Boil the onion and chop very fine ; drop egg into flour and mix
well ; add milk gradually ; stir in the onion and herbs ; season to
taste ; melt some butter in a small baking tin ; when hot, pour in
mixture, and bake till nicely browned. Serve with tomato sauce.
If preferred, may be fried in small fritters, a dessert -spoonful at a time.
Puddings and Sweet Dishes.
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APRICOT EGGS.
Rounds of sponge cake cut about £ inch thick soaked in juice from
a tin of apricots and sweetened. Place half an apricot on each round
of cake, whip some cream (perhaps along with a little Strawberry J am),
placing it round to resemble a poached egg.
GOOSEBERRY TRIFLE.
Ingredients.
i Sponge Cake (Stale). 2 lbs. Gooseberries,
i Pint Custard. i Gill Cream (whipped).
Sugar.
Method.
Place sponge cake, cut into pieces, in glass dish ; stew gooseberries
slowly one hour ; sweeten and pour over sponge cake ; when cool add
custard ; decorate with whipped cream.
MILK JELLY.
Ingredients.
i Quart Milk,
i Oz. Gelatine.
' /
2 Ozs. Lump Sugar.
Vanilla.
Pinch of Salt.
Method.
Soak gelatine in a little water for two hours ; boil milk with sugar
and salt ; pour on gelatine ; stir till all is thoroughly dissolved ; pour
into basin which has had cold water in it till moment of using.
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PEAR MOULD.
Ingredients.
6 Pears.
I Small Stick Cinnamon.
Sugar to taste.
J Oz. Gelatine.
8 Cloves.
! Lemon. f
A Few Drops Cochineal,
i Pint Water.
Method.
Peel and quarter the pears ; stew with cloves, cinnamon and sugar
in water till tender ; colour with cochineal ; place pears carefully in
fancy mould ; take one gill of liquor in which they were stewed and
a strip of lemon peel with juice of half a lemon, and melt gelatine
(previously soaked in cold water) therein ; boil quickly for five minutes ;
when cool, pour over pears in mould.
APPLE MERINGUE.
Ingredients.
| lb. Apples. i Pint Milk.
2 Tablespoonfuls Rice. Little Sugar.
Little Salt.
Method.
Boil rice until thoroughly cooked, then put in a pie dish. Stew
apples and lay on the top of rice. Have the whites of two eggs beaten
to a stiff froth and place lightly on the top. Serve with cream or custard.
INVALID’S JELLY.
Ingredients.
1 Knuckle of Veal. I Lemon.
| Lb. Loaf Sugar. 4 Eggs.
2 Sticks Cinnamon. 2 Quarts Water.
Method.
Boil knuckle for from six to eight hours ; when cold, skim care¬
fully ; beat white of eggs to a froth ; break up the shells ; pare lemon
very thin ; squeeze the juice ; mix all together and boil in jelly pan
for fifteen minutes ; add cupful cold water, and again boil for five
minutes ; simmer for thirty minutes ; strain through jelly-bags and
pour into moulds. This is greatly improved if taken with cream.
A CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING.
Ingredients.
i Lb. Currants,
i Lb. Valencias.
| Lb. Mixed Peel,
i Lb. Flour.
\ Nutmeg.
J Teaspoonful Salt,
3 Eggs.
i Lb. Sultanas,
i Lb. Brown Sugar.
| Lb. Bread Crumbs.
1 Lb. Suet.
2 Teaspoonfuls Spice.
2 Ozs. Blanched Almonds,
i Gill Milk.
Method.
Thoroughly mix all the ingredients ; put in buttered basin and
cover with buttered paper ; boil for three hours ; before using, boil
for three hours more.
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PLUM PUDDING (NO. 2).
Ingredients.
2 Lbs. Currants,
i Lb. Valencias.
1 1 Lb. Suet.
1 Lb. Fine Bread Crumbs.
2 Ozs. Flour.
2 Large Carrots.
4 Ozs. Apples.
| Nutmeg (Grated).
1 Lb. Sultanas. ✪ Savoury Batter (Vegetarian)
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Boil the onion and chop very fine ; drop egg into flour and mix well ; add milk gradually ; stir in the onion and herbs ; season to taste ; melt some butter in a small baking tin ; when hot, pour in mixture, and bake till nicely browned. Serve with tomato sauce. If preferred, may be fried in small fritters, a dessert -spoonful at a time.
Puddings and Sweet Dishes.
APRICOT EGGS.
Rounds of sponge cake cut about £ inch thick soaked in juice from a tin of apricots and sweetened. Place half an apricot on each round of cake, whip some cream (perhaps along with a little Strawberry J am), placing it round to resemble a poached egg.
GOOSEBERRY TRIFLE.
Ingredients.
i Sponge Cake (Stale). 2 lbs. Gooseberries,
i Pint Custard. i Gill Cream (whipped).
Sugar.
Method.
Place sponge cake, cut into pieces, in glass dish ; stew gooseberries slowly one hour ; sweeten and pour over sponge cake ; when cool add custard ; decorate with whipped cream.
MILK JELLY.
Ingredients.
i Quart Milk, i Oz. Gelatine.
' /
2 Ozs. Lump Sugar. Vanilla.
Pinch of Salt.
Method.
Soak gelatine in a little water for two hours ; boil milk with sugar and salt ; pour on gelatine ; stir till all is thoroughly dissolved ; pour into basin which has had cold water in it till moment of using.
114
PEAR MOULD.
Ingredients.
6 Pears.
I Small Stick Cinnamon. Sugar to taste.
J Oz. Gelatine.
8 Cloves.
! Lemon. f
A Few Drops Cochineal, i Pint Water.
Method.
Peel and quarter the pears ; stew with cloves, cinnamon and sugar in water till tender ; colour with cochineal ; place pears carefully in fancy mould ; take one gill of liquor in which they were stewed and a strip of lemon peel with juice of half a lemon, and melt gelatine (previously soaked in cold water) therein ; boil quickly for five minutes ; when cool, pour over pears in mould.
APPLE MERINGUE.
Ingredients.
| lb. Apples. i Pint Milk.
2 Tablespoonfuls Rice. Little Sugar.
Little Salt.
Method.
Boil rice until thoroughly cooked, then put in a pie dish. Stew apples and lay on the top of rice. Have the whites of two eggs beaten to a stiff froth and place lightly on the top. Serve with cream or custard.
INVALID’S JELLY.
Ingredients.
1 Knuckle of Veal. I Lemon.
| Lb. Loaf Sugar. 4 Eggs.
2 Sticks Cinnamon. 2 Quarts Water.
Method.
Boil knuckle for from six to eight hours ; when cold, skim care¬ fully ; beat white of eggs to a froth ; break up the shells ; pare lemon very thin ; squeeze the juice ; mix all together and boil in jelly pan for fifteen minutes ; add cupful cold water, and again boil for five minutes ; simmer for thirty minutes ; strain through jelly-bags and pour into moulds. This is greatly improved if taken with cream.
A CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING.
Ingredients.
i Lb. Currants, i Lb. Valencias.
| Lb. Mixed Peel, i Lb. Flour.
\ Nutmeg.
J Teaspoonful Salt, 3 Eggs.
i Lb. Sultanas, i Lb. Brown Sugar.
| Lb. Bread Crumbs.
1 Lb. Suet.
2 Teaspoonfuls Spice.
2 Ozs. Blanched Almonds, i Gill Milk.
Method.
Thoroughly mix all the ingredients ; put in buttered basin and cover with buttered paper ; boil for three hours ; before using, boil for three hours more.
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PLUM PUDDING (NO. 2).
Ingredients.
2 Lbs. Currants, i Lb. Valencias.
1 1 Lb. Suet.
1 Lb. Fine Bread Crumbs.
2 Ozs. Flour.
2 Large Carrots.
4 Ozs. Apples.
| Nutmeg (Grated).
1 Lb. Sultanas.
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