Raspberry Tart

Ingredients

• a pint of freshly-gathered ripe raspberries
• two table-spoonfuls of sugar
• a piece of fresh butter the size of a large egg
• a table-spoonful of powdered sugar
• a table-spoonful of grated bread-crumbs
• two or three drops of almond flavouring
• the yolks of two eggs
• the whites of the eggs

Method

1. 1

   Put raspberries in a saucepan, sprinkle sugar over them, and shake over a gentle fire until juice flows.

2. 2

   Lift out raspberries, boil syrup until clear and thick, then pour out.

3. 3

   Beat butter to cream, add powdered sugar, bread-crumbs, almond flavouring, and yolks.

4. 4

   Mix thoroughly, then add whisked egg whites.

5. 5

   Line a tartlet-tin with pastry, cover with raspberries, pour syrup over, and spread mixture on top.

6. 6

   Bake in a brisk oven for 30-45 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1478. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

pint of freshly- gathered ripe rasj^berries. Put them into a saucepan, sprinkle two table-spoonfuls of sugar over them, and shake the saucepan over a gentle fire until the juice flows. Before the rasp- berries can fail, lift them out, boil the syrup till it is clear and thick, and pour it out. Beat to a cream a piece of fresh butter the size of a large egg. Add a table-spoonful of powdered BAS ( 709 ) HAS sugar, a t<able-spoonful of grated bread-crumbs, two or three drops of almond flavouring, and the yolks of two eggs. Beat the mixture thoroughly, then add the -whites of the eggs whisked to a froth. Line a tartlet-tin an inch deep with good pastry, cover this with the raspberries, pour the syrup over them, and spread the mixture on the top. Bake in a brisk oven. When the pastry is done enough, the cake is ready. Time to bake, half an hour to thi-ee-quarters of an hour. Probable cost, about Is. 4d. Sufficient for four or five persons. Raspberry Cream.— Pick one pint of raspberries. Bruise them well, and put them into a saucepan with three table-spoonfuls of powdered sugar

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