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1897

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Presented as published in 1897. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Put the flour and sugar into a basin, make a hole in the flour, break in the eggs, beat well, add flavouring and pour at once into a tin lined with greased paper, and bake in a hot oven about five minutes. Try with a skewer. Turn on to a sugared board, spread jam on quickly and roll up at once. Sift sugar over. J 2 148 . No. 365. BROWN & POLSON’S BLANC MANGE. INGREDIENTS. 1 pint of milk | 2 tablespoonsful of white sugar 2 tablespoonsful of cornflour j 1 inch stick of cinnamon (Brown & Poison’s)Brown & Polson’s Blanc Mange | METHOD. Put the milk into a saucepan to boil with the sugar and cinnamon, then add the cornflour, which has been ‘mixed with a little cold milk ; stir and boil for five minutes. Take out the cinnamon and pour into a mould that has been rinsed with cold water, set aside to get cold, turn out and serve with stewed fruit or preserves. No. 366. BLANC MANGE WITH STEWED FRUIT. Place in a mould or dish some Preserved or Baked Fruit, well sweetened, and pour the above preparation over it while hot. Let it stand until quite set, and turn out into a glass dish. Additional Richness. — By gradually stirring into rather less than a pint of milk four dessertspoonsful of Milkmaid Brand Condensed Milk, and perfectly mixing it before it is used, Blanc-Mange almost equal in richness to that made with cream may be produced at the most trifling cost. When thus prepared, only three or four lumps of sugar should be used instead of 2 ozs. If Unsweetened Condensed Milk is used, then the 2 ozs. of sugar must be added. 149 No. 367. ANOTHER MINCE MEAT RECIPE. INGREDIENTS. 2 lbs. of chopped suet 2 lbs. of chopped apples 2 lbs. of chopped Valencia raisins 2 lbs. of chopped sultana raisins 2 lbs. of brown sugar 2 lbs of currants 3 lemons \ lb. of citron peel | lb. of candied lemon peel 4 lb. of candied orange peel 1 nutmeg 1 teaspoonful of salt 4 ozs. of sweet almonds 2 teaspoonsful of mixed spice 4 pint of brandy 4 pint of sherry METHOD. Mix well together, and tie down in jars. No. 368. BAKED LEMON PUDDING. INGREDIENTS. 4 lb. of butter Some pastry Yolks of 4 eggs 2 ozs. of castor sugar 1 large lemonBaked Lemon Pudding METHOD. Cream the butter, and add the sugar and the eggs one by one. Then mix in the grated rind of the lemon and strained juice. Line a small pie-dish with pastry, and pour in the mixture; bake half an hour. No. 369. ROLY POLY. INGREDIENTS. i lb. of Coomb’s aerated flour | \ lb. of jam \ lb. of Hugon’s suet j Pinch of saltRoly Poly METHOD. Put the flour and salt into a basin, add to it the suet finely chopped, mix these together. Add the water gradu- ally and mix into a stiff paste, turn on to the floured board, 150 and roll out into a long piece, spread the jam over, not too near the edge, roll it up very carefully, join the ends securely. Take a pudding cloth and sprinkle it with flour, place the pudding in the centre, fasten the ends of the cloth with string and the middle with pins. Place in a saucepan of boiling water and boil two hours. No. 370. GOOSEBERRY PUDDING. ' INGREDIENTS. \ lb. of flour | Cold water i lb. of suet j 1 pint of gooseberries Salt j 3 ozs. of sugarGooseberry Pudding METHOD. Put flour and salt into a basin, add suet finely chopped, mix together, pour in the water, and mix to a stiff paste.