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365 desserts

1900

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Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
in one cup each of sugar and water till soft, then sift, add the yolks of the eggs and cook till it thickens. Add the gelatine, strain, and when cool add the whites. Grated pine- apple will not require sifting. — Permission of Mrs. M. J. Lincoln. 2. — Cream Pudding. Set i pint of milk to boil, wet 2 tablespoon - fuls of cornstarch with cold water, stir care- fully into the boiling milk, add a very little speck of salt and 5 drops of vanilla ; turn into 4 fancy patty pans and set to cool until firm and hard. If made in the morning they will be cool for dinner. For the sauce, 1 cup of milk, yi of a cup of powdered sugarCream Pudding, five drops of vanilla. When the pudding is firm and cold, turn out on a platter, put a piece of currant jelly on top of each and pour the sauce around them. Double this recipe if for more than two people. 3. — Gateau De Princess Louise. Bake sponge drop mixture, or feather cake, or snow cake in jelly tin. Cut the centre from one cake, leaving a rim 1 y2 inches wide. Put jelly on the remaining cake, lay the rim 17 February* on the edge and fill the centre with Bavar- ian Cream. Garnish with candied fruit. Frost the rim if you prefer. — By permission of Mrs. M. J. Lincoln. 4. — Orange Pie. Beat a cupful of powdered sugar and a large tablespoonful of butter together until light. Moisten 2 even tablespoonfuls of corn- starch with a little cold milk ; cook and stir 1 minute ; then pour it quickly on the butter and sugar ; add the grated yellow rind and the juice of an orange ; mix and add 1 egg well beaten ; peel another large juicy orange ; cut it into thin slices and then cut each slice into quarters. Line a "Washington Pie" plateOrange Pie with light paste and bake in a quick oven until done. Stir the orange slices quickly into the custard mixture, fill the baked crust with this, and place in a quick oven a few minutes to brown. While it is browning beat the whites of 2 eggs until light; add 2 table- spoonfuls of powdered sugar and beat until stiff. Spread this over the pie ; dust thickly with powdered sugar and stand again in the oven until a light brown. — From "Table Talk," Philadelphia. 18 February. 5. — Apple Manioca Pudding. Soak 2 tablespoonfuls of manioca in the dish in which it is to be baked ; add 2 table- spoonfuls of sugar and let it soak 15 minutes ; pare and core 4 good sized apples, fill with sugar and ground cinnamon ; put them in the manioca and bake until the apples are done. Serve warm, not hot. 6. — Fig Custard Pudding. One-half pound good figs, 1 pt. milk, yolks of 2 eggs, white of 1 (if large), ]/2 oz. gela- tine soaked in cold water, y^ cup sweet fruit jelly slightly warmed, 2 teaspoonfuls vanilla. White sifted flour. Soak the figs in warm water until quite soft ; split them, dip each piece in jelly and line a buttered mould. Heat the milk and stir into it the well beaten yolks and sugar ; return it to the sauce pan and stir until it thickens. Melt the soaked gelatine by adding a tablespoonful of boiling water and putting it into a vessel of boiling water ; when it is quite melted, add it to the milk, and when well mixed set it to cool. As soon as it begins to congeal whisk it thoroughly with an egg beater and add to it 19 February, Apple Manioca Pudding