Myra's cookery book

Fill the patties with oysters, lobster, or chicken, dressed with white sauce. 8... r il.-PRU Put on the covers and serve hot. IT TARTS. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. 1... Red currants and rasp- berries, or cherries, or gooseberries ... Pick, clean, and put into a pie-dish with moist sugar. 2... ... ... Wet the edge of the dish. 3'" ... ... Place a band of puff-paste round it, and wet that too. 4... Cover the top with puff paste, pressing it round the edge with your thumbs. 5"* 6... * * * • • * ... ... Cut off the over hanging paste close to the edge. Make nicks in the paste all round the edge with the blunt side of a knife. 7— 1 ... Ice with beaten white of egg, if liked and ornament the top. • ’ IK.— inexperienced cooks should not ice their tm rcGulating the oven to prevent them burning when iced. I in 288 MYRA'S COOKERY BOOK. 32-RHUBARB TART. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Rhubarb stalks Cut ofT the leaves, strip off the out- side skin, and cut the sticks into i inch lengths. 2... See preceding receipt for the remain- ing operations. 33.-CRANBERRY TART. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Cranberries ... I quart ... Pick them well, and put them into a stewpan. 2.., Water I pint ... Add. 3" Moist sugar ... I lb. ... Add. 4... Stew gently until they are soft. c... ... ... ... Mash with a silver spoon. 6... ... ... ... Turn into a pie dish to get cold. '7... For remaining operations see receipt for Fruit Tarts, 34.— APPLE TART. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Butter Rub a pie dish over. 2... Cooking apples Pare and cut into small pieces. 3... Put them into a pie dish and fill it. 4... Moist sugar ... 1 lb. ... Add. 5... Cloves 3 or 4 ... Add if liked. 6... Grated lemon I lemon ] peel 1 Add. 7... Water I wine glass ... 1 Cover with paste as directc’ in receipt for Fruit Tarts. 8... ••• ••• PASTRY. ?8rj 35.-MINCE PIES, Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I.. ... Butter and lay a thin paste over your pattipans. 2.. ... ... Fill them with mincemeat. 3- 36.-MI1 Lay on a covering of paste and trim nicely round the edge. <rCEMEAT. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Suet 3 lbs. ... Chop fine. 2... Stoned raisins 2 lbs. Do. 3--- Currants 2 lbs. Picked, washed, rubbed, and dried at the fire. 4- Good apples... 50 Pare, core, and chop fine. 5-" Powered sugar Jib. ... 6... Mace J oz. 7... Cloves i oz. If liked. 8... Grated nut- meg 2 9... Brandy •*« ... Put all together in an earthen pan. 10... J pint ... Add. II... Candied citron and orange ... Mix up well with a wooden spoon and it will keep good for months.- 12... 37.-TA Add to each pie when you bake it, but do not put any in the mince- meat till you use it. RTLETS, Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Rich puff paste Butter your patty pans and lay a thin layer of paste upon them. 2... Preserve ... P ill the hollow with any preserve j’ou please. 3 • Trim the edges of the paste and bake lightly. 4... • • » ... Serve them hot or cold. u MYRA’S COOKERY BOOK. zgo 38.-JAM SANDWICHES. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Puff paste ... Make as in receipt 2, and roll out thin. 2... Butter ... ... Rub on a tin. 3" ... ... ... ...