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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.
Gauffres, riemish.— Beat the yolks of six eggs with one pound of line flour, mix thoroughly, and add lather more than a pint of milk, a quarter of a pound of butter, a small pinch of salt, and a tea-spoonful of yeast. Mix with a wooden spoon imtil the flour is quite smooth, and leave it three-quarters of an hour to rise ; then add a glass of brandy, and the white of the eggs beaten to a firm froth. Heat the gauffre-irons over or in a clear slow fire. When sufficiently hot, rub the inside with a little clarified butter or fresh lard, and fill one side of the ii-ons with a little of the batter. Bake a few minutes, and when the gaulfre is brightly browned on one side, turn the irons over to brown it on the other. The irons may j be ojiened a little, to see if it is done. Turn the gauifre out, rub the inside of the iron with ! a little more butter, and repeat this with each ; gauifre. Set the gauifres in a cool oven or 1 before the fire. Serve quite hot, and dust a little sugar over before serving. If any are left, they may be warmed again before the fire I or in the oven. Before attempting to make I gauffres it is well to see them made. Probable cost, Is. 3d. for this quantity. Sufficient, a dozen or eighteen for a dish. Gauffres, Flemish, (another way). — Dis- solve one oimce of yeast in half a pint of new milk ; mix twelve ounces of flour with the milk, and make it into a soft dough, which put to rise near the fire. Melt six ounces of butter ; add to it half an ounce of powdered sugar, the rind of two oranges rubbed off on some more sugar, which should also be poimded, two well-beaten eggs, and a little salt. When the sponge has risen to double its original quantity, mix the above ingredients well with it, adding half a pint of whipped cream, the yolks of four eggs, and the whites whisked to a firm froth. Mix the whites lightly with the batter, and cover again to rise. When ready, smear the gauifre-irons with clarified butter, fill with a spoon, and bake a bright yellow colour. Turn the gaulfre-irons that the batter may run into the other side, and set them over a charcoal tire. Let them be removed from the irons when done, trimmed, and then set in the oven or before a tire. Shake lemon, orange, or vanilla sugar over, and serve on a napkin. Ureat care must he taken to prevent the gauifres from getting too brown. Probable cost, 2s. 3d. for this quantity. Gelatine Jelly. — Where economy is a consideration, as it is in the majority of homes, pretty and palatable dishes may be made from gelatine. The objection to the use of this article is that it often imparts a gluey taste to the jelly, the only remedy for which is that care should be taken to obtain as good a quality of gelatine as possible, and not to use a larger quantity than is necessary for the timmess of the dish. Soak the gelatine in water until it swells ; this will be in about an hour. Dis- solve it in a little boiling water for a few minutes, add wine, lemon-juice, sugar, and flavouring according to taste, and pour into a damp mould. Keep it in a cool place until firmly set. If very stiff, it may be turned out more easily if dipped in boiling water for a moment. Probable cost, 6d. per quart packet. Geneva Buns