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Myra's cookery book

1883

Page 150

Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
file, <UiJ stir to prevent biimincr 3'" 1 ... Put in the apples and three parts cook them. 362 MYRA'S COOKERY BOOK. APPLES, an heurre et aux confitures — [continued). Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. 4.. Apricot or any other preserve 1 Put both at the bottom of a pie- 1 dish. S-- Butter ••• ... ) 6... Fresh butter... ... ... Put into the core-hole of each apple. 7... Sugar ... Do. 8... Powdered sugar ... Fill up the spaces between the apples with preserve. 9... ... .Sprinkle over all. 10... ... . . Bake. II ... Preserved cherries Put one (if liked) on each apple. 12... Serve hot on the same dish. 5. — APPLES, (1 VAnglaise. Order. Ingredients. Quantities, Method. I... Fine apples ... 3 or 4 ... Peel and cut into quarters. 2... Crushed sugar ilb. ... Put into a stewpan on the fire. 3- Water 2 or 3 spoonsful Pour over the sugar to help it to melt, and stir with a spoon to prevent it sticking to the bottom. 4... 1 When the sugar is melted, put in the quarters of apple. 5— Butter 2 02. Put to melt in the frying pan. 6... Slices of bread ... ... Fry in the butter. 7... ... Arrange the fried bread under the apples on a dish. S... ... 1 Pour the syrup over and serve hot. 6-APPLE CHARLOTTE (1). Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Apples 8 Peel, core, and cut in slice.s. 2... Put them into a stewpan with a little water. COMPOTES OF FRIUT. 3C3 APPLE CHARLOTTE {i)— {continued). Order. 3-” 4... 5- 1 6... 7.. . 8.. -! g...f 10.. .j I i...i I 12.. . 13.. . 14.. . Ingredients. Quantities. Sugar Lemon juice or vanilla flavouring, or cinnamon Powdered sugar 3 oz. 2 oz. Method. ■ Add. Cover the stewpan and let it simmer 20 minutes. Add towards the end. Apricot jam Butter If liked Let it get cold. Butter a plain mould and line it with slices (crumb) of a stale loaf fried in clarified butter. Join the slices neatly. Fill the mould with the apple and apricot jam. Cover the top with slices of bread fried in butter, and on the top put a plate with a weight on it. Bake in a quick oven J to i hour. Drain the butter out, turn out care- fully and serve hot. 7.-APPLE CHARLOTTE (2.) Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. I... Butter ^ OZ. Melt over a slow fire. 2... ... ... Butter a plain mould with it. 3” Spong cakes 6 Cut in slices and put close together all round the mould. 4... Apple mar- malade Fill the middle. 5- ... With the spoon make a small hole in the middle of the marmalade. 6... Red currant •«* Put into this hole. jelly 1 3^4 MYRA'S COOKERY BOOK. APPLE CHARLOTTE (2) — continued). Order. Ingredients. Quantities. Method. 7... ... Put the mould in the oven and bake 5 hour. 8... ... Turn out the Charlotte Russe on to a dessert dish. 9... ••• ... Serve cold. 8.-APPLES WITH RICE. Order. Ingredients, Quantities. Method. I... Apples ... 12 Peel and core them, without dividing. 2... 3-‘ Sugar Lemon juice... k lb. I lemon... j- Put on the fire to make a syrup. 4... ... ... Put in the apple.s to stew. Rice J lb. ... Put in a saucepan. 6... Milk Add and let the rice swell. 7— Sugar To taste Add. 8... Lemon peel ... I lemon .. Pare thin and add. g... Milk • ... ... ... Add as required. 10... ...