A Mehlspeise

Ingredients

• ½ lb. of the finest flour
• ½ pint of cold milk
• the yolks of four eggs
• 4 ozs. of butter
• 4 ozs. of sugar
• the whites of eight eggs
• two lemons

Method

1. 1

   Stir flour into milk until smooth.

2. 2

   Add yolks, butter, and sugar, and heat until creamy.

3. 3

   Cool, then add more yolks and beaten whites.

4. 4

   Layer in a mould with lemon slices and sugar, and bake for half an hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery and housekeeping (1882) by Reeve, Henry Mrs., page 154. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

A Mehlspeise. (German Recipe.) Stir \ lb. of the finest flour into \ a pint of cold milk (or more if necessary), till the substance becomes like a cream, and perfectly smooth. Then add the yolks of four eggs ; 4 ozs. of butter well washed ; 4 ozs. of sugar ; and stir all well into a cream over the fire. Take it off the fire, and when cold add six yolks of eggs. Stir again well (it must be quite smooth), then beat the whites of eight eggs into a snow, and add this likewise. Butter a round flattish mould ; put in a layer of this mixture. Peel two lemons

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