Madeira Wine Jelly. — This very agree-
able and excellent jelly takes its name from the
wine used. The stock for it is made from
calves' feet, and precisely m. the same manner
as the ordinary caLf's-foot jelly {see Calf's Foot
Jelly). To a quart of the jelly, clarified, add
half a pint or more of madeira, and a glass
of brandy ; but as this will reduce the strength,
a little isinglass, also clarified, say about half
an ounce, -will give it the necessary firmness.
Time, one hour.
Madonna Pudding.— Put three-quarters
of a pound of bread-crumbs into a basin with
eight ounces of finely-shred suet, and the same
weight of good powdered sugar. Beat up an
egg with a large table-spoonful of brandy, add
these, with the grated rind of a large lemon✪ Madonna Pudding, to
the ingredients in the basin. Beat the mixture
imtil it is smooth, with a wooden spoon. If
labour be not spared in this respect, the pudding
-will be a success. Fill a buttered moiild, and
boil steadily. Time, an hour to boil ; to beat,
twenty minutes. Probable cost, about Is. 2d.
Sufficient for four or five persons.
Madras Curry {see Curry, Madras).
Magdalen Cake. — Beat well ten fresh
eggs, and again beat with them eight ounces of
finely-powdered sugar. Turn six ounces of
butter to a cream with the hand, and mix the
eggs very gradually with it ; lastly, add, lightly
and at intervals, steadily stirring the mixture,
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eight ounces of fine flour, well dried. Blanch
and slice thinly two ounces of sweet alnionds,
and the same of candied orange-peel✪ Magdalen Cake. Stir the
orange-peel into the mass, but scatter the
ahnonds over the inside of a buttered cake-tin,
which fill with the mixture, putting more
almonds over the top. The cake should be put
into the oven quickly. Time, about an hour
to bake; half an hour to beat the mixture.
Probable cost, 2s.
Magentas. — Break twelve fresh eggs, but
separate the yolks from the whites. Put the
yolks into a large bowl, and whip up eight of
the whites in a basin. Add to the yolks two
©unces of bitter almonds, blanched and pounded,
half the weight of bruised orange-flowers, and
a pound of fine sugar. Mash these ingredients
-with a wooden spoon, working them briskly for
some time, when their appearance should be
creamy and as smooth as custard. Now mix in
three-quarters of a pound of fine flour with six
ounces of butter, dissolved, but not oiled, and,
lastly, the frothed whites of the eggs. Bake the
biscuits in small tins, well buttered and stre-RTi
with chopped almonds; cover also the top of
the biscuits with almonds and powdered sugar.
Bake in a moderate oven of a light colour.
'Time, half an hour. Probable cost. Is. 8d.
Magnum Bonum, or other large
Plums, Comopte of.— Take off the stalks,
and wipe the fruit. Simmer a pound of the
plums in a syrup, made >vith six ounces of
sugar . dissolved in half a pint of water, and
according to the variety and acidity of fruit,
add more sugar if required. Stew very gently
for twenty minutes. Time, ten minutes to boil
the syrup.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Madeira Wine Jelly. — This very agreeable and excellent jelly takes its name from the wine used. The stock for it is made from calves' feet, and precisely in the same manner as the ordinary caLf's-foot jelly {see Calf's Foot Jelly). To a quart of the jelly, clarified, add half a pint or more of madeira, and a glass of brandy ; but as this will reduce the strength, a little isinglass, also clarified, say about half an ounce, will give it the necessary firmness. Time, one hour.
Madonna Pudding.— Put three-quarters
of a pound of bread-crumbs into a basin with eight ounces of finely-shred suet, and the same weight of good powdered sugar. Beat up an egg with a large table-spoonful of brandy, add these, with the grated rind of a large lemon, to the ingredients in the basin. Beat the mixture until it is smooth, with a wooden spoon. If labour be not spared in this respect, the pudding will be a success. Fill a buttered moiild, and boil steadily. Time, an hour to boil ; to beat, twenty minutes. Probable cost, about Is. 2d. Sufficient for four or five persons.
Madras Curry {see Curry, Madras).
Magdalen Cake. — Beat well ten fresh eggs, and again beat with them eight ounces of finely-powdered sugar. Turn six ounces of butter to a cream with the hand, and mix the eggs very gradually with it ; lastly, add, lightly and at intervals, steadily stirring the mixture,
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eight ounces of fine flour, well dried. Blanch and slice thinly two ounces of sweet almonds, and the same of candied orange-peel. Stir the orange-peel into the mass, but scatter the almonds over the inside of a buttered cake-tin, which fill with the mixture, putting more almonds over the top. The cake should be put into the oven quickly. Time, about an hour to bake; half an hour to beat the mixture. Probable cost, 2s.
Magentas. — Break twelve fresh eggs, but separate the yolks from the whites. Put the yolks into a large bowl, and whip up eight of the whites in a basin. Add to the yolks two ounces of bitter almonds, blanched and pounded, half the weight of bruised orange-flowers, and a pound of fine sugar. Mash these ingredients with a wooden spoon, working them briskly for some time, when their appearance should be creamy and as smooth as custard. Now mix in three-quarters of a pound of fine flour with six ounces of butter, dissolved, but not oiled, and, lastly, the frothed whites of the eggs. Bake the biscuits in small tins, well buttered and strewn with chopped almonds; cover also the top of the biscuits with almonds and powdered sugar. Bake in a moderate oven of a light colour. 'Time, half an hour. Probable cost. Is. 8d.
Magnum Bonum, or other large Plums, Comopte of.— Take off the stalks, and wipe the fruit. Simmer a pound of the plums in a syrup, made with six ounces of sugar . dissolved in half a pint of water, and according to the variety and acidity of fruit, add more sugar if required. Stew very gently for twenty minutes. Time, ten minutes to boil the syrup.
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