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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.
bottom. The Macaroons should in baking rise in the middle and the surface should crack. Split almonds laid on top before baking improve the effect. See Fig. 1113 (2) Mix 21b. of caster sugar in a mortar Avith jib. of ground sAveet almonds, adding a little orange-floAver Avater For details respecting Culinary Processcs) Utensils , Sauces , d'C. , referred to , see under their special heads , 894 TEE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF PRACTICAL COOKERY. Macaroons — con tinued. and the white of an eStewed Macaronigg. When the mixture has been beaten well for ten minutes, take it out with a spoon, a little at a time, form it into balls, brush these over slightly with yolk of egg, roll them in nonpareils (“ hundreds and thousands”), and place on cartridge-paper. Let them remain for a day, and then bake in a cool oven. When done, decorate them with little spots of dried cherries and angelica, fixing these on with icing-sugar. When cold, they are ready for use, or storing. (3) Blanch Jib. of almonds, wash them well, dry, chop them up, spread on a board in a diy place, and leave them for a day or so. Found well, and mix in the whites of two eggs beaten to a stiff froth and Jib. of caster sugar. Put it out in teaspoonfuls on a sheet of paper spread over a baking-sheet, keeping them well apart, damp the tops slightly with a wet brush, put small shreds of almonds on the top, and bake in a slow oven until they are quite hard. When done, turn them over, damp the paper to remove it, and they are ready for use; or they can be preserved in tins or boxes. (4) Put the whites of four eggs into a whipping-bowl, beat them to a very stiff froth, squeeze in the juice of two lemons or limes, taking care not to let any pips go in, then add 41b. of caster sugar. When these are thoroughly mixed, add two more well-whipped whites of eggs, then an- other Jib. of the sugar, lib. of blanched and sliced sweet almonds, and lastly sprinkle over Jib. of flour. Place some pieces of wafer-paper over baking-tins, drop the mixture in table-spoonfuls on them, and bake in a very slow oven for two hours. (5) Put Jib. of blanched sweet almonds into a mortar and pound them, adding gradually 4 table-spoonfuls of orange-flower water. Beat the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth, add lib. of caster sugar, beat in the almonds, and lay the mixture in small lumps over sheets of wafer- paper placed on a baking sheet. Bake in a moderate oven. (6) Put Jib. of ground sweet almonds into a basin, and mix them well with lib. of caster sugar and a little grated lemon-rind (zest). Beat in the whites of two eggs, and when they are thoroughly incorporated add two more, working the mixture in a mortar. Put it into a biscuit-bag and squeeze it out on to some wafer-paper, keeping the Maca- roons a little apart. Set three or four pieces of sweet almonds on the top of each, and bake in a moderate oven. They can be put in tins until wanted. Macaroons