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1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Whipped Sweet Jelly with Fruits. — Put a salpi?on of pre- served fruits in a large basin, and pour a little kirschen- wasser over them. Apricots, greengages, pine-apple, and whole cherries are the best fruits to use. Prepare a calf’s- foot Jelly, boiled a third less than is usually done, strain, pour it into a copper basin, and whip over ice until it begins to thicken, adding the strained juice of two lemonsWhipped Sweet Jelly with Fruits ; take it off the ice, mix with it the salpi^on of preserved fruit, pour all into a cylinder-mould, surround with ice, and leave it to set for one hour. When ready, dip the mould in tepid water, wipe it round, and turn the Jelly out on to a very cold dish. JENNY LIND PUDDING. — See Puddings. JERSEY WONDERS. — For these famous local favourites there is at all times a great demand ; but with the usual increase of resources and advancement of trade competition those manufactured for public sale are not generally equal to the home-made production. The follow- ing receipts are given as authentic : (1) Work together with a spoon before the fire ilb. of caster sugar with fib. of best butter until they are thoroughly incorporated. Beat up thoroughly three or four eggs, ac- cording to size, and add these to the sugar and butter. Gradually sift in lib. of white flour and a grating of nutmegJersey Wonders (Recipe 1). Knead this together for some time, cover it with a cloth, and set in a warm place to prove a little. Then cut the mass up into pieces about the size of a small apple, roll them round in the hand, using flour to prevent sticking, and then Fig. 990. Jersey Wonders. roll out each ball on a floured paste-board to an oval about tin. thick. Cut with a floured knife three parallel slits along the middle of each, but not through at the ends, cross the two slips with your fingers, and draw up the two sides between. Put your fingers through, and drop each wonder into boiling lard. They will rise as they are done, and can then be turned so as to brown them all over equally. Take them out with a fork, and lay them on a drainer, or folded paper, to drain. A very slight dusting of caster sugar is an im- provement. See Fig. 990. (2) Put 3oz. of butter into lib. of flour and mix in 3oz. of caster sugar, a small quantity each of grated nutmeg, lemon- peel, and ground ginger ; then add four well-beaten eggs, and if desired a small quantity of brandy, and form the whole into a paste, kneading it well. Eoll it out to about l|in. in thickness ; from this cut off small pieces of equal size and roll them out to an oval shape, but taking care not to have them less than |in. thick. Cut two or three parallel slits down the centre of each, but not to the ends, fold the sides over, tucking one under each, and with the pieces in the centre forming a handle lift them up, plunge into a pan of boiling fat, let them cook for four minutes on one side and about two minutes on the other ; take out carefully with a skimmer, drain them of fat, and serve. They are very nice served hot with wine or jam sauce, or lemon and sugar. JERUSALEM ARTICHOKES.— See Artichokes. JESSAMINE. — An essence made from the flowers of this plant gives a pleasant flavour to some confections. It is made as follows : Jersey Wonders (Recipe 2)