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The King's College Hospital book of cooking recipes

1907

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Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
•1 ozs putato (scrubbed, steamed and sieved), 2$ gilts mi le, .] teaspo.-n.fii0 saltPotato Butter (2). Melt half the butter and stir in the flour. Add the milk and Ding to the boil, stirring all the while. When it has boiled and cooked for .» minute-', remove from the fite. Allow to cool a little, and beat; in the potato and the remainder of the blitter gradually. Add the salt. Potato Toast. — 2 oz>. potato (scrubbed, steamed and sieved). 2 ozs. flour, t} teaspoonfui salt, | teaspoon iul baking powder, | gill waterPotato Toast. Mix the flour aid potato thoroughly'. Add the salt and the baking powder. M isten with the water and mix to a fairly stiff d ugh. Roll the parts out very thinly’, and cut it into squares- Place them on a biking sheet. Mark with the prongs of a fork and bake in the oven till a nice- light brown colour. B.vEAD MADE WITH FLOUR AND POTATOES. 7 Its. flour. 2^ lbs. potatoes (mealy'), steamed, peeled, mashed and sieved, 3 ozs. salt, About 4 pints tepid water, 2 ozs. yeast creamed with a little tepid waterBread Made with Flour and Potatoes. Warm the flour. Add potatoes warmed and the salt, mix all well. Make a well in the middle, pour in the yeast mixed with half the water. Work in a little of the flour with the fingers to make a smooth batter. Sprinkle this with some of the flour from the sides. C ver with a cloth, and put to rise in a warm place for a { hour. When the sponge is full of bubbles, pour in the rest of the warm wa er and knead in the rest of the flour. Continue to knead until the dough is quite smooth and does not stick to the hands. Cub deeply across t:ie surface. Cover with a cloth, and leav * in a warm kitchen to rise all night. Make it into loaves. Place in a warm place for a short time. Bake for about an hour. Wholemeal Bread.— 2^ lbs. wholemeal floui li lbs. potaioos (raw). About i pint waterWholemeal Bread, Wash and scrub the potatoes, then cut out the eye.-, and grate the potatoes without peeling them. Sift the flour into a mixing pan, make a well in the centre and place in the grated potatoes. Mix the yeast with a little tepid water into a thin paste add this and the salt to the potatoes, mix all, and stir in gradually' the remainder of water (just tepid), work into a dough, place it in a basin, cover with a damp cloth, and let it stand in a warm place for about half an hour, or until the dough has sufficiently risen. .Next knead it well un a floured board, divide it in o one pound shapes, and place them on a floured baking sheet or else into floured cake tins. Allow to prove for auother 15 minutes, then bake in an evenly-heated oven from 45 to 50 minutes. Potato Scones. 2 lb. potatoes, 1 pinch of salt. 1 oz. cooking fat, About 2 ozs. flour. 1 tablespoon of milk, i teuspoonful baking- powderPotato Scones. Cook, peel and mash the potatoes. Heat up the milk and melt tbe butter in it. beat this into the potato, add tbe baking powder, salt, and work in as much flour as the paste will take up. Roll out thickly, cut into rounds. Place on a floured baking- tin and cook over the fire for about 5 reunites on fo that the 1 oz. yeast, 1 teaspoonful salt. IMPORTANT note. Do not look at these recipes hastily, and say ‘ too expensive, too elaborate.” Study them, and you will see how helpful they are. You can always simplify them to suit your own requirements. They provide tithes for six persons. Less is required for smaller families.