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La cuisine creole

1885

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Presented as published in 1885. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Take the yolks of ten eggs; add to them ten table- spoonfuls of pulverized sugar, three pints of new milk. and one pint of the best brandyEgg-Nog ( whiskey will do) . Beat up the whites the last thing, and stir in, af ter the liquor is poured in. 186 LA CUISINE CREOLE. PUDDINGS, PIBS AND ^INC69I6AT. DntEOTIONS FOE MAKIN6 AND BAKING PIBS^ TAETS^ ETC. The delicacy of pastry dépends as mueh upon th^ baking as the making, therefore strict attention should be paid to the f oUowing directions : Pnff paste requires a quîck, even heat ; a hot oven wîll curl the paste and scorch it. Tart paste or short paste requires a degree less of heat. For raised or light crust, the oven may be heated as for puflf paste. When baking with coal, if the fire is not brisk enongh do not put on more coal, but add a stick or two of hard wood ; or if nearly done^ put in a stick of pine wood. FAMILY PIE OBUST^ SHORT. Put a pound of sifted flour into a bowl, work into if half a pound of sweet lard or beef drippings, with a dessertspoonf ul of sait. When it is thoroughly mixed put to it enough cold water to bind together. Flour the paste slab, or table, and roUing pin. Take a part of the paste and roU it to less than a quarter of an inch in thickness. This will be quite rich enough for health oi taste. A bit of volatile salts, the size of a small nutm^^ dissolved in a little hot water and put to the paste, will make it more light and délicate. LA CUISINE CREOLE. 187 FINEST PUFF PASTB^ FOE PUFPS. Heap one pound of flour în the centre of the bread* board, or slab ; make a hoUow în the centre ; break one egg into ity then add a teaspoonf ul of sait and a pièce of bntter the sîze of an egg. Mix thèse lîghtly together wîth a little cold water, adding the water a lîttle at a time^ nntil the flonr is made a nice paste; work it together, and roU ît ont to half an inch în thîckness. Then divide a ponnd of bntter in six parts, spread onô part over the paste, then f old it and roll it ont again, nntil yon can perceîve the bntter throngh ; then spread over another part, fold it np, and roll ont again, and so continue nntil ail the bntter is nsed, and the paste has been worked over six times. It is now ready for making into pies, pnflfs or any other pnrpose. Flonr the slab and roUing-pin, and roll it ont to a qnarter of an inch in thickness. A! marble slab and roUing-pin are best for pastry, and mnch more durable than wood. Af ter nsing them, scrape them clean, wash them flrst with cold water, then pour scalding water over them, and wipe them dry. H!ave a sieve ready to sif t any flonr you may wish to use ; this is but little trouble or dday and it is always best to sift flour. To gild pastry, wet it over when nearly doue, with the yolk of an egg beaten with a Uttle milk. PIB-OEUST. Three and a half cups of flour, one cup of sweet lard, one teaspoonf ul of sait, one teaspoonful of baking pow- der, and a cupf ul of very cold water. Mix with a knif e, using the hands as little as possible. BoU and eut af ter the crust is on the pie-plate. 188 LA CUISINE CREOLE. BUTTEBMIIiK PIB-CRUST — ^VBBY WHOLESOME. Take a pint of buttermilk, add one large teacupf ul of lard, one teaspoonf ul of saitFinest Puff Paste for Puffs, and a teaspoonf ni of soda and flour enough to form a soft dongh. Mix the lard and flour by rubbing them together; then add the othei ingrédients. This is a tender and good pie-crust. i BOILED DUMPLING CRUST WITHOUT LABD OE BUTTEE — FOE DYSPBPTICS. Boiled Dumpling Crust Without Lard or Butter