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
Clean and pick over the berries, wash them and press out the juice
well. The cask must be very clean and odorless. Scald it several times
and then dry it in the fresh air, put in the sugar and enough water to
dissolve it while shaking the cask. When the sugar is dissolved, add
the strained juice. Place the cask into a place like the garret where
it is warm. It will soon ferment, then remove the foam from the
bunghole every morning, stir the wine with a clean wooden stick and
fill in fresh water so the cask remains full. After about 6 weeks the
fermenting will cease, then close the bunghole with a cork, leave it
in the cask another 3 to 4 months and then put the wine into bottles.
Cork and seal them well and set them upright in the cellar, where it
is dark and cold.
CHAPTER 19.
BREAD AND CAKES.
No. 1—WHEAT BREAD No. 1.
Enough for 2 Loaves.
8 cups of wheat flour
1½ cents’ worth of yeast
1 pt. of milk
1 pt. of water
2 tbsps. of salt
Preparation: The 4 cups of flour are put into a mixing bowl, lukewarm
milk and wafer added and mixed into a smooth batter. The yeast is
dissolved and stirred in ¼ cup of milk and mixed into the batter;
sprinkle a little flour over it and put the sponge in a warm place to
rise. If the pan is ¼ full, it, must rise to half fill the pan. Put in
the salt and the rest of the flour, knead the dough for 15 minutes and
put into two greased bread pans to rise again. If the pans are half
full, the bread must rise to the brim of the pan. Brush the top of the
bread with cold water and bake it in medium hot oven for 45 minutes.
No. 2—WHEAT BREAD No. 2.
Enough for 2 Loaves.
8 cups of flour
1½ cents’ worth of yeast
1 qt. of milk
2 tbsps. of salt
1 tbsp. of lard
The preparation is the same as given under No. 1. When the second part
of the flour is kneaded into the dough, work in 1 tablespoonful of lard.
Remarks: You may take butter instead of lard. One cup of boiled and
grated potatoes may be mixed with the flour.
No. 3—RYE BREAD WITH LEAVEN.
Enough for 2 Loaves.
11 cups of rye flour
1 qt. of water
3 cents’ worth of leaven
2 tbsps. of salt
1 tsp. of caraway seed if you like
Preparation: Mix 4 cups of flour with lukewarm water, then add the
leaven or yeast, strew a little flour over and set to rise to double
its bulk. Then knead in the salt and caraway seed and the rest of the
flour and continue kneading for 20 minutes. Make two loaves and put
them into greased pans and set to rise again to twice its size, brush
it with cold water and bake 1 hour.
No. 4—RYE BREAD WITH YEAST.
Enough for 2 Loaves.
11 cups of rye flour
1 qt. of water
2 cents’ worth of yeast.
1 tsp. of caraway seed if desired
2 tbsps. of salt
The preparation is the same as given under No. 3, using yeast instead
of leaven. Dissolve the yeast in ¼ cup of lukewarm water and mix it
with the flour.
No. 5—HEALTH BREAD OR GROATS BREAD.
Enough for 2 Loaves.
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