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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

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.
Durapling Drops. — Take one poimd and a half uf the best flour, make a hole in the middle, into which put a quarter of an o)unce of fresh German yeast, with a quarter of a pint of warm water or milk, mix it into a thin batter, scatter a little flour lightly over the top, and leave it by the side of the fire to rise. When wellrisen make it into a dough, with a little more warm milk, to which add two well-beaten eggs and a little saltDurapling Drops. Let it rise for an hour, form it into light balls, and drop them one by one into fast-boiling water. When done, drain them an instant, but send to table quickly with gravy, or sugar and butter, or with melted butter, sweetened and flavoured with lemon- juice.. Time, twenty minutes to boil. Probable cost, about 8d. Dumplings, Half-hour.— Shred very finely half a pound of beef suet, and prepare the same weight of bread-crumbs, with the addition of one table-spoonful of flour, three ounces of currants, two ounces of sugar, a little lemon-peel and grated nutmeg, with three weU- beaten eggsDumplings, Half-hour to moisten. Roll the dough into balls, tie them separately in small cloths, and boil verj' quickly. Serve with melted butter, sweetened, poured over them. Time, haK an hour to boil. Probable cost. Is. Sufiicient for eight or ten dumplings. Dumplings, Plain.— Take one pound of light dough, made as for bread, and roll it into small round balls, as large as an eggDumplings, Plain. Drop them into a saucepan of fast-boUing water, first flattening them with the hand. Care should be taken to keep the water boHing, and to serve quickly when done, or they will be heavj-. If the dough be mixed with milk, instead of water, the dumplings will be more delicate. They may be sent to table as an accompaniment to meat, or eaten with a sweet sauce. Time, twenty minutes to boil. Probable cost, 2d. per pound. Sufiicient for twelve dumplings. Dumplings, Steamed.— Get the ordi- nary dough at the baker'Dumplings, Steameds, and instead of boiling, steam over a saucepan of boiling water. The dumplings will take longer to steam than to boil, but they will present a better appearance, being smooth and dry on the outside, than boiled ones. There is besides the saving of an extra saucepan, for any article of food requiring fast boiling may be cooked imderneath the steamed dumplings. Care must be taken that the water 4oe8 not atop boiling untU they are done, and that they are served quickly. Meat gravy, or melted butter as a sauce. Time, half an hour to steam. Dutch Apple Pie. — Pare, core, and slice three pounds of apples, and wash and drj-- half a pound of currants ; lay part of the apples in a dish, and' strew the currants, some sugar, and the grated rind of a lemon over. Take off the white part of the lemon, cut the pulp into thin slices, and spread them on the currants, add sugar and plenty of candied orange and citron-peel sliced, and fill up with the remainder of the apples. Cover with a light pasteDutch Apple Pie and bake in a rather quick oven for an hour or more. Probable cost, Is. 6d. Sufiicient for seven or eight persons.