Orange Cheese Cakes

Ingredients

• 2 large oranges
• ^ lb. of sugar
• ; 6 yolks of eggs
• ; fib. of fresh butter
• ; f glass of brandy
• ; f glass of sherry
• ; puflf paste for lining patty pans

Method

1. 1

   Boil the peel of two large oranges in three waters to take off the bitter taste, and until it is tender.

2. 2

   Pound in a mortar with a quarter of a pound of loaf sugar, the yolk of six eggs, half a pound of fresh butter, half a glass of brandy, and the same of sherry.

3. 3

   Eat fine, pound, and mix all together.

4. 4

   Lay a puff paste round your patty pans, then half fill with the above mixture, and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Savouries and sweets suitable for luncheons and dinners (1886) by Mary L. Allen, page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Orange Cheese Cakes. For Twelve or Fourteen Tarts. — 2 large oranges ; ^ lb. of sugar; 6 yolks of eggs; fib. of fresh butter; f glass of brandy ; f glass of sherry ; puflf paste for lining patty pans

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