Pastry

Ingredients

• Ten ounces flour
• 6 ounces butter

Method

1. 1

   Mix with ice water with a silver knife and fork.

2. 2

   Roll out on a marble slab.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Colonial recipes, from old Virginia and Maryland manors (1907) by Maude A. Bomberger, page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

pastry. Seasoning may be wine and nutmeg instead of orange. Mrs. Duff Greene and Mrs. W. H. F. Lewis, The Rocks The Rocks 39 WHEN DE CO'N PONE'S HOT il Dey is times in life when Nature Seems to slip a cog an' go, Jes a-rattlin' down creation, Lak an ocean's overflow ; When de worl' jes stahts a-spinnin' Lak a pickaninny's top, An' yo' cup o' joy is brimmin' Twell it seems about to slop. An' you feel jes lak a racah Dat is trainin' fu' to trot — When yo' mammy ses de blessin' An' de co'n pone's hot." " I have heerd o' lots o' sermons, An' I've heerd o' lots o' prayers, An' I've listened to some singin' Dat has tuk me up de stairs Of de Glory-Lan' an' set me Jes' below de Mahster's th'one, An' have lef my hawt a-singin' In a happy aftah tone; But dem wu'ds so sweetly murmured Seem to tech de softes' spot, When my mammy ses de blessin' An' de co'n pone's hot." 4-0 The Rocks SOUTHERN CORN BREAD (The Rocks) One-half pint corn meal (white), § cup of sweet milk, § cup sour milk, i teaspoonful •soda, 3 eggs, a piece of lard one-half the size of an egg ; melt the lard ; beat the eggs very light before using. Bake in pans. Mrs. Mary Muse Lewis, The Rocks. WHITE LOAF CAKE (The Rocks) Whites of 8 eggs, 3 cups flour, 1 cup corn starch, 2\ cups sugar, 1 cup sour milk, 1 cup butter, 1 teaspoonful of soda, 2 teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar. MINCEMEAT {The Rocks) One pound beef, 2 pounds suet, 4 pounds sugar (brown if you can get it), 2 pounds currants, 3 pounds raisins, \ pound citron, \ pound dates and figs, 1 ounce mace, 1 ounce cloves, 3 pounds chopped apples. Boil beef The Rocks 41 and cut fine, chop suet, mix all together, and mix with French brandy, adding- wine when ready to use. Miss Anne Payne Lewis, « The Rocks. GHERKIN PRESERVES FOR DESSERT (The Rocks) Pick tender gherkins (burr cucumbers) and soak for 2 months in salt brine that bears an egg] then soak 4 days in water, pouring this off every day and pouring scalding water on them; then soak in alum water a day; then wash well. Green them in a copper kettle and take out the seeds. Preserve like other fruit, 1 pound of sugar to 1 pound of gherkins, add- ing lemons cut up. and mace. Serve with cream for dessert. Miss Anne Payne Lewis. pastry (The Rocks) Ten ounces flour, 6 ounces butter

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