Myra's cookery book

Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Good curd ... pint ... “s 2... Eggs 4 Rich cream ... 3 table •j spoonsful Mix all well together and bake in 4... Grated nut- J- •» patty tins lined with a good pufl meg paste. 5*** Ratafia I tea spoonful 6... Sugar ,i lb. ... CAKES AND BISCUITS. 351 35-LEMON CHEESECAKES. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Butter ilb. ... Just warm it. 2... Loaf sugar ... ilb. ... Stir into the butter. 3- Grated lemon peel and the juice of I strained 2 lemons Stir in when the sugar is dissolved. 4... Blanched almonds Mix all well together and pour into patty pans lined with puff paste. 5- If liked... Put a few on the top of each. 36.-TIPSY CAKE. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Stale sponge 8 Put into a glass dish. cakes or i large round stale sponge cake. 2... Sherry, Mar- sala, or any Pour over till the cake is thoroughly soaked. other white sweet wine 3- Sweet ilb. ... Blanch, peel, cut into thin slices and almonds stick all over the cake. 37.-CUSTARD FOR TIPSY CAKE. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. 1.. . 2.. . Milk Sugar 1} pint ... i lb. ... Put in an enamelled saucepan. Add. * 3-- Lemon peel ... I lemon Add; let the milk boil a few minutes. then take out the peel. 332 MYRA'S COOKERY ROOK. CUSTARD FOR TIPSY CAKE— [continnccf). Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. 4... Arrowroot ... 3 table j 5".' Cold milk ... spoonsful A few / Mix smooth together in a basin. spoonsful j 6... ... ... Pour it gradually to the boiling milk. 7... .*• ».• ... ... Boil for about 5 minutes, stirring all the time. 8... ••t ««• Take the saucepan off the fire and stir the custard till it is cold. g... • •• * • • ... When cold pour it over the cake. 38.-PETITS CHOUX. Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Water i pint ... Put in a saucepan. 2... Salt A pinch... Add. 3 — Sugar I oz. Add. 4... Butter I oz. Add. 5... Lemon peel ... I lemon Grate and add ; boil up. 6... When the water boils take the sauce- pan off the fire. 7... Flour ... Add gradually enough to make a thin paste stirring well all the time in the saucepan. 8... Eggs 3 Break and beat separately, adding them to the paste- one at a time. 9... ... Work the paste until it drops from the spoon. 10... White of egg I Beat to a froth ; add and let the paste stand i or 2 hours. 1 1 ... ... ... ... Divide the paste into balls the size of an egg and put them on a buttered tin. 12... Yolk of egg ... I Beat up and brush over the balls. 13... Sweet almonds 2 02. Blanch and chop fine, and strew over the balls. CAKES AND BISCUITS. 333 PETITS CHOlJX—{contuined). Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. 14.. Let them stand 15 minutes. 15.. ... ... Put them in a slow oven and watc-h them carefully, as they are soon done. 16., «.• .. When they are swollen, hollow, and a light brown colour, take them out. 17... ... . . ... »», Make a little hole in the side. IS... Whipped ... Put a spoonful in each ball. cream 19,.. Preserve ... Use in place of whipped cream, if preferred, 39- BABA. Order. Ingredients. Quantities, j Method. 1.. . 2.. . Yeast Warm water J oz. i pint ... j- Mix together. 3-" P’lour I lb. Mix i lb. with the yeast, and put it aside.