Compote of Chestnuts

Ingredients

• Thirty chestnuts
• lb. sugar
• 1 pint water
• 2 tablespoonfuls brandy
• 1 teaspoonful vanilla essence
• 1 pint whipped cream

Method

1. 1

   Scald and peel the chestnuts, and lay them in cold water till required.

2. 2

   Boil the sugar and water to a syrup, put the chestnuts in and stew gently till tender, keep stirring, then add the brandy and the vanilla; rub them through a sieve, put them before the fire to crisp; then lay in a crystal or silver dish, a layer of chestnuts and one of cream till you have used all, having cream uppermost.

3. 3

   Decorate with glace cherries.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Cameron's cookery book (1898) by Ida Cameron, page 61. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Compete of Chestnuts. Thirty chestnuts, £ lb. sugar, 1 pint water, 2 tablespoon - fuls brandy, 1 teaspoonful vanilla essence, 1 pint whipped cream. Scald and peel the chestnuts, and lay them in cold water till required. Boil the sugar and water to a syrup, put the chestnuts in and stew gently till tender, keep stir- ring, then add the brandy and the vanilla ; rub them through a sieve, put them before the fire to crisp; then lay in a crystal or silver dish, a layer of chestnuts and one of cream till you have used all, having cream uppermost. Decorate with glace cherries. Silk Pudding. Two oz. tapioca, 1J pints cold water, \ lb. red jam (rasp- berry or red currant jellies). Soak the tapioca all night in the cold water, next day add it to the jam ; pour into a pie- dish, and bake in the oven till cooked, about one hour. Stir occasionally. This can be eaten hot or cold. Serve with custard or cream. Cheese Cake Mixture. Four oz. butter, 4 oz. castor sugar, yolks of 12 eggs, juice of 2 lemons, rind of 1 grated, white of 1 egg beaten to a stiff froth. Work the butter to a cream, add the sugar, then the yolks one by one, stirring well, then the lemon juice and rind, add the crumbs of 1 sponge cake and the whisked white of egg lightly. Cherries in Marzipan. Half lb. ground almonds, 6 oz. French icing sugar, 1 tea- ^oonful orange flower water, 1 tablespoonful brandy,

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.