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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.
(9) Remove the seeds of two Lemons, and finely chop the rinds and pulps ; mix them with 1 teacupful of flour, 1 4 breakfast-cupfuls of sugar, loz. of butter, one beaten egg, and 1 breakfast-cupful of waterLemon Pie with Flour. Line a buttered pie-dish with short-paste, fill it with the mixture, cover the top with paste, trim off round the edges (which damp with water and pinch together), and bake the pie in a quick oven. When cooked, dust caster sugar over, stand the pie- dish on another dish, and serve. Lemon Points. —Cut fresh Lemons in thin slices ; divide each slice into halves, then again into quarters, not quite dividing them in the centre for double points, quite divid- ing for single points. They are used for garnishing salads, minces, calls head, and other dishes. Lemon Posset. — (1) Squeeze and strain the juice of three Lemons into a large china bowl (one that will hold 2qts.), add sugar to the Lemon- juice till it is a syrup, and put 1 dessert- spoonful of brandy into it. Boil 14 pints of cream together with a small piece of Lemon-peelLemon Posset, and when the cream boils take it from the fire and let it stand till cold, taking out the bit of Lemon-peel. When the cream is quite cold, pour it from a jug held high over the bowl with the. Lemon- juice in it. Do not dash it in all at once but pour from the spout of the jug. Let it stand till the following day, and it is ready for use. (2) Trim off the crust of a penny stale French roll, grate the crumb finely, put it into a saucepan with the grated rind of a small Lemon, pour in breakfast-cupfuls of water, and boil the mixture until thick. Next beat it up well with a wooden spoon and mix in the strained juice of the Lemon and 1 pint of light French wine. Blanch and pound 4oz. of Jordan almonds, add them to the above mixture, sweeten to taste with caster sugar, and flavour with a few drops of orange-flower waterLemon and Almond Mixture. Turn the mixture into a china bowl and serve with a dish of macaroons. For details respecting Culinary Processes, Utensils , Sauces, efcc., referred to, see under their special heads. 848 TEE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL COOKERY. Lemons — continued. Lemon Pralines. — Cut {lb. of candied Lemon-peel into pieces lin. long and :] in. thick. Boil ]{lb. of pn serving- sugar to the half crack, throw in the peel, and stir it with a wooden spoon over a clear fire, turning the peel over and over to thoroughly coat it with the sugar; when a crackling noise is heard, the pan should he moved to the side of the fire; continue stirring till the sugar becomes grained almost like sand, then turn the peel out on a baking-sheet to cool. Pick out the peel, put the sugar again in the sugar-boiler with { pint of 32deg. syrup ( see Syrups), add a few drops of carmine or cochineal, and boil to the small crack ( see SUGAR-BOILING), then throw in the peel, stirring gently to give them another coating. Give the peel one or two more coatings in the same man- ner. When done, turn the pralines on a sieve to dry ; then break asunder, put them in well-stoppered glass jars, and keep in a dry place.