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1892

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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.
Lemon Cordial. —Macerate for one week 2oz. each of fresh and dried Lemon-peel and loz. of fresh orange-peel in 1 gall, of proof spirit. Filter this off and press the peel. Dissolve 31b. of loaf sugar in 1 gall, of distilled waterLemon Cordial and add this to the spirit. A little orange-flower or rose-water improves this cordial. Lemon Cream. — (1) Well beat the yolks of two eggs, add to them 1 pint of thick cream, Jib. of caster sugar, and the thin rind of a LemonLemon Cream; turn all into a saucepan, boil up once, remove from the fire, and stir till cold. Squeeze the juice of the Lemon on a dish, pour over the cream, and serve. (2) Rub off the zest of a Lemon with lumps of sugar, put them into a bowl with 2 breakfast-cupfuls of cream, whip until dissolved, and add more sugar and Lemon-juice to taste. Dissolve Joz. of isinglass in a little hot water and let it cool. When thick add it to the Lemon cream, turn all into a mould, and let it set before turning out. (3) Mix the grated peel of three Lemons with 1 pint of rich cream, then strain in the juice of the three Lemons and sweeten to taste with caster sugar. Whisk the cream until very thick, then put it in a cool place for one night. The next day, put a few sponge cakes in the centre of a glass dish, and baste them with 3 or 4 wineglassfuls of white wine. When the cakes are well soaked with the wine, pour the cream round, and serve. (4) Put 1 heaped table-spoonful of arrowroot in a basin and mix it smoothly together with a small quantity of cold water, then stir in gradually 1 pint of boiling water. Pour the arrowroot into an enamelled saucepan and stir it with a wooden spoon over a gentle fire. When boiled for a few minutes, move the saucepan to the edge of the fire and mix in the strained juice of half a Lemon, a small quantity of grated Lemon-peel, and loaf sugar to taste. Beat the -whites of six eggs well, but without frothing, mix them quickly in with the cream, stir for a few minutes, then strain the cream through a fine hair sieve. Serve it when cold in small glasses. (5) Beat the whites of two eggs and one whole one together, put them into a saucepan with J pint of water, Jib. of caster sugar, and the strained juice of two Lemons. When the ingredients are well mixed, place the saucepan over a gentle fire, and stir continually in one direction ; when hot put into the cream the thinly-pared rind of one Lemon, stir it over the fire till on the point of boiling, then remove at once. Strain the cream into a basin and leave till cold. This cream is delicious eaten with either stewed fruit or fruit tarts. (6) Put 1 pint of thick cream in a lined saucepan with 4oz. of caster sugar and the thinly-pared rind of a Lemon, For details respecting Culmary Processes, Utensils, Sauces, dec., referred, to, see under their special heads. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL COOKERY. 841 Lemons — continued. and place it over a gentle fire. Beat the yolks of two eggs, mix them with the cream, moving the saucepan to the side of the fire, and stir until thickened. Squeeze the juice of a LemonLemon Cream into a dish, strain the cream over it, and heat lightly until cold. The cream is then ready for serving.