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Mrs. Seely's Cook Book: A Manual of French and American Cookery : with ..

1902

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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Mix one pound of granulated sugar with a gill of cold water, boil over a brisk fire until it has passed the clear brittle state, and is a light brown. Place in a pan of cold water to prevent its tuming any darker. Use as soon as possible. Ohestnut Paddinsr Boil twenty-five chestnuts, remove the shells, and rub the pulp through a sieve. Mix with one-half pint of cream two ounces of butter, three ounces of granulated sugar, and a little salt and vanilla to tasto. Stir these ingredients over the fire 288 MR8. 8BELY'8 COOK BOOK until the preparation begins io thicken, then stir it brisklj to prevent it froin sticking to the pan. As soon as it leaves the sides of the pan, remove f rom the fire, and add the well-beaten yolks of four eggs and the whites of three eggs whipped firm. Batter a plain mould and fili it with the mixture, fastening the cover on securely. Steam for one hour and a half. When cooked, invert it on a dish, pour some warm dilated apricot jam over it and serve. Ohooolate Blano-mange Soak seven sheets of sheet gelatine in half a cup of cold water. Boil together for five miuutes one quart of hot milk, one cup of sugar, two ounces of grated chocolate, and a little salt. Flavor with vanilla after adding the dissolved gelatine, stirring constantlj. Wet the mould with cold water, pour in, and set away to harden. Ohooolate Paddinff Soak one pint of bread crumbs in one quart of milk. See that the bread is thoroughlj dissolved. Mix one ounoe of grated chocolate with three tablespoonf uls of granulated sugaCabinet Puddingr and one tablespoonful of boiling water. Stir constantlj over a brisk fire until it becomes smooth. Remove f rom the fire, stir in a few spoonf uls of bread and milk. Stir until it is smooth, and then mix with the rest of the bread and milk. Beat the yolks of four eggs and the white of one egg together, and mix with one-quarter of a cup of granulated sugar and one teaspoon- ful of salt. Stir into the bread mixture. Pour into a pudding dish and bake in slow oven for f orty minutes. Beat the whites of three eggs to a stiff froth, stir in three tablespoonf uls of powdered sugar, and flavor with vanilla extract. Spread this over the pudding and bake twenty minutes longer with the oven door open. Whipped cream is very nice served as a sauce. This pudding may be served hot or cold. HOT PUBDINQS^ CU8TARDS, SOUFFLÉS^ UTC. 289 Ohooolate Paddinff To a little more than a pint of milk add three tablespoons of grated chooolate and beat together in a doublé boiler. When thoroughly heated, add two tablespoons of corn-starch wet with a little cold milk. Take from the fire and add the yolks of four eggs in which a cup of sugar has been beaten, put in a pudding pan, set this pan in another pan of hot water, and bake in the oven till the eggs are set. Make a meringue of the whites of the eggs and one cup of sugar, spread over the top, and brown. Vanilla flavoring should be used in the pud- ding and meringue. Ooooanut Custard Coconut Custard