Orange and Walnut Drops

Ingredients

• | lb. granulated sugar
• 1 oz. butter
• 1 gill milk
• 2 oz. shelled walnuts
• 1 small orange

Method

1. 1

   Put sugar and milk into a saucepan, stir over the fire until dissolved.

2. 2

   Add strained juice and grated rind of orange, boil to 240° F.

3. 3

   Add chopped nuts, butter, and colouring.

4. 4

   Allow to cool slightly, beat until creamy, drop spoonfuls on an oiled tin or wax paper, and allow to set.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 983. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 oz. butter. 3 whites of eggs. Wafer paper. Put the sugar, milk or cream, and glucose into a saucepan, stir until melted, and boil to the “hard boil,” about 250° F. Then remove the saucepan from the fire, add the butter, the grated or finely-chopped rind and the strained juice of the orange, and the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth. Return to the fire, and boil the mixture until it again reaches 245°, and has become a pale brown colour. Mix in the almonds, and pour quickly into a shallow box lined with wafer paper. Put another piece of wafer paper on the top, and set aside until cold. Then turn out and cut in pieces as required. 2956. White Nougat with Nuts \ lb. granulated sugar. | pt. water. 1 oz. gelatine. 1 tea-sp. glucose. 1 or 2 whites of eggs. lb. shelled walnuts. 1 tea-sp. almond essence. Juice of h lemon. Put the sugar, water, and gelatine into a saucepan, and allow them to melt by the side of the fire. Add the glucose, and Btir until boiling. Then boil quickly for 7 or 8 minutes, stirring all the time. Remove the saucepan from the fire, and let the mixture cool slightly. Add the white of egg beaten to a stiff froth, the walnuts roughly chopped, and the flavouring. Mix them in, and stir occasionally until the mixture begins to set, and the heavier portion no longer sinks to the bottom. Grease a tin, or box, dust it out with com starch and sugar mixed ; pour in the nougat, and leave it in a cool place for 12 hours. Then cut it in neat pieces, and, if not to be served at once, wrap in wax paper. 2957. Orange and Walnut Drops | lb. granulated sugar. J oz. butter. 1 gill milk. 2 oz. shelled walnuts. 1 small orange

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