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: Flour, water, egg, rum and baking powder are mixed into a
dough, the butter cut into bits and spread on, the dough folded over,
rolled out and this repeated several times. Cut out 3 round layers and
bake them each in a round baking pan to a golden color. Meanwhile mix
the cream, flour, butter, sugar, yolks of eggs, grated lemon rind and
cook in double boiler to a thick cream, add the ½ cup of ground
almonds, spread this cream between the layers and cover with the
frosting. To make this, beat the whites of 4 eggs to a stiff froth,
add 12 tablespoonfuls of sugar. After the frosting is on, put the tart
into the oven again and bake to a golden yellow.
No. 67—CHERRY TART.
½ lb. of fresh butter
½ lb. of flour
¼ pt. of water
White of 1 egg
1 tbsp. of rum
¼ tsp. baking powder
For the Filling.
2 qts. of stoned cherries
1 cup of sugar
For the Frosting.
¼ lb. blanched, ground almonds
5 eggs
Sugar to taste
3 tbsps. of lemon juice
Preparation: Flour, water, egg, rum and baking powder are stirred to a
dough and rolled out. The butter is cut into bits and spread on and
the dough folded over and rolled out again; repeat this process 3 to 4
times and lastly put the dough into a round baking pan shaping it with
a high rim. Now fill in the cherries and partly bake the cake. In the
meantime prepare the frosting by mixing well 5 yolks of eggs, ground
almonds, sugar, lemon juice and beaten whites of eggs. Bake the tart
again to a nice color.
Remarks: This tart dough can also be made like Good Tart dough, in No.
93.
No. 68—STRAWBERRY OR RASPBERRY PUFF TART.
½ lb. of washed butter
½ lb. of flour
¼ pt. of water
White of 1 egg
1 tbsp. of rum
¼ tsp. baking powder
For the Filling.
2 qts. of strawberries
1 cup of sugar
1 qt. whipped cream
Preparation: Butter, flour, water, egg, rum and baking powder are
stirred into a dough, rolled out and butter cut into bits and spread
on, then folded up and rolled out again. Repeat this 3 to 4 times, cut
out 3 layers which are baked to a nice color. The strawberries or
raspberries are picked over, washed, mixed with sugar and whipped
cream and spread between the layers. Cover with whipped cream.
No. 69—EMPEROR TART.
½ lb. blanched, roasted hazelnuts
10 eggs
½ lb. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2½ ozs. fine flour
For the Filling.
1 glass apricot marmalade
Preparation: The nuts are ground and stirred for ½ hour with yolks of
eggs and sugar, then vanilla and flour are added and lastly the beaten
whites of eggs. Bake in two layers, cool them, spread apricot
marmalade between them and cover the cake with pineapple frosting.
No. 70—MOUTH POCKETS.
½ lb. of washed butter
½ lb. of flour
¼ pt. of water
¼ tsp. of baking powder
White of 1 egg
1 tbsp. of rum
Fruit marmalade
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