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brush or feather, and then return them to the oven to harden, but take
care that they do not become brown.
274.—Raspberry Iced Cream
Mix a tablespoonful of pounded loaf sugar, two tablespoonfuls of
raspberry jelly or jam, and a little cochineal to heighten the colour,
with the juice of a large lemon; strain, and put into the
freezing-pot; cover it closely and place it in a bucket which has a
small hole near the bottom, and a spigot to let the water run off,
with plenty of ice broken small, and mixed with three or four handfuls
of coarse salt; press the ice closely round the freezing-pot, turn it
round and round for about ten minutes, take off the cover, and remove
with a spoon the frozen cream to the centre; cover it again, and turn
it till all be equally iced. Serve it in china ice-pails in block, or
put it into moulds, cover them securely, and replace them in the
bucket, with ice and salt as before, for an hour or more; dip the
moulds into cold water before turning out, and serve immediately.
Water ices are made in this way, substituting water for cream.
275.—Apricot Iced Cream
Mix a tablespoonful of pounded loaf sugar with two of apricot jam, the
juice of a lemon, and half an ounce of blanched bitter almonds pounded
with a little rose-water; add a pint of cream, stir all well together
before putting it into the freezing-pot, and freeze it as directed
above.
276.—Mille Fruit Iced Cream
Strain the juice of three lemons, and grate the peel of one; mince
finely a dessertspoonful each of orange marmalade, dried cherries, and
preserved angelica; add to these half a pint of syrup, and mix the
whole with a pint and a half of cream, or a pint of water, and then
drop in here and there a few drops of the prepared cochineal. Put it
into a mould, and freeze as above directed.
277.—Orange-water Iced
Mix with a pint of water the strained juice of three oranges and one
lemon, also the grated peel of one orange; sweeten it well with syrup,
and freeze it.
278.—Juice of Fruit Iced
Press through a sieve the juice of a pint of currants or raspberries,
or other fruit preserved for tarts; add to it four or five ounces of
pounded loaf sugar, a little lemon-juice, and a pint of cream. It may
be whisked previous to freezing, and a mixture of the juice in which
the fruit was preserved may be used.
279.—Orange Iced Cream
Boil down a seer and a half of milk to half the quantity with some
isinglass and a quarter of a seer or half a pound of sugar; strain
through a sieve, and when perfectly cool add the juice of twelve
oranges. Mix well, put into freezing-pots with two seers or four
pounds of raw rice and some salt, and freeze as above.
280.—Bael Sherbet
Take a perfectly ripe sweet bael, and scoop out the whole contents
into a bowl; make a paste of it with a little water; then add sugar to
taste, and as much water as will bring it to the consistency of good
honey; then pass it through a fine sieve, leaving all the fibres and
seeds behind; it is a most delicious drink, and if taken early in the
morning in rather a liquid state—say of the consistency of
porter—serves as a most effective aperient in a natural and healthy
form; but if taken of the consistency of thick pea or potato soup, it
has a directly contrary effect, and as such is invaluable in all cases
of relaxed bowels.
281.—Mallie, or Cream as prepared by the Natives
Boil down over a slow fire milk to less than half its original
quantity, and when cold it will be of the strength and consistency of
a well-made blanc mange.
N.B.—The best Indian sweetmeats are made of mallie.
282.—Tyre or Dhye
Warm some milk without boiling it; stir into it a little stale butter
about the size of a large pea; put the vessel in a warm place well
covered over, and in the course of eight or ten hours the tyre will be
ready.
283.—Yeast
Boil one pound of good flour, a quarter of a pound of brown sugar, and
a little salt in two gallons of water for one hour; when milk-warm,
bottle it close; it will be fit to use in twenty-four hours. One pint
of this will make eighteen pounds of bread.
284.—Another Way
Take two pounds of soojee or flour, a quarter of a pound of brown
sugar or suckur, and half a drachm of hops. Dry the hops in the sun,
and then reduce them to fine powder, by pounding in a mortar. Mix the
soojee or flour and powdered hops with a little water, just sufficient
to make a stiff dough; then add the sugar and knead all well together.
Roll the leaven into a ball, wrap it lightly in a clean cloth, then in
a blanket, and put it away for three days, when it will be ready for
use.
N.B.—If worked up or kneaded once daily during the three days, the
fermentation will be more perfect.
The above quantity will be sufficient for twenty-five pounds weight of
bread.
GARNISHES, SAUCES, STUFFINGS, ETC.,
FOR FISH, ROAST AND BOILED MEATS, MADE DISHES, PUDDINGS, ETC.
285.—Casserole of Potatoes
Peel and boil some good mealy potatoes, pound them, and mix with them
some butter, cream, and a little salt; put them about an inch and a
half high upon a dish, and leave an opening in the centre; bake it of
a light brown colour, and take out as much more from the centre as
will admit of a ragout, fricassee cutlet, or macaroni being put in.
286.—Rissoles or Croquets
Mince very finely some cold roast meat or fowl and a small bit of
bacon; season it with grated nutmeg and salt; moisten it with cream,
and make it up into good-sized balls; dip them into yolks of eggs
beaten up, and then into finely-grated bread. Bake them in an oven, or
fry of a light brown colour. Before serving, drain them before a fire
on the back of a sieve. Garnish with fried parsley.
287.—Fricandellans
Mince about two pounds of tender lean beef and three-quarters of a
pound of fresh suet; then pound till it is as smooth as a paste, and
carefully pick out all the threads and sinews; add four well-beaten
eggs, half a pint of rich cream, and as much grated and sifted bread
as will make it sufficiently consistent to form into rolls resembling
corks; and season with salt and pepper. Boil the corks in some good
stock, or in boiling water, or fry them.
288.—Forcemeat
Mince very finely the following ingredients:—Three ounces of fresh
beef suet, one of fat bacon, three of raw or dressed veal, two of
grated bread, a little grated lemon-eel, nutmeg, pepper, salt, and
finely-minced parsley; mix all well together, and bind with the beaten
yolks of eggs; make it into croquets or balls, the size of large
nutmegs, and fry them in ghee or clarified beef dripping, or use it
for stuffing.
289.—Forcemeat balls
May be made of pounded veal or mutton, minced beef suet or fat of
veal, taking an equal quantity of meat, suet, and grated bread-crumbs;
add a bit of fat bacon chopped, season with salt, pepper, and grated
nutmeg, and mix all well together with the beaten yolk of an egg.
290.—Another Way
To half a pound of beef or veal add half a pound of udder; mince and
pound to a pulp in a mortar; remove all gristle and parts not pulped,
and mix with it the finely-grated crumbs of a slice of stale bread,
and a tablespoonful of finely-chopped parsley; soften down the whole
with some milk or gravy, then add a teaspoonful of finely-pounded
pepper and a teaspoonful of salt; rub down the whole well together,
and add the whites and yolks of two raw eggs, well beaten up; make
into balls. If for soup, the size of the balls should be that of small
nutmegs; if to garnish made dishes, make them into the size of large
walnuts or of ordinary croquets or rissoles.
291.—Forcemeat Onions
Peel four or five large onions, scoop out the inside, fill them with
forcemeat, and roast them in an oven.
They may be served with roast turkey or fowl.
292.—Forcemeat for Fish
Pick from the bones the meat of a large beckty, hilsa, or any sort of
white fish; mince it finely, and add the same proportions of minced
suet and grated bread, a few chopped oysters, and some boiled parsley
chopped; season with a little pounded onion, cayenne pepper, salt,
nutmeg, and lemon-peel; mix all well together, and bind it with the
well-beaten yolks of eggs; roll it into small balls, and fry them.
293.—Egg Balls
Grind down to a powder or paste the yolks of four hard-boiled eggs;
add a teaspoonful of very finely sifted flour, some tender leaves of
parsley, finely chopped, and a little white pepper and salt; grind,
and mix all well together with the yolk of a raw egg; roll into small
balls, and boil for two or three minutes.
294.—Brain Cakes
Having previously boiled down the brains, bruise them, and add a
teaspoonful of finely-sifted flour, some grated nutmeg, pepper, and
salt, and a raw egg; then roll out like piecrust to the thickness of a
rupee, punch out cakes of the size of Spanish dollars, and fry them.
295.—Another Way
Take the brains and remove any veins, &c.; chop well with a knife, add
salt, nutmeg, and pepper, a little raw egg, and flour enough to make
them stick together; mix well, make into cakes about the size of the
top of liqueur glasses, and fry them brown on both sides.
296.—Sauce for Salads
Bruise down when quite cold the yolks of four hard-boiled eggs, and
rub into them half a teaspoonful of pepper, one of salt and one
tablespoonful of sugar, with two to three tablespoonfuls of prepared
mustard. When well rubbed together, add very gradually four
tablespoonfuls of oil, stirring it the whole while; when well mixed
add a dessertspoonful of Lee and Perrin’s Worcestershire sauce, one
tablespoonful and a half of white wine vinegar, and a dessertspoonful
of tarragon vinegar.
If the sauce be required thicker than usual, take either a larger
number of eggs or a teaspoonful or a dessertspoonful of corn or other
flour; put it into a cup, pour over it the quantity of vinegar
prescribed above, place the cup in a saucepan of boiling water over
the fire, and stir until the vinegar thickens to the desired
consistency; then mix it gradually into the preparation of eggs, oil,
&c.
297.—Sauce for Lobster Salad
Observe all the directions given in the foregoing recipe, adding to
the yolks of the hard-boiled eggs some of the spawn or red coral of
the lobsters and a dash of essence of anchovy. Omit the sugar, and
instead of the Worcestershire sauce substitute mushroom catsup and
Indian tapp sauce.
298.—Excellent Fish Sauce
Wash and bone two anchovies, and rub them up in a mortar with a
quarter of a pound of butter and half a teaspoonful of flour. Put
these into a small saucepan; then add to the yolks of three eggs well
beaten up, two tablespoonfuls of tarragon vinegar, a small bunch of
sweet herbs, consisting of parsley, green onions, and a bay-leaf, and
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