Cassell's dictionary of cookery

Ounce of ginger or half a pound of chopped figs may be substituted for the lemon-rind, but the juice should not be omitted. Time to boil, f our hours. Probable cost. Is. r Sufficient for five or six persons. Lemon Puflfs. — Grate the i-ind of two fresh lemons, and mix it with ten ounces of finely-sifted sugar. Beat the whites of two eggs to a firm froth, add the sugar very gradually, and whisk all together to a thick paste. Cut it into any shape that may be preferred, but be careful not to handle the paste any more than can be helped. Place the puffs on oiled writing-paper, and bake upon tins in a moderate oven for about ten minutes. Probable cost, 7d. Lemon Rice. — Put the rind of a lemon, an ounce of butter, three table-spoonfuls of sugar, five or six bruised almonds, and a pint and a half of milk into a saucepan. When it boils, stir in quickly a quarter of a pound of ground rice which has been smoothly mixed with another half-pint of milk. Continue stirring until the rice has boiled for a few minutes, and until it leaves the sides of the saucepan with the spoon, then take out the rind, pour the rice into a well-oiled mould, and put it in a cool place to set. Cut the rind of LEM (375) IiEM a lemon into strips an inch long and the eighth of an inch wide, throw them into boiling water, let them boil for two minutes, then drain and dry them. Put six ounces of sugar into a pint of water, add the juice of the lemon and the strips of rind, and simmer gently for two hours. AVhen wanted for use turn out the rice, pour the syrup gently over it, and take care that the lemon-rind is equally distributed. Probable cost, lOd. Sufficient for six or seven persons. Lemon Rock Biscuits. — Rub the yellow rind of two fresh lemons upon a quarter of a pound of loaf sugar. Powder it, and mix it gradually with the white of an egg whisked to a firm froth; beat thoroughly. Butter some writing-paper, place it on an oven tin, drop the mixture upon it from the end of a spoon in rock-like shape, and place it in a cool oven to dry. Time, half an hour to beat the sugar and egg. Probable cost, 6d. Lemon Roly-poly Pudding (excellent).— Take the pulp from two large, fresh lemons. Remove the pips, weigh the lemons, and boil them with an equal weight of sugar for a quarter of an hour. Turn the mixture out to cool. Mix six ounces of finely-shred suet with three-quarters of a pound of flour, add a pinch of salt, and as much water as will make it into a firm paste. Roll it out about half an inch in thickness, spread the mixture upon it, roU it round and round into a long pudding, pinch the ends securely, tie it in a floured cloth, put it into boiling water, and let it boil quickly until done enough, which will be in about two hours. Probable cost, 6d. Sufficient for four or five persons. Lemon Sandwiches. — Take one pound of rich puff paste and roll it out very thinly. Divide it in halves, and spread over one haK a layer of lemon cheesecake mixture. Put the other half upon it, press it closely, mark it lightly into diamonds, and bake in a moderate oven for twenty minutes. Probable cost, 2s. Sufficient for four or five persons.