Mix one yery full hand of flour, or two handfals for an
upper and an under crust, and a little salt. Some time before
making the pastry, place lard in a bowl with a good piece of ice
and water. When the lard is very firni, take one heaping table-
spoon of lard to each handf ul of flour. Mix quickly with a
spoon and handle as little as possible, that the heat of the hand
may not affect it. Wet with the ice water just soft enough to
roll easily. Use a good deal of flour in rolling and a heavy
rolling pin, and fold and roll the crust twice. Bake in a well-
heated oven. Pastry is best baked as quickly as poesible, with-
out turning.
Apple Pie
Slice the apples and rinse them in cold water. Set on the
stove with a very little sugar and stew until they are half dono.
Place in the crust, add water, and bake. When done, with a
sharp knife remove the upper crust, sweeten to taste, add a good-
sized piece of butter, and if desired, nutmeg✪ Apple Pie. Return the crust,
and when^cold sift over the pie powdered sugar.
To prepare Fruit for Pies
Always stew the fruit before placing it in a pie or a crust.
Sugar and flavor and sprinkle over it a little flour before putting
on the upper crust.
Oream Pie
Pour one pint of cream over one cup of sugar. Add the
beaten whites of four eggs and a pinch of salt. Flavor with
nutmeg✪ Cream Pie and bake without an upper crust. ^
Lemon Pie
Dissolve two tablespoons of corn-starch in a little cold water
and stir it into one pint of boiling water. Beat well the yolks
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of three eggs with half a cup of granulateci sugar, add the
grated rind of one lemon and the juice of two lemons✪ Lemon Pie, and stir
into the corn-starch. Line a pie dish with pastry, fili with the
lemon mixture, and bake in a moderate oyen. Beat the whites
of the eggs to a stiff froth with half a cup of sugar, flavor with
lemon. Spread the meringue over the pie and place in a quick
oven long enough to become a delicate brown.
Ij0inon PÌ6
Orate the rind and squeeze the juice of two largo lemons, add
three cups of sugar, four eggs, yolks and whites beaten sepa-
ratela, four tablespoons of flour, two teacups of water, and the
last thing the whites of the eggs. Bake without an upper
crust.
Lemon Pie
First grate the rind of a fine largo lemon, take out the pulp
and chop it with a chopping knife. Then mix one cup of water,
one cup of sugar (or half a cup of molasses and half a cup of
sugar), one tablespoon of flour dissolved, and set this mixture
in a pot of hot water over the fire to thicken, stirring constantly.
When well thickened, pour it over the chopped lemon. After
it cools a little, add one beaten egg. Bake in a deep pan with
both upper and under crust. Make a rich pastry for it.
Orango Pie
Takotwo fine oranges and grate the rind and ali except the
leathery dividing skin of the centro, carefully taking out ali
the seeds. Add one cup of sugar, three tablespoons of cream,
and the yolks of three eggs. Make a meringue of the whites
of the eggs✪ Orango Pie and a little sugar. Bake with an under crust*
878 MRS. SEELT'8 COOK BOOK
Potato Pie ✪ Potato Pie
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Mix one yery full hand of flour, or two handfals for an upper and an under crust, and a little salt. Some time before making the pastry, place lard in a bowl with a good piece of ice and water. When the lard is very firni, take one heaping tablespoon of lard to each handful of flour. Mix quickly with a spoon and handle as little as possible, that the heat of the hand may not affect it. Wet with the ice water just soft enough to roll easily. Use a good deal of flour in rolling and a heavy rolling pin, and fold and roll the crust twice. Bake in a wellheated oven. Pastry is best baked as quickly as possible, without turning.
Apple Pie
Slice the apples and rinse them in cold water. Set on the stove with a very little sugar and stew until they are half dono. Place in the crust, add water, and bake. When done, with a sharp knife remove the upper crust, sweeten to taste, add a good-sized piece of butter, and if desired, nutmeg. Return the crust, and when cold sift over the pie powdered sugar.
To prepare Fruit for Pies
Always stew the fruit before placing it in a pie or a crust. Sugar and flavor and sprinkle over it a little flour before putting on the upper crust.
Oream Pie
Pour one pint of cream over one cup of sugar. Add the beaten whites of four eggs and a pinch of salt. Flavor with nutmeg and bake without an upper crust. ^
Lemon Pie
Dissolve two tablespoons of corn-starch in a little cold water and stir it into one pint of boiling water. Beat well the yolks
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of three eggs with half a cup of granulateci sugar, add the grated rind of one lemon and the juice of two lemons, and stir into the corn-starch. Line a pie dish with pastry, fili with the lemon mixture, and bake in a moderate oven. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth with half a cup of sugar, flavor with lemon. Spread the meringue over the pie and place in a quick oven long enough to become a delicate brown.
Lemon Pie
Grate the rind and squeeze the juice of two largo lemons, add three cups of sugar, four eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately, four tablespoons of flour, two teacups of water, and the last thing the whites of the eggs. Bake without an upper crust.
Lemon Pie
First grate the rind of a fine largo lemon, take out the pulp and chop it with a chopping knife. Then mix one cup of water, one cup of sugar (or half a cup of molasses and half a cup of sugar), one tablespoon of flour dissolved, and set this mixture in a pot of hot water over the fire to thicken, stirring constantly. When well thickened, pour it over the chopped lemon. After it cools a little, add one beaten egg. Bake in a deep pan with both upper and under crust. Make a rich pastry for it.
Orango Pie
Take two fine oranges and grate the rind and ali except the leathery dividing skin of the centro, carefully taking out ali the seeds. Add one cup of sugar, three tablespoons of cream, and the yolks of three eggs. Make a meringue of the whites of the eggs and a little sugar. Bake with an under crust*
Potato Pie
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