The Lady's Country Companion; Or, How to Enjoy a Country Life RationallyLoudon, Mrs. (Jane)
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The Lady's Country Companion; Or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally
Loudon, Mrs. (Jane)
Cooking; Country life; Home economics
_A French Apple pudding_ is made by baking or stewing some apples with
sugar till they become a sort of marmalade. A custard is then made of
half a pound of sweet almonds, blanched and pounded smooth, with an
ounce of bitter ones, half a pint of cream, the yolks of two eggs, and
the white of one, and poured over the apples, which should then be
baked in a slow oven. As this is what is called a French apple pudding
in England, it may amuse you to give you now what is called an English
apple pudding in France; it is as follows:--Take twelve moderate-sized
apples, pare and core them, and then put them into a saucepan with four
or five table-spoonfuls of water. Stew them till they are soft, and
then mix them with half a pound of powdered lump sugar, the juice of
three lemons, and the grated rind of two, and the yolks of eight eggs
well beaten. Mix all well together; cover a dish with a light puff
paste, and pour the mixture into it. Put it into the oven, and bake it
half an hour.
_A Parsnep pudding_ is made by boiling two parsneps, draining the water
from them, mashing them, and adding grated bread, the yolks of two
eggs, sugar and spice to the taste, and a little cream; the whole, when
mixed, is poured into a light puff paste, and baked.
_Mr. Sopwith's Almond pudding._ Take five or six bitter almonds,
blanched, and pound them in a mortar, with seven or eight pieces of
lump sugar. Then beat up the yolks of two, and the whites of three
eggs, and add them to the almonds and sugar, with two spoonfuls
of cream made lukewarm. Pour the whole into a mould or basin well
buttered, and steam it for twenty minutes.
To make a _Cabinet pudding_. Butter a pudding basin, and line the
inside with a layer of raisins that have been previously stoned. Then
cut some thin bread and butter, taking off the crust, and fill the
basin with it. In another basin beat up three eggs, and add to them
a pint of milk, with sugar and spice; mix all well together, and
pour the whole into the first basin upon the bread and butter. Let
it stand half an hour, and then tie a floured cloth over it in the
usual manner, taking care that the basin is quite full. This is a most
delicious pudding; and when turned out of the basin it has a singular
appearance, the outside being quite covered with raisins.
For _Lemon cream_. Take a quart of lemonade made very sweet, strain
it, and put it in a saucepan on the fire. Add the yolks of eight eggs
beaten, and stir it always one way till it is of a proper thickness.
Serve it in custard-glasses, or in a cream-dish. To make the lemonade,
dissolve five ounces of sugar in two pints of boiling water, having
previously, with part of the sugar, rubbed the yellow rind off a lemon;
then add the juice of three lemons. Some persons put the lemon and
sugar into a jug, and pour the boiling water upon them.
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