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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.
German Frying Batter.— Thoroughly mix six ounces of flour with one ounce of melted, but not oiled, butter, the yolk of an egg, and two table-spoonfuls of water. Add a pinch of salt, and, verj' gradually, a quarter of a pint of mild aleGerman Frying Batter. Beat the ingredieiits with a wooden spoon till they are smoothly blended. This batter is better for being made two or three hours before it is wanted. Just before using, add the white of an egg, beaten to a solid froth. Time, twenty minutes to pre- pare. Probable cost, 3d. for this quantity. Sufficient for about one and a half or two pounds of meat or vegetables. German Konglauffe. — Work ten ounces of fresh butter to a cream. Mix with it a quarter of a pound of loaf sugar, which has been well-rubbed on a large lemon, and after- wards poimded, half a tea-spoonful of salt, half a nutmeg, grated, four ounces of fine flour, and two eggs, well beaten. Work these ingredients together for a few minutes, then add three- quarters of a pound more flour, two whole eggs, and the yolks of fouGerman Konglauffer. These should be put in gradually. Dissolve three-quarters of an ounce of German yeast in a small tea-cupful of luke- Avarmmilk. Work this in with the rest. Butter a quart mould. Blanch and slice four ounces of sweet almonds, put them in neat layers round the inside of the mould, pour in the mixture, and bake in a moderate oven. As soon as the konglaiiife is sufficiently baked, turn it out, strew a little powdered cinnamon over it, and return it to the oven for three or four minutes. Time to bake, about an hour and a half. Pro- bable cost, 2s. 2d. Sufficient for a quart mould. German Onion Beef. — Put four or five pounds of the thin end of the flank of beef into a stewpan, with sufficient water to cover it, one dessert-spoonful of salt and a little mushn bag containing one dozsn bruised cloves, two dozen peppercorns, one bay-leaf, and the thin rind of a large lemon. Simmer gently for forty minutes. Add eight large onions, cut into slicesGerman Onion Beef, and GER (250) GEB isimmer again till tlicy arc tender. Eemovo the scum carefully as it rises. Take out the muslin bag, and thicken the gravy with one tahlc-spoon- f ul of flour, mixed with two of cold water. IServe ■on a hot dish, and place the meat in the same 4isli with the onions, «S:c. Time, an houi- and a quarter. Prohahlo cost, beef, 9d. per lb. Suf- ficient for six or eight persons. Gsrinail Paste. — Mix one pound of fine fiour with two ounces of pounded sugar, a pinch •of salt, and the grated rind of half a lemon. Hub in half a pound of butter, and make it into a smooth paste with the yolks of two eggs beaten with a table-spoonful of water. Roll the paste out in thin sheets, and fold it over two or three times. If intended for fruit pies or tarts, the sugar is .better omitted. Time, twenty minutes to pre- pare. Probable cost, lOd. for this quantity. German Pudding, Baked. — Put a German Paste