the thorough good cook - recipe

The Thorough Good Cook
by George Augustus Sala
recipes from 1896

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RECIPE

Orange Pudding.
Take the yolks of six eggs, or as many as you like,
beat them well with half a pound of melted butter, Grate in
the rind of two Seville oranges, beat in half a pound of fine
sugar, two dessertspoonfuls of orange-flower water, two of
rose-water, o, gill of sherry, half a pint of cream, two
biscuits, or the crumb of a halfpenny loaf (soaked
in the cream), and mix well all together. Make a thin puff
paste, and lay all over the dish and round the rim ; pour
in the pudding and bake it. It will take about as long
baking as a custard.

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