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Perfection in baking

1895

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Presented as published in 1895. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Rub together to a froth one cup of butter, one and one-half cups of powdered sugar, the juice of half a lemon, or a little vanilla and the white of one eggMnrcl Snuee. If you have a bag and tube drop in little stars, or set on a plate, sprinkle with mace and put it on ice to harden. Rum Sfiuce. Mix together one-half quantity of hard sauce and one-half quantity of stock sauce, add one small glass of rumRum Sfiuce, let it boil lively ft r about five minutes, keeping it hot until served. Cren m Sa nee. Mix together, in a double boiler, one cup of fine sugar, one and one-half pints of cream and milk, one ounce of corn starch or two ounces of flour, one-half teaspoonful of salt and one tablespoonful of butter; stir occasionally, and when just starting to thicken remove and strain. Flavor with vanillaCren m Sa nee. Freneh Cream Snuee. Add a little cognac brandy to mixture for cream sauce. Yankee Sauce. Same as rum sauce, only add a little ground ginger and molasses. — 24 — Brnncly Snuee. Stir to a cream one cup of butter, one and one-half cups of sugar, one-half of grated nutmeg, one-half of the peel and the juice of one lemon; set on a good fire; add three eggs and one glass of brandyBrnncly Snuee. Let it boil about five minutes. This is a very fine sauce. Omelette Souffle. Take the yolks of six eggs, a little vanilla, one-quarter of a pound of sugar and one spoonful sweet cream; stir fifteen minutes; add quickly the whites of six eggs beaten very stiff; mix it very light; pour in a warm porcelain dish greased with butter, bake at once, not too slow. Dust a little fine sugar over it. Flavor with vanillaOmelette Souffle. Fritters. Fritters are frequently made with apples, peaches and other large fruits with this recipe: Dissolve one yeastcake in one pint warm milk; add one-quarter of a pound of sugar, salt, four eggs, two table- spoonfuls best olive oil and enough pastry flour to make a soft batter. Set to rise; then beat again, add a little nutmeg, throw in the fruitFritters, cover all with the batter, and fry in hot lard. Fritters with Baking Powder. The same proportions; instead of the yeast use one tablespoonful of baking powder, and mix shortly before using. A In y on n a is e. SALAD DRESSING. In a deep soup-plate place the yolks of four eggs, two teaspoon- fuks best ground mustard, three-quarters of a teaspoonful of salt, one- half teaspoonful cayenne pepper, and on@-half teaspoonful white pepper. With a large fork or spoon stir continually in one direction. With the other hand pour in slowly from time to time, from the bottle, the b^st oliv^e oil. As soon as it commences to bind and get stringy, add quickly a little lemon juice or vinegar. Keep stirring continually until three-fourths of a pint of oil, the juice of one lemonSalad Dressing, and one-half — 25 — gill of vinegar are used up. Stir up well, then place at once on ice. Some cooks make a big time about mayonnaise, but if everything is properly prepared there is no excuse for failure. Everything should be cold, especially the oil. Should the dressing break in spite of all, add quickly another yolk of egg, and stir, holding back the oil for a minute. Combination of Puddings and Sauces. Not every sauce corresponds with every pudding ; the following will be found to correspond well: