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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
(5) Beat four eggs in a basin together with 2 table- spoonfuls of finely-grated breadcrumbs, mix in 1 teacupful of cream, 2oz. of wrrmed butter, the grated peel and the strained juice of one Lemon, sweeten to taste with caster sugar, anil beat the mixture well. Butter some patty-pans, line them with a good putt’ paste, three-parts fill them with the above mixture, and bake in a moderate oven. When cooked, take the cn.kes out of the tins, arrange them on a hot dish over which has been spread a folded napkin or an ornamental dish-paper, and serve. (6) Grate four stale Savoy biscuits into a basin and mix with them the grated rind and strained juice of two large For details respecting Culinary Processes, Utensils, Sauces, Jcc., referred to, see under their special heads. 840 TEE ENCYCLOPEDIA OP PRACTICAL COOKERY. Lemons — continued. Lemons, 4oz. of moist sugar, and -jib- of butter. Beat four eggs well, and stir them in with the above ingredients. Turn the whole into a lined stewpan, and stir it over a slow fire with a wooden spoon until thickened, then move to the side. Butter some patty-pans, line them with a good puff paste, put 1 table-spoonful of the mixture in each, and bake in a brisk oven for about twenty minutes. When cooked, put the cheese cakes on a folded napkin or a fancy dish-paper spread over a dish, and serve hot or cold. See Fig. 10G1. (7) Boil a Lemon until tender, then drain, put it in a wooden mortar, and pound, draining off all the juice ; mix with the Lemon Jib. of caster sugar and Jib. of butter. Beat the yolks of five eggs thoroughly, then mix with the above ingredients and beat the whole well together. Butter some small tartlet-tins, line them with puff paste, half fill each with the above mixture, and bake in a moderate oven; they may be served either hot or cold. (8) Mix and gently melt Jib. each of sugar and butter; add the yolks of two eggs and the white of one, the grated rinds of three and the juice of one and a half Lemons, one small Savoy or sponge biscuit, some ground almonds, and 3 table-spoonfuls of brandy. Mix well, and bake in rich paste, either as an open tart or tartlet. Iietnon-Cheese-Cake Mixture. — Put Jib. of butter into a lined saucepan with 21b. of loaf sugar, the grated rinds of six and the strained juice of eight Lemons. Beat a dozen eggsLemon Cheese Cake Mixture well, pour them in with the ab >ve ingredients, and stir the whole gently over a slow fire until very thick. Turn the mixture into jars, leave it until cold, then cover with paper, and tie down. The above Lemon mixture may be kept between two and three years in a dry store-cup- board.