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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.
Apples may bo also stored in boxes or jars, care being taken in packing the fruit, that it is not bruised or injui-ed, and that every apple is quite sound. The aii- must be excluded from the cases as much as possible. Apples, Red Hot.— Take a quantity of Keswick codlings, jmred, cored, and cut in quarters. Stew them in a little water, but not so long as to allow them to become pulp. Sweeten amply with pounded loaf sugar, and flavour to taste, with ca3'enne pepper ; colour with cochinealApples, Red Hot. Apples (Red) with Jelly.— Take half a dozen very fine api)les. Pare and core with- out di\-iding them, and put them in a saucepan with a pint of water, the rind of a lemon, and half a pound of loaf sugar. Place them on the fire and stew them very gently until the apples are quite tender, then lift them out and lay them in a glass dish. Boil the sugar and water with a little melted isinglass until it jeUies, then strain it, adding a few drops of prepared cochineal, and put it aside. ^Vhen it is quite cold, lay it in rock-hke pieces among the apples, and garnish the dish with sprigs of myrtleApples (Red) with Jelly, the white of egg beaten to a froth, &c. kc. Time to simmer the apples, about three-quarters of an horn. This fonns a very pretty supper cUsh. Sufficient for live or sisc persons. Probable cost, l^. Apples (Souflie of) in Rice. — Put into a saucepan a quart of new milk, a cupful of rice, the rind of half a Ipmon, a piece of butter the size of a nut, and sugar to taste. Let it simmer very gently until the milk is absorbed and the rice quite tender. Beat it well for foiu' or fire minutes ; brush the border of a good- sized dish with white o£ egg to make the rice adhere, then laj' it roimd in a border about four inches wide. Take a breakfast-cnp- fid of applo jam, and mix wiiii it a piece of butter, melted, the size of an egg, and the well-beaten j-olks of three eggs. Stir this over the fire gently for a few minutes, then add the whites of four eggs whisked to a frothApples (Souffle of) in Rice. Fill the dish, and bake in a good oven imtil the souffle rises. Serve immediately. Time to bake, aboixt half an howr. Sufiicient for six persons. Probable cost, Is. 8d. Apples, Stewed.— Apples are very nice- pared, cored, sliced, and gently stewed with a httle white wine, sugar, and flaroiu-ing. They arc quickly prepared, served with custard are a pleasant substitute for apple pie, and are an agreeable adclition to the tea-table. They may be mixed with plums or other fruit. Time to stew, a quarter of an hour. Apples, Stewed for Dessert.— Wipe carefully six or eight large apples. Place them in a saucepan with half a pound of sugar, a few cloves, the rind and jmce of a lemon, and a pint and a half of watei-. Let them simmer at the side of the fire until the apples are tender but not broken. Lift them out with a spoon, and lay them in a glass dish. Strain the juice, then let it boil a few minutes longer to reduce it. When almost cold, jjour it over the apples. Invalids find apples stewed in this- way much more tender than if simjjly baked. Time to stew, about thi-ee houi's. Apples, Stewed in Halves.— Pare, Apples, Stewed