Maids of Honour

Ingredients

• two large lemons
• a quarter of a pound of finely-powdered sugar
• a quarter of a pound of butter
• the yolks of four eggs
• the juice of one lemon

Method

1. 1

   Rub lemon rind with sugar, add powdered sugar, butter, egg yolks, and lemon juice in a stewpan.

2. 2

   Beat while on moderate heat until thickened, but do not boil.

3. 3

   Cool, make puff paste, fill patty-pans, and bake in a moderate oven for twenty minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Roundell's Practical cookery book (1898) by Roundell, Charles Mrs, page 329. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Maids of Honour. — (This is the original recipe for the Lemon Cheesecakes for which Richmond was famous more than a century ago) : — Rub the rind of two large lemons with sugar ; scrape off the sugar into a basin as it becomes wet with the lemon essence. Add a quarter of a pound of finely-powdered sugar, a quarter of a pound of butter, the yolks of four eggs, and the juice of one lemon

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