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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.
Hedgehog Pudding.— Shred half a pound of beef suet very finely. Mix with it a quarter of a poimd of flour, a quarter of a pound of bread-crumbs, half a pound of currants, half a pound of raisins, half a pound of sugar, one ounce each of candied lemon, orange, and citron, haK a nutmeg grated, a dessert-spoonful of lemon-juice, a small pinch of salt, three or four sweet almonds, blanched and sliced, four eggs, and as much ale as will make the pudding into a stiff pasteHedgehog Pudding. Mix the dry ingredients first ; afterwards add the eggs and ale. Tie the pudding in a cloth, plunge it into boiling ■water, and keep it boUing for five hours. Have ready three ounces of blanched almonds. Stick them into the pudding before sending it to table, , and serve with brandy sauce. Suffi- cient for six or eight persons. Probable cost. Is. lOd. Heidelberg Punch, or Hebe's Cup. — Take a fresh fi-amc-gi-own cucumber. Cut an inch and a half of it into thin slices, and put them into a punch-bowl with the thin rind of a sound lemon and three table-spoonfuls of ppunded sugar. Work them well together for four or five minutes with the back of a wooden spoon ; then pour over them three table-spoonfuls of brandy, six of sherry, a bottle of soda-water, and a bottle of claretHeidelberg Punch. 5Iix these ingredients thoroughly, and let them remain for one hour. Just before serving add another bottle of soda- water. Probable cost, 6d., exclusive of the i spirits and wine. Sufficient for a three-pint bowl. Henriette Pudding, or Helena Pudding. — Pour throe-quarters of a pint of boiling milk over two ounces of finely- grated bread-crumbs. Soak for half an hour, then beat -with a fork, add one table-spoonful of sugar, a piece of butter the size of a large egg, two ounces of finely-chopped candied lemon, and the yolks of three well-beaten eggs. Spread a httle apricot or currant jam at the Iwttom of a pie -dish ; at the last moment add the whites of two of the eggs well •whisked, pour in the mixture, and bake in a gentle oven for half an hour. Sufficient for three or four persons. Probable cost. Is. Herb Klosse, or Forcemeat Balls.— Prepare the herbs as in the following recipe, using double the quantity of spinach to that of any other herb. Mince them finely. Soak two ounces of finely-grated bread-crumbsHenriette Pudding, or Helena Pudding in a little milk. Squeeze it dry, and mix it with six ounces of grated potatoes which have been boiled some hours before. Add a table-spoonful of flour, three well-beaten eggs, the eighth of a nutmeg, grated, a Little pepper and salt, and the minced herbs. Stir all well together with a fork. Handle the forcemeat as lightly as possible, and when shaping it dip the hands in cold water, and wet the spoon with which it is taken up. Form it into balls the size of a, Ivrge walnut, di-op them into boiHng water, and let them boil ten minutes. Melt an ounce of butter in a stewpan, and stir a table-spoonful of finely-grated bread-crumbs in it. Drain the klosse, sprinlvlo the bread-crumbs over them, and serve immediately. Probable cost, lOd. Sufficient for four or five persons.