FoodNetArchive

Cassell's dictionary of cookery

1892

Page 2214 · 4 recipe records on this page

Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
- — Flavour a pint and a quarter of milk with cin- namon, lemon-rind, or grated nutmeg. Strain and boil it, and drop into it gradually when boil- ing a quarter of a pound of vermicelli. Stir it over the fire tiU it is tender and the milk is thick. It will take about a quarter of an hour. Pour it into a bowl, and beat it well with a pinch of salt and a little powdered sugar. When nearly cold add one well-whisked eggVermicelli Pudding, Baked, Plain. Butter a pie-dish, pour in the pudding, and bake in. a moderate oven. "WTien it is nicely browned upon the top it is done enough. If a richer pudding is required, an additional egg or more should be put in, together with a quarter of a pint of cream and a little brandy. Time to bake the pudding, three-quarters of an hour. Probable cost, 6d. Sufficient for four or five persons. Vermicelli Pudding, Boiled.— Put four ounces of fresh vermicelli into a saucepan VER ( 1088 ) VER with a pint and a quarter of milk. Bring it gently to the boil, and simmer it, stirring all the time, till it is tender, and the milk thick. It will take from ten to fifteen minutes. Pom- it into a bowl, let it cool, sweeten it, and fla- vour with lemon and nutmeg. Add a pinch of salt, and stir in gradually three well-beaten eggs. Butter thicklyVermicelli Pudding, Boiled the inside of a mould. Stick raisins here and there upon it, and pour in the vermicelli and milk very gently, so as not to disturb the raisins. Let the mould be quite fuU. Place a roimd of buttered paper on the top, tie the pudding firmly in a floured cloth, plunge it into a saucepan of fast-boiUng water, and keep it boiling quickly till done enough. Move it occasionally for the first quarter of an hour to prevent any of the ingre- dients from settling to the bottom. As the water boils away add more, boiling. Let the pudding stand four minutes after it is taken out of the water, and place it on a hot dish. Pour sweet sauce round it, and sei-ve. If more convenient, the pudding may be steamed instead of being boiled. Time, one hour and a quarter to boil or steam the pudding. Probable cost, lOd, SufScient for four or five persons. Vermicelli Pudding, Rich.— Simmer the rind of half a lemon and half an inch of stick cinnamon in a quart of milk till it is pleasantly flavoured. Strain it, let it boil, and drop into it lightly and gradually four ounces of fresh vei-micelli. Stir constantly, and boil gently for twenty minutes. Turn it into a bowl, and stir into it a slice of fresh butter, a table-spoonful of thick cream, and sugar to sweeten it sufficiently. Beat, first separately and afterwards together, the yolks of six and the whites of three eggs. Stir them into the pudding, pour it into a thickly-buttered pie- dish, and bake in a gentle oven. Serve -ftath powdered sugar sifted thickly over it, and with wine sauce as an accompaniment. Instead of wine sauce, jam or fresh stewed fruit may be sent to table with it. Time to bake the pudding, about an hour. Probable cost, Is. 4d. Sufiicient for five or six persons. Vermicelli Pudding with Apples,— Vermicelli Pudding with Apples