Cassell's dictionary of cookery

and a quarter of fine flour. Add three-quarters of a pound of moist sugar, one ounce of ground ginger, one ounce of allspice, and half a pound of candied orange-peel cut into thin shreds. When the ingredients are thoroughly mixed, put them aside for some hours. Roll the mixture out to the thickness of half an inch. Divide it into fingers, squares, or any forms which may be preferred ; brush these over with a little milk mixed with yolk of egg, and bake them on buttered tins in a cool oven. The cakes should be placed on the tins an inch apart from one another. Time to bake, a quarter of an hour. Probable cost, Ss. Orange Gingerbread (another way).— See Gingerbread, Orange. Orange Gravy {see Gravy, Orange). Orange Gravy for Teal, Widgeons, Snipes, Woodcock, &c — Put half a pmt of veal gravy into a saucepan with an onion cut into small pieces, half a dozen leaves of basil, the rind of half a small Seville orange, and, if the flavour is liked, a little lemon-rind also. Simmer the gravy gently for ten or fifteen minutes. Strain it, and add to it the juice of the orange, half a tea-spoonful of salt, half a tea-spoonful of pepper, a pinch of cayenne, and a glassful of claret. Bring the sauce to the point of boiling, and serve very hot in a tureen. Probable cost, 8d., exclusive of the claret. Sufiicient for five or six persons. Orange, Iced. — Take ofB the rind, and carefully remove as much of the white as possible without drawing the juice; if bruised, oranges are useless for this purpose. "Whisk the whites of two eggs to a froth, and then beat into it a pound of sugar, which should be of the best quality, and pounded; continue to beat for a quarter of an hour, when the oranges must be dipped singly into the egg and sugar mixture ; this is best effected by running a strong thread through each, by which they can be attached to a rod suspended across the oven. In a cool oven they should dry without . acquiring colour, and will resemble balls of ice. Time, about half an hour to dry. Sufiicient, half a pound of sugar to twelve oranges. Orange, Iced (another way). — Whisk the white of an egg to a firm froth, and mix with it eight ounces of pounded and sifted . sugar ; beat the mixture thoroughly for ten or fifteen minutes. Peel three or four large sound oranges; take away the white pith without breaking the skin of the fruit, put a double thread through each orange, and pass it through the sugar. Fasten the oranges by the thread to a piece of long stick, hang them in a very cool oven, and leave them until they are quite dry, but they must not be allowed to acquire any colour. Arrange the balls on a folded napkin, and garnish with sprigs of myrtle. Time, about one hour to dry. Probable cost of oranges, Id. each. Sufficient for three or four persons. Orange, Isinglass Jelly.— Take half a dozen ripe oranges, one lemon, and one small Seville orange. Pare off the rinds of half of them very thinly, pour over them a quarter