White Nougat

Ingredients

• a pound of almonds
• four ounces of white honey
• an ounce of castor sugar
• the stiffly beaten white of an egg

Method

1. 1

   Blanch and chop almonds.

2. 2

   Boil honey until it rolls into a ball, add sugar and beaten egg, cook until stiff, then stir in almonds.

3. 3

   Pour into a lined tray, press down, and let cool before cutting into blocks.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housewife's referee (1898) by Harriet Anne de Salis, University of Leeds Library, page 152. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

White Nougat. — Blanch a pound of almonds and chop. Pour four ounces of white honey in a new cup, set the cup in a kettle of water,' and boil until it will roll into a ball ; to this add an ounce of castor sugar, and the stiffly beaten white of an egg

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