Cheesecakes, To Make Superior

Ingredients

• a spoonful of rennet
• a quart of milk
• a quarter of a pound of butter
• the same weight of sugar
• the yolks of four eggs
• the white of one
• one ounce of almonds
• a grated nutmeg
• half a glass of raisin wine
• six ounces of currants

Method

1. 1

   Put rennet into warm milk and stand it near the fire; strain the whey from the curds, breaking the curds gently.

2. 2

   Rub in butter, sugar, yolks, white, almonds, nutmeg, wine, and currants.

3. 3

   Line moulds with puff paste, fill with the mixture, and bake in a slow oven for fifteen minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for the million (1891), page 38. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHEESECAKES, To Make Superior.— Put a spoonful of rennet into a quart of milk and stand it near the fire ; strain the whey from the curds, breaking the latter gently with the fingers ; rub into the curds a quarter of a pound of butter, the same weight of sugar, the yolks of four eggs and the white of one, one ounce of almonds well beaten, a grated nutmeg, half a glass of raisin wine, and six ounces of currants

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