The Compleat Cook: Expertly Prescribing the Most Ready Wayes, Whether Italian,; Spanish or French, for Dressing of Flesh and Fish, Ordering; Of Sauces or Making of PastryW. M.
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The Compleat Cook: Expertly Prescribing the Most Ready Wayes, Whether Italian,; Spanish or French, for Dressing of Flesh and Fish, Ordering; Of Sauces or Making of Pastry
W. M.
Cookbooks; Cooking -- Early works to 1800
Take three pints of raw Cream and sweeten it well with Sugar, and set it
over the fire, let it boyle a while, then put in some Damask-Rose-Water,
keep it still stirring least it burn too, and when you see it thickned
and turned, take it from the fire, and wash the strainer and Cheesefat
with Rose-water, then rowl it too and fro in the Strainer to draine the
Whey from the Curd, then take up the Curd with a spoon and put them into
the Fat, let it stand till it be cold, then put it into the Cheese Dish
with some of the Whey, and so serve it up.
_To make Sugar Cakes or Jumbals._
Take two pound of flower, dry it and season it very fine, then take a
pound of Loaf Sugar, and beat it very fine, and searce it, mingle your
Flower and Sugar very well, then take a pound and a halfe of sweet
Butter and wash out the Salt, and breake it into bits with your Flower
and Sugar, then take yolks of foure new laid Eggs, and four or five
spoonfuls of Sack, and four spoonfuls of Creame; beat all these
together, then put them into your Flower, and knead them to a Past, and
make them into what fashion you please, and lay them upon Paper or
Plates, and put them into the Oven, and be carefull of them, for a very
little thing bakes them.
_For Jumbals you must only adde the whites of two or three Eggs._
_To hash a Shoulder of Mutton._
Take a Shoulder of Mutton and slice it very thin till you have almost
nothing but the Bone, then put to the meat some Claret wine, a great
Onion, some Gravy of Mutton, six Anchoves, a hand full of Capers, the
tops of a little Tyme, mince them very well together, then take nine or
tenne Egges, the juyce of one or two Lemons, to make it tart, and make
leere of them, then put the meat all in a Frying-Pan over the fire till
it be very hot; then put in the leere of Eggs and soak altogether over
the fire till it be very thick; then boyle your bone, and put it on the
top of your meat being Dished, Garnish your Dish with Lemons, serve it
up.
_To dresse Flounders or Playce with Garlick and Mustard._
Take Flounders very new, and cut all the Fins and Tailes, then take out
the Guts and wipe them very clean, they must not be at all washt, then
with your Knife scorch them on both sides very grosely; then take the
Tops of Tyme and cut them very small, and take a little Salt, Mace, and
Nutmeg, and mingle the Tyme and them together, and season the Flounders;
then lay them on the Grid-iron and bast them with Oyle or Butter, let
not the fire be too hot, when that side next the fire is brown; turn it,
and when you turn it, bast it on both sides till you have broyl'd them
brown, when they are enough make your sauce with Mustard two or three
Spoonfull according to discretion, six Anchoves dissolved very well,
about halfe a pound of butter drawn up with garlick, vinegar, or bruised
garlick in other vinegar, rubb the bottome of your Dish with garlick. So
put your sauce to them, and serve them, you may fry them if you please.
_A Turkish Dish._
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