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Gooseberry Cakes

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 3

Time: about one hour to simmer the gooseberries.

Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 623. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

f of green gooseberries, picked and washed. Tie the cloth securely, lea%'ing plenty of room for the rice to swell, and boil for an hour and a half. Serve it with sweet sauce. Probable cost for this quantity, 6d. Sufiicicnt for six or seven persons. Gooseberry Cakes. — Put some green goosebemes in a jar. and place it in a sauce- pan of boiling water. Simmer until the fruit I is soft, then press it through a sieve, and mix one pound of powdered sugar, and the whites of | two egg

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