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Next wet round the rim of pastry, and decorate this with small pieces of pastry cut out with a fancy cutter. Plain rounds the size of a shilling may be cut out and then pinched together in the form of a shell. If these are placed close together along the edge, it will give a very pretty effect. Or small stars of pastry may be cut out, laid flat on the rim, and then pressed down in the centre with the end of a pastry brush or wooden skewer. A quicker method of decorating the rim is simply to lay on an extra strip of pastry and mark it with the back of a knife in the same way as for an open tart. As a rule the mixture is poured into the pie dish and all is baked together, unless the mixture requires little cooking, when the pastry may be baked for a short time first. In this case it is better to put in a few crusts or other dummies to keep the pastry in shape, 1807. Baked Almond Pudding (Pouding aux Amandes) £ pt. milk. | breakfast -cupful bread-crumbs. 2 table-sps. chopped almonds. 2 or 3 drops essence of almonds. 2 eggs. 1 table-sp. sugar. 1 oz. butter. A little pastry. Line a 1^-pint pie dish with pastry, decorating it prettily round the edges (see above). Then prepare the mixture. Put the bread-crumbs, butter, and sugar into a basin and pour the milk boiling hot over them. Allow these to soak for a few minutes and then add the chopped almonds, flavouring, and yolks of eggs. Beat up the whites of eggs to a stiff froth, and stir them in lightly at the last. Pour the mixture into the prepared pie dish, sprinkle a few shred almonds on the top, and bake in a good oven until the pudding is nicely browned and the pastry cooked. Note. — A little jam may be put at the bottom of the dish, and a meringue on the top of the pudding if wished. Time to cook, 20 to 30 minutes. Sufficient for 3 or 4 persons. Probable cost, 8 d. 1808. Apple Amber Pudding 1| lbs. apples. 2 or 3 table-sps. sugar. 1 lemon. 1 oz. butter. 2 yolks of eggs. A little pastry. 2 whites of eggs. 1 table-sp. castor sugar. Vanilla. Peel and slice the apples and put them into a saucepan with the butter, 2 or 3 table-spoonfuls of sugar, and the grated rind of 1 lemon. Allow them to stew slowly until reduced to a pulp, stirring frequently. Beat the mixture with a wooden spoon until perfectly smooth, or rub it through a sieve, and then add the yolks of the eggs. Line a pie dish with some good short crust or other pastry (see above), and pour into it the apple mixture. Bake in a good oven until the pastry is cooked and Apple Amber Pudding the apple mixture set. Then beat up the whites of eggs to a stiff froth, add to them 1 table-spoonful of castor sugar and a few drops of vanilla. Pile this meringue on the top of the pudding, decorate with a few pieces of cherry and angelica, and return to a cool oven to set and become delicately browned. Note. — Other fruits made into a puree may be used instead of apples. If a very juicy kind is chosen, a few bread-crumbs or cake-crumbs must be added to thicken it. Time to bake, | hour. Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons. Probable cost. Is. 2d. 1809. Baked Apples in Batter Batter. 2 or 3 juicy apples. 2 table-sps. sugar. 1 tea-sp. ground cinnamon. A little butter.