Cassell's dictionary of cookery

Blanch and pound three ounces of sweet almonds and four or five bitter ones. Put them into half a pint of milk, and allow them to simmer slowly for a quarter of an hour. Mix in smoothly half a pound of cold mealy potatoes, a quarter of a pound of butter, the grated rind and juice of a lemon, a little nutmeg, and three well-beaten eggs. Beat the mixture for some minutes with a wooden spoon. Put it into a well-buttered mould, and bake in a quick oven. Turn out carefully, and serve with sifted sugar or almond sauce. Time to bake, about an hour. Probable cost. Is. 2d. Sufficient for six persons. Almond and Raisin Pudding.— Soak a quarter of a pound of the stale crumb of Bread in half a pint of new milk ; add two table- spoonfuls of finely-shred suet, the same of currants washed and picked, a little sugar, the juice and finely-chopped rind of a lemon, three well-beaten eggs, and a table- spoonful of ale. Well butter a mould or basin. Place raisins in rows round it with four ounces of sweet abnonds blanched and split in altemato rows (the butter will make them stick), and pour the mixture in. Put it into boiling water, and allow it to boil for three hours.. Turn out and serve with wine sauce. Sufficient for five or six persons.. Probable cost. Is. Alpha Rocks.— Beat half a pound of butter to a cream, then stir in three-quarters of a pound of flour, six ounces of loaf sugar, two ounces of sweet almonds blanched and sliced, and one egg ; mix thoroughly, then drop it in spoonfuls on a well-oiled tin, and bake in a moderate oven. Lemon or citron-peel and currants can be added if approved. Time to bake, about twenty minutes. Probable cost. Is. 2d. Alum Whey.— Boil in a saucepan half a pint of new milk, and pour into it four- tablespoonfuls of raisin wine. If this does not turn it, add a little more. Let it boil, then put it away from the fire until the curd has settled to the bottom. Pom- the whey from the curd, and boil it up once more with half a pint of water in which a tea-spoonful of powdered alimi (or more if preferred) and a little sugar have been. dissolved. Time, three- quarters of an hour. Probable cost, 8d. Amber Pudding.— Beat half a pound of butter to a cream. Mix with it a quarter of a pound of flour, six table-spoonfids of breadcrmnbs, sugar to taste, the finely-chopped lind of three lemons, a pinch of salt, and throe well-beaten eggs. Beat all well together, fill a buttered mould, and boil three hours. Finely-shred suet may be substituted for the butter. Probable cost, Is. 6d. Sufficient for five or six persons. Amber Pudding (another way).— Shred finely half a pound of beef suet without skin, and dredge a little flour over it to prevent it adhering. Mix it with a quarter of a pound of flour, four ounces of bread-crumbs, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, the grated rind of a lemon, three eggs well beaten, and three table-spoonfuls of orange marmalade. Beat all weU together, put the mixture into a buttered mould, and boil for three hours. Serve with wine sauce. Sufficient for six persons. Probable cost. Is. Gd.