMeier, Lina
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The Art of German Cooking and Baking: Revised and Enlarged Edition
Meier, Lina
Cooking, German
Preparation: Cream, the butter with yolks of eggs, sugar, raisins,
currants, citron and almonds, mix and stir well. The crust of the
rolls is grated off, then they are soaked in milk, the surplus milk
pressed out and the rolls stirred with the rest of the ingredients,
also the beaten whites of eggs. Butter a mold, strew with bread
crumbs, put in the pudding and steam 1 hour. Serve with a fruit sauce.
No. 10—PLUM PUDDING.
Quantity for 6–8 Persons.
1 pinch of salt
1 lb. raisins
1 lb. currants
1 lb. of flour
1 lb. of sugar
1 lb. beef kidney suet
6 eggs
1 lemon peel
2 cups of milk
2 small cups of grated bread
½ cup of brandy
Rum
Preparation: Raisins and currants are washed well and dried. The suet
is chopped very fine and mixed well with 6 eggs, sugar, raisins,
currants, grated lemon peel, milk, bread crumbs, brandy and lastly the
flour. Butter a mold, strew with bread crumbs, put in the pudding and
steam for 5 hours. Turn the pudding out on a platter, pour the rum
over and light it. The flaming pudding is brought to the table and
served with a wine sauce.
No. 11—CHOCOLATE PUDDING.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
1 pt. of milk
Scant ¼ lb. of butter
¼ lb. grated sweet chocolate
Scant ¼ lb. of sugar
⅛ lb. blanched, ground almonds
6 eggs
¼ lb. fine flour
Preparation: The milk is brought to boil, butter, sugar, flour,
chocolate well stirred in until the mixture comes off the sides of the
skillet, then take from the stove. Cool it and stir in the almonds,
yolks of eggs and the beaten whites.
Butter a mold, strew with bread crumbs, fill with the pudding, cover
tightly and steam 1½ hours, then turn out on a platter and serve with
a vanilla sauce.
Remarks: The dish must be only ¾ full because the pudding raises very
much.
No. 12—FLOUR PUDDING.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
¼ lb. of fine flour
8 eggs
½ grated lemon peel
¼ lb. of sugar
4 tbsps. of lemon juice
Preparation: Beat the yolks of eggs with sugar 20 minutes, add lemon
juice and grated rind and lastly stir in the flour, which must be
sifted 4 times. The whites of eggs are beaten to a stiff froth and
mixed in. Butter a mold, put in the pudding, close it well and steam
1¼ hours. Turn the pudding on a platter and serve with a wine sauce.
No. 13—LAYER PUDDING.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
½ pt. of cream
¼ lb. of flour
⅛ lb. of butter
5 beaten whites of eggs
¼ lb. of sugar
½ lemon peel
5 yolks of eggs
For the Filling.
½ lb. peach marmalade, or 1 qt. of cherry or strawberry preserves
For Between Layers, 4 Small Pancakes.
¼ lb. of flour
3 tbsps. of butter
4 eggs
1 pinch of salt
¼ lemon peel
Butter, for baking
¼ pt. of milk
Preparation: Cream, flour, butter, yolks of eggs are mixed well and
brought to boil. When the batter rolls from the sides of the pot, take
it off the fire to cool. Then add sugar, grated lemon peel, and 5
whites of eggs beaten to a stiff froth.
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