Richmond Maids of Honor

Ingredients

• One cupful of sweet milk
• one of sour
• one of sugar
• a lemon
• the yolks of four eggs
• a speck of salt

Method

1. 1

   Put all the milk in the double boiler and cook until it curds; then strain.

2. 2

   Rub the curd through a sieve.

3. 3

   Beat the sugar and yolks of eggs together, and add the rind and juice of the lemon and the curd.

4. 4

   Line little patty pans with puff or chopped paste, rolled very thin.

5. 5

   Put a large spoonful of the mixture in each one, and bake from fifteen to twenty minutes in a moderate oven.

6. 6

   Do not remove from the pans until cold.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's new cook book and marketing guide (1880) by Maria Parloa, page 155. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Richmond Maids of Honor. In the little town of Richmond, England, is a small pastry shop widely known for its cheese cakes. It is said that the original recipe tor them was furnished by a maid of Queen Elizabeth, who had a palace at Richmond. In the neigh- boring city of London the cakes are in great demand, and the popular opinion there is that the only place to get them is the shop mentioned, where they are made somewhat as follows : One cupful of sweet milk, one of sour, one of sugar, a lemon, the yolks of four eggs, a speck of salt

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