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Myra's cookery book

1883

Page 127

Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
5 — Milk I pint ... Put in a basin. 6... Powdered 2 OZ. Add. 7... sugar Eggs 2 Beat and add to the milk. 8... ••• Pour the mixture over the bread and butter, and bake in a moderate oven. 9.,. •t* ••• ••• »• s When the pudding has risen like a souffle, serve at once very hot. 16.- -BOMBAY PUDDING. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Stale bread ... Cut in slices about inch thick with- out any crust. 2... as* ••• Put a round piece of bread at the bottom of a pudding basin, and line the sides of the basin with fingers of bread placed clo.^e together. 3- Stewed fruit ... I quart ... Stew the fruit, any summer fruit will do, with sugar, and pour it hot on to the bread, till the basin is full. 4... ••• • •• Cover the fruit with large slices of bread, fitting the basin. 5- ••• ••• Put a plate on the top with a weight to keep it down. 6... ••• When perfectly cold, turn the pudding on to a dish. 7... Custard I pint ... Pour over and serve. Noti.— This pudding should be made the day before it is eaten. Raspberries, currants, cherries, plums, damsons, and greengages are the best fruits to use. PUDDINGS. 301 17.-CARTHUSIAN DUMPLINGS. Crdcr. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Stale rolls ... 4 Grate off all the crust and cut then- in pieces about the size of an egg. 2... Milk i pint ... ) Mix and put the pieces of roll in tc 3-- Beaten esres ... 2 f soak. 4... ... When well soaked drain for a fet\ minutes. 5-" Grated crumbs ... Roll all the pieces of bread in. 6... Butter i lb. ... Heat in a frying pan. 7... ... ... Fry the dumplings. a light brown. 8... ... ... ... Pile them on a. hot dish. g... Powdered sugar I Mix and sprinkle over the 10... Powdered cinnamon If liked ... I dumplings. II... , .»• ... Serve with sweet sauce, or with stewed fruit or custard. 18.-G0LDEN FINGERS. Order. Ingredients. ^ Quantities. Method. I... Stale Rolls ... Cut them in slices the size of a finger. 2... Milk J pint ... Beat the egg and stir it in with the 3-" Egg I ) milk. 4... Batter ... Put the fingers in to soak. S'" Make a thick pancake batter. Grated crumbs ... Roll the fingers in batter 7... ... Sprinkle all over them. 8... Butter ... Fry the fingers a light brown. g... Powdered Sprinkle over and s“erve with stetved sugar 1 fruit. 30, MYRA'S COOKERY BOOK. 19.-GERMAN BREAD PUDDING. Order, Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Milk rolls 3 Grate off the crust. 2 Milk I pint ... Soak the rolls in milk, then squeeze the milk out. 3" EgRS 3 Beat up. 4... Butter I oz. Add. 5--- Beat up the rolls in the eggs, &c. 6... Currants i lb. ... Wash, dry and add. 7... Sugar Add. 8... Cinnamon or nutmeg Add, and mix all well together. 0... Butter ... ... Butter a pudding mould. 10... Candied peel Put a nice slice at the bottom of the mould. I I... Raisins A few^ ... Arrange in a pattern round the peel and on the sides of the mould. 12... ... Put in the mixture, and cover the top of the mould. 13... ... ... ... ... Boil or steam for 2 hours. 14... ... Serve with sweet sauce. 20.-WINDBAGS, German receipt. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Butter ^ lb. ... Melt in a stewpan. 2 . . . Milk 2 pints ... Add. 3” Salt A pinch... Add. 4... Sugar