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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

1892

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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.
Oranges, Pickled. — Take half a dozen fine Seville oranges. Cut them deeply, rub them well with salt, and let them stand in a warm place for four or five days. Sprinkle a table-spoonful of coriander-seeds over them, and cover them with a pint and a half of boiling -vonegar in which two blades of maceOranges, Pickled have been simmered for two minutes. Boil the vinegar once or twice, and pour it again upon the oranges, then cover the jar -with bladder, and store for use. This pickle ought to be kept fully two months before it is used. It should be served with wild fowl. Time, six or eight minutes to prepare. Probable cost, Is. 6d. Oranges Preserved Whole.— Take some Seville oranges. Weigh them, and allow two pounds of sugar to every pound of fruit. Scrape or grate ofl: the thin outside of the rind. Make a small hole about the size of a sixpence in the top of each, and scoop out the pulp. Lay the oranges in cold water, and let them remain for three days, changing the water twice a daj^. Drain the oi-anges, put them into a large pan with as much cold water as will cover them, and boil them gently until they are tender. Boil the sugar to a syrup, putting half a pint of waterOranges Preserved Whole to every pound of sugar. Add the pulp and juice ; let all boil together for ten minutes, then skim carefully, pour the sjTup over the oranges, and let them stand for an hour or two. Put them back into the preserving-pan, and simmer gently until the oranges look clear, which should be in about half an hour, but if this is not the case, turn the fiiiit into a bowl, boil the sjTup cverj' day for three days, and pour it hot upon the oranges. The juice of a lemon may be added to the s>Tnip if this is Hked. Put the oranges side by side — the holes uppermost — into large shallow jars, pour the syrup over them, cover closely, and store in a cool dry ORA (483 ) ORT place. They will be ready for use in six or eight days. Probable cost of oranges, Is. per dozen. Oranges Preserved Whole, Carved. — The rind of oranges preserved as above, in- stead of being scraped otf may be carved rather deeply in leaves, intersected lines, or any fanciful devices, and then emptied, soaked in water for three or four- days, and boiled in syrup. They should be filled with as well as boiled in, the syrup, and it is best to boil this every day for four- days, and pour it hot upon the oranges. Time, eight days to prepare. Probable cost of oranges, Is. per dozen. Orgeat {fcc ^Mmond SjTup, or Orgeat). Orgeat Ice Cream. — Take one ounce of sweet almonds and two or three bitter ones. Blanch and pound them in a mortar with a little orange-flower water to prevent them oiling. Add gradually a quarter of a pound of powdered sugar, the well-beaten yolks of eight eggs, and a pint ■ of creaOrgeat Ice Creamm . Put the mixture into an enamelled saucepan, and stir it without ceasing until it begins to thicken. Pour it out, stir it again until it is cold, then freeze in the usual way. Time, five or six minutes to stir the mixture over the fire. Probable cost, 2s. 6d. Sufficient for a pint and a half of ice cream.