French Pancakes.
For Two Persons. — 1 egg; 1 oz. of butter; l oz. of
sifted sugar ; 1 oz. of flour ; \ pint of milk✪ Swiss Pancake ; J lb. of apricot
jam.
Break an egg into a basin and beat it well with
one ounce of butter ; stir in one ounce of sifted loaf
sugar and one ounce of fl.our, and when well mixed a
quarter of a pint of milk ; beat for ten minutes, put
on small buttered plates, and bake in a quick oven
for twenty minutes. Heat some apricot or other jam,
and spread on one half of each pancake, folding the
other over. Serve in a silver dish on a napkin. :
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Boiled Cocoanut Pudding.
Fok Six Persons. — 1 cocoanut ; ^ lb. of sugar ; 1 cupful
I of milk ; 2 eggs ; ^ cupful of bread crumbs ; 2 ozs. of butter ;
J a lemon ; 4 ozs. of candied cherries ; ^ oz. of sifted sugar.
For serving with the above Pudding. — 1 small cocoanut ; 3
ozs. of castor sugar ; ^ pint of water ; pint of cream ; 1
egg-
Grate finely tlie white nut, previously removing the
brown outside ; mix with a quarter of a pound of
sugar, a cupful of new milk, and the milk contained
in the nut, the whites and yolks of two eggs, half a
cupful of bread crumbs, two ounces of butter beaten
to a cream, the grated rind of half a lemon, four
ounces of candied cherries. Boil three hours in a basin
or china mould, covered with a well floured cloth; when
done, turn out on to a silver dish, served with sugar
sifted over the pudding, and if liked surrounded with
cocoanut sauce, made as follows : Cocoanut Cream —
Boil the finely grated white kernel of a small cocoa-
nut with the same weight of castor sugar in half a
pint of water, strain through a wire sieve, put the
mixture on the fire again and add half a pint of cream,
or as a substitute, three-quarters of a pint of new
milk thickened with a little arrowroot. Let it boil ;
remove from the fire, and when a trifle cooler put in
1 the beaten yolk of an egg, after which allow it to
simmer for a few minutes.
Tomato Pie.
For Six Persons. — 1 J lb. of tomatoes ; J saltspoonful of
I Balt ; 3 ozs. of sugar ; ^ a lemon ; 1 egg ; 5 pint of cream ;
• enough paste to coyer a pie dish.
Skin and slice rij)e tomatoes, and lay in a pie dish ;
! sprinkle over them a very little salt. For a pound
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of tomatoes, two ounces of sugar, tlie juice of half a ;
lemon, one well-beaten egg mixed with half a cup of j
cream is to be poured over the tomatoes when the pie ;
disb is full. Cover with a rich paste, and bake in a |
hot oven at first, gradually getting cooler, for some- :
wbat over half an hour.
Lemon Tart.
Foe, Four Persons. — 4 lemons ; 1 tablespoonful of flour ; ■
1 breakfast- cupful of sugar ; 1 pint of water ; enough paste
to line and cover a pie dish.
Slice four lemons very thin, lay in a rich paste,
sprinkle over one tablespoonful of flour, one cupful ^
of sugar, fill the pie dish nearly full of water and j
cover with paste. Bake an hour. |
Vegetable Marrow Pudding. j
For Six Persons. — 1 marrow ; 1 pint of milk ; J lb. of .
sugar ; 1 teaspoonful of ground ginger ; 1 egg ; 1 cupful of
flour ; enough puff paste to cover the pie dish✪ Vegetable Marrow Pudding.
Stew the marrow, strain through a sieve ; add a ;
pint of milk, a quarter of a pound of sugar^ a tea-
spoonful of ground ginger, an egg, and a teacupful
of flour. Bake in a pie dish.
Quince Tart.
For Six or Seven Persons. — 6 apples ; 2 quinces ; half ✪ Quince Tart
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French Pancakes.
For Two Persons. — 1 egg; 1 oz. of butter; 1 oz. of sifted sugar ; 1 oz. of flour ; ¼ pint of milk ; ½ lb. of apricot
jam.
Break an egg into a basin and beat it well with one ounce of butter ; stir in one ounce of sifted loaf sugar and one ounce of flour, and when well mixed a quarter of a pint of milk ; beat for ten minutes, put on small buttered plates, and bake in a quick oven for twenty minutes. Heat some apricot or other jam, and spread on one half of each pancake, folding the other over. Serve in a silver dish on a napkin.
Boiled Cocoanut Pudding.
For Six Persons. — 1 cocoanut ; ½ lb. of sugar ; 1 cupful
of milk ; 2 eggs ; ½ cupful of bread crumbs ; 2 ozs. of butter ;
½ a lemon ; 4 ozs. of candied cherries ; ½ oz. of sifted sugar.
For serving with the above pudding. — 1 small cocoanut ; 3
ozs. of castor sugar ; ½ pint of water ; ½ pint of cream ; 1
egg-
Grate finely the white nut, previously removing the brown outside ; mix with a quarter of a pound of sugar, a cupful of new milk, and the milk contained in the nut, the whites and yolks of two eggs, half a cupful of bread crumbs, two ounces of butter beaten to a cream, the grated rind of half a lemon, four ounces of candied cherries. Boil three hours in a basin or china mould, covered with a well floured cloth; when done, turn out on to a silver dish, served with sugar sifted over the pudding, and if liked surrounded with cocoanut sauce, made as follows : Cocoanut Cream — Boil the finely grated white kernel of a small cocoanut with the same weight of castor sugar in half a pint of water, strain through a wire sieve, put the mixture on the fire again and add half a pint of cream, or as a substitute, three-quarters of a pint of new milk thickened with a little arrowroot. Let it boil ; remove from the fire, and when a trifle cooler put in the beaten yolk of an egg, after which allow it to simmer for a few minutes.
Tomato Pie.
For Six Persons. — 1½ lb. of tomatoes ; ½ saltspoonful of salt ; 3 ozs. of sugar ; ½ a lemon ; 1 egg ; ½ pint of cream ;
• enough paste to coyer a pie dish.
Skin and slice ripe tomatoes, and lay in a pie dish ; sprinkle over them a very little salt. For one pound
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of tomatoes, two ounces of sugar, the juice of half a lemon, one well-beaten egg mixed with half a cup of cream is to be poured over the tomatoes when the pie dish is full. Cover with a rich paste, and bake in a hot oven at first, gradually getting cooler, for somewhat over half an hour.
Lemon Tart.
For Four Persons. — 4 lemons ; 1 tablespoonful of flour ;
1 breakfast-cupful of sugar ; 1 pint of water ; enough paste
to line and cover a pie dish.
Slice four lemons very thin, lay in a rich paste, sprinkle over one tablespoonful of flour, one cupful of sugar, fill the pie dish nearly full of water and cover with paste. Bake an hour.
Vegetable Marrow Pudding. j
For Six Persons. — 1 marrow ; 1 pint of milk ; ½ lb. of
sugar ; 1 teaspoonful of ground ginger ; 1 egg ; 1 teacupful of
flour ; enough puff paste to cover the pie dish.
Stew the marrow, strain through a sieve ; add a ; pint of milk, a quarter of a pound of sugar^ a teaspoonful of ground ginger, an egg, and a teacupful of flour. Bake in a pie dish.
Quince Tart.
For Six or Seven Persons. — 6 apples ; 2 quinces ; half
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