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Middle class cookery book

1912

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Presented as published in 1912. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Cream the sugar and butter together ; stir in yolk of the egg ; mix them well with the curds. the Fill 3 Eggs 2 Small Lemons the lined patty-pans as directed for tartlets. A little grated lemon peel or a few currants can be added to vary the flavour. Bake for twenty minutes. Lemon Mixture for Cheese-cakes 2 oz. Butter ^ lb. Loaf Sugar Grate the rind of the lemons ; squeeze out and strain the juice ; put the butter, sugar, and lemon into an enamelled pan ; break the eggs, keeping out the white of one ; add them to the ingredients in the pan. Stir all over the fire till the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is the thickness of honey. If put into a jam-pot and covered well over, this mixture will keep for a long time. Bakewell Pudding is made with alternate layers of this mixture and jam, and bread or cake crumbs to thicken the mixture. CHAPTER XIII PUDDINGS Suet Crust for Meat and Fruit Puddings lb. Flour I Cold Water J ,, Suet | Pinch of Salt Before beginning to chop the suet, carefully remove all pieces of skin ; chop the suet very fine : put the flour into a basin ; mix in the salt ; add the chopped suet, and rub it well into the flour, using the tips of CHAP. XIII PUDDINGS 155 the fingers for the purpose. When the suet and flour are well mixed together, add sufficient cold water to make them into a stiff paste. Sprinkle a small quantity of flour on a paste-board, turn the paste on to it, and work it lightly with the hand for a minute or two. Flour the rolling-pin, sprinkle a very little flour on to the paste, just enough to prevent the paste from stick- ing to the pin, and roll the paste out to the thickness of about half an inch. If a richer crust is required, use more suet, and roll the paste out thinner. Suet Crust for Roly-poly Puddings £ lb. Flour I Cold Water | ,, Beef Suet | Pinch of Salt Shred the suet into very thin flakes ; mix the salt into the flour; rub the shredded suet well into flour ; mix all to a stiff paste with cold water. Flour the paste- board lightly ; turn the paste on to it, and work it with the right hand on the board for three or four minutes. Flour the rolling-pin ; press it on the dough to flatten it out ; then roll the dough out, rolling always one way. Fold the dough in three, and roll it out again. Repeat this once more, and roll the crust to the size required. A Bucher Crust for Roly-poly Puddings i lb. Flour 1 1 Egg | ,, Beef Suet I Pint of Milk Pinch of Salt Shred and mix the suet as directed in the previous recipe. Make a hole in the flour and suet ; break in the egg; add the milk; and mix all to a stiff dough. Roll out as directed for the plainer crust. Apple Pudding Peel and slice the apples, carefully taking out the 1 The best Austrian Hour requires about this quantity of milk (see p. 124). 156 MIDDLE CLASS COOKERY BOOK PART II