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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.
Apple- Water, Iced (another way) .—Boil six large juicy apples cored and quartered until they can be pulped through a sieve, when add to the strained juice a quart of lemon- water, and freeze in the usual way. The preserving- pan containing the apples should be placed far enough from the fire to prevent them from being burnt or losing their nice colour. Freeze in the usual way for about twenty-five minutes. Probable cost, 8d. Sufficient for three pints. Apples (a la Cherbourg). — Choose firm but good boiling apples. Pare them, and cut them into bricks. Put a pound of sugar, the thickly -peeled rind of two lemons, and a little ginger, to every pound of apples, and cover them closely for some houi's. Then place them in a preserving-pan, being careful not to break the apples, and put to them half a cupful of cider. Let them boil until the apples look quite clear, , then remove them one by one to a dish. When cold, place them in cross jjiles, and crown the whole with the Icmon-jjeel. Pour the syiup round, and eat with Devonshiie o^^va. Time to boil, about twenty minutes. Probable. cost of apples cooked this way, lOd. per pound. APPLES (A Li MAItlEj. Apples (a la Marie). — Pare some large, firm apples, and scoop out the core without dividing them. Fill the cavity with cream or custard. Cover each apple M-ith a Ettle short crust, with a sort of knot or bow at the top, and bake in a moderate oven. Serve with sifted sugar. Time to bake, half an hour. Sufficient, one for each person. Probable cost, 2d. each. Apples (a la Portugaise) .—Peel and coi-e, without dividing, half a dozen large baking apples. Put into a stewpan a cupful ef sugar and a cupfid of water, place it on the fire, and when the scum rises, put the apples in, and let them simmer very gently tmtil they are tender throughout. Lay them in a glass dish, coloiu- the syrup with a few drops of j^repared cochinesil, and pour it round them, and lay on the top of each apple a spoonful of bright-colomed jam. Time to boil the apples, about twenty minutes. Probable cost, 9d. Sufficient for five or six persons. Apples, Baked. — Pare some good apples, and scoop out the cores. Put a little sugar ancl two cloves into each hollow, place them in a dish, not allowing them to touch each other, strew powdered sugar over them, and a little APP (22) APP swcot wine w-ith some thin lemon-rindApples, Baked in it. Cover the dish, and bake in a slow oven. Time to hake, three-quarters of an horn-. Sufficient, one apple for each person. Probable cost. Id. each. Apples, Baked (another way). — Take eight or nine good baking applesApples, Baked (another way) : ■\\ipe them carefully, and place them in a shallow earthen- ware dish, haK an inch apart. Put them in a genfle oven, cook them as slowly as possible, and do not allow them to burst. When quite tender, set them aside to cool, and serve ^vith sifted sugar. Time to bake, three-quarters of an hour. Probable cost, 6d. Allow one for each person. Apples (Baked) for Children.— Take Apples (Baked) for Children