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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.
it remain three or four days ; at the end of which time, knead it again, form it into cheeses, and place the cheeses in small baskets to drain. Dry them in the shade in layers in pots. Potato cheeses are always much improved by keeping. Potato Cheesecakes.— Rub twe ounces of lump sugar upon the rind of half a smaU lemon until the yellow part is taken off, then crush them to powder. Mix with this three ounces of boiled potatoes, dry and floury, two ounces of clarified butter, and the yolks of two well-beaten eggs. Beat the mixture thoroughly, and add at the last moment the white of an egg beaten to a firm froth. Line the patty-pans with puff paste, half fill them with the mixture, and bake in a well-heated oven. Or, take a quarter of a pound of boiled potatoes, dry and floury. Bruise them well, and let them cool a little, then mix with them two ounces of finely- grated bread-crumbs and three ounces of loaf- sugar which has been rubbed upon half a small lemonPotato Cheesecakes and crushed to powder. Add three ounces of fresh butter which has been beaten to a cream, and three eggs. The eggs should be added separately, and the mixture should be well beaten between each addition. Three-parts fill the hned patty -pans, and bake in a moderate oven for about twenty minutes. Potato Cheesecakes (another way).— See Cheesecakes, Potato). Potato Cones, or Loaves. — Prepare some potatoes according to the directions given for potato balls. Form them into balls or cones, brush them over with beaten egg, and place them in the pan under a roasting joint, which is sufficiently cooked to drop the gravy with the fat. Turn them abou.t that they may be equally browned, and allow a little of the gravy to drop upon them. Send them to table with the meat, but on a separate dish. Time to brown the cones, about twenty minutes. Potato Cottage Pudding.— Take half a pound of boiled potatoes, diy and floury. Beat until they are quite smooth, and add a pinch of salt, the grated rind and strained juice of a small lemon, two table-spoonfuls of moist sugar, two ounces of clarified butter or good beef dripping, and two well-beaten eggsPotato Cottage Pudding. Beat the mixture thoroughly, turn it into a buttered dish, and bake in a well-heated OYcn. The flavour of the pudding may be varied by the addition of a few washed and dried cui-rants, or an ounce of blanched and pounded almonds, or a glassful of sherry. Time to bake, three-quarters of an hour. Probable cost, 8d. Sufficient for four or five persons. Potato Croquettes.- Bake half a dozen large jiotatoes (regents). When done enough, burst them open, and scoop out the contents with a spoon. Beat the pulp imtil it is quite smooth, then put it into a clean saucepan with the yolks of one or two eggs, a piece of butter the size ef a walnut, and a little pepperPotato Croquettes, salt, and grated nutmeg. Beat this mixture over a moderate fire, iintil it leaves the sides of the saucepan with the spoon, then spread it out on a dish and let it cool. Shape it into balls ; POT (622) POT