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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.
Genoa Cake.— Mix a quarter of a pound of currants, a quarter of a pound of raisins, a quarter of a pound of candied lemon, orange, and citron together — all being finely minced — as much powdered cinnamon as will stand on a tlireepenny piece, six table-spoonfuls of moist sugar, half a poimd of flour, and the finely-chopped rind of a fresh lemon. Beat these ingredients for several minutes, with half a pound of clarified butter, four well-beaten eggs, and two table-spoonfuls of brandy. Put the mixture in a. well-buttered shallow tin, and bake about thi'ee-quarters of an hour. Mix the white of an egg with a table-spoonful of powdered loaf sugar, and a tea-spoonful of sherry. Brush the top of the cake with this, and strew some finely-chopped blanched almonds on the surface. Put it in the oven a few minutes longer, to brown the almonds slightly. Probable cost. Is. lOd., ex- clusive of the brandy. Sufficient for a tin two and a half inches deep, and four inches square. Genoa Sauce for Fish. — Pound smoothly in a mortar half a clove of garlic, three dessert-spoonfuls of capers, a dessert- spoonful of curry-powder, a tea-spoonful of raw mustard, and six boned anchovies. WTien thoroughly mixed, add four table-spoonfuls of sherry, a small tumblerful of cold water, and three table-spoonfuls of vinegar. Boil all together in a saucepan, and mix in half a pint of good melted butter. Time, a quarter of an hour to boU. Probable cost, 8d. Sufficient for one pint of sauce. Genoese Cake.— Melt half a pound of butter by letting it stand near the fire. Mix thoroughly half a pound of flourGenoa Cake, half a pound of sugar, a pinch of salt, and the finely -minced rind of a lemon. Make them into a paste with a wine-glassful of brandy, four eggs, well GEN ( 248 ) GER ■beaten, and the clarified butter. Beat for ten minutes with a wooden spoon. Pour the ndx- ture into a well-buttered pie-dish, and bake in a moderate oven. When the cake is sufficiently- cooked (this may be ascertained by pushing a skewer into it, and if it comes out dry and clean it is done enough), take it out, and cover it with sugar and blanched almonds {see Genoa Cake). Time, three-quarters of an hour to bake, a quarter of an hour extra to brown the almonds. Sufficient for a pudding-dish two inches deep and five inches square. Probable cost, Is. 6d., exclusive of the brandy. Genoese Sauce for Pish.— Make half a pint of good brown sauce, thickened with a little flour and butter. Put it into a saucepan, and stir into it a table-spoonful of finely-minced parsley, a table-spoonful of port, twenty di-ops of the essence of anchovies, a dessert-spoonful of walnut ketchup, and as much pounded mace us will stand on a thi-eepenny piecGenoese Sauce for Fishe. Boil for five or six minutes, stirring all the time, and serve in a tm-een. Time, twenty minutes. Probable cost, exclusive of the port, Gd. for this quantity. Sufficient for rather more than half a pint of sauce.