Pistachio Cake

Ingredients

• 1 pound of pistachio nuts
• 1 egg
• a very small quantity of grated lemon-peel
• whites of 10 eggs
• yolks of 10 eggs
• half a pound of castor sugar

Method

1. 1

   Blanch and pound the pistachio nuts with an egg and lemon-peel.

2. 2

   Whisk the egg whites to a stiff froth, beat with yolks and sugar, mix with the nuts, put in a buttered mould, and bake in a moderately heated oven for about an hour.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wholesome cookery (1887) by Marie de Joncourt, page 82. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

yolks of 4 eggs, and the whites of 2, some chopped candied peel, a few drops of essence of vanilla. Mix all this into a very smooth paste, and let it stand three- quarters of an hour. Place it on a flat tin with raised .sides, rub it over with beaten egg, and bake till cooked. 549. — Madeleine Cakes. Quarter of a pound of flour, quarter of a pound of butter, quarter of a pound of sifted sugar, 2 eggs, a little grated lemon-peel or essence of vanilla. If the butter is hard, melt it slightly ; beat it to a cream ; now add the sugar, beat it in well ; next beat in one weU-beaten egg ; then add the flour by slow degrees ; lastly, the other well-beaten egg. Mix all very thoroughly. Have some small buttered moulds or SUNBEIES. 227 patty pans, pour in the mixture, and bake in a brisk oven until they are a rich gold colour. 550. — Plain Plum Cake. 8 ounces of flour, 5 ounces of butter (or 2^ ounces of butter and 2i ounces of dripping), 5 ounces of currants, 5 ounces of sultana raisins, 1 ounce of candied peel, 1 ounce of Jordan almonds flnely cut up, teaspoonful of baking powder, 4^ ounces of brown sugar, and 3 eggs. Mix aU these ingredients very thoroughly together, and bake 2 hours in a slow oven. 550a. — Pistachio Cake. 1 pound of pistachio nuts j blanch them ; pound them in a mortar Avith 1 egg, and a very small quantity of grated lemon-peel. Whisk up the whites of 10 eggs to a stifl" froth, beat it up Avith the 10 yolks and half a pound of castor sugar

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