Recipes Tried and True Part 27

ORANGE CREAM. MRS. S. E. BARLOW.

Take half a box of gelatine, and cover with eight tablespoonfuls of cold water, and soak a half hour. Stand the gelatine over the teakettle for a few minutes to melt; then add it to a pint of orange juice, and a cup of sugar, and strain. Turn this mixture into a dish, and stand in a cool place, watching carefully, and stirring occasionally. Whip a pint of cream to a stiff froth. As soon as the orange gelatine begins to congeal, stir in the whipped cream; turn into a mold, and stand it over in a cold place. Served with angels food, it makes a most delicate dessert.

BAVARIAN CREAM. MRS. CHAS. MOORE.

One can shredded pineapple, and one cup sugar; let come to a boil; one-half box gelatine dissolved in a cup of warm water. When milk becomes warm, stir gelatine into pineapple, and add one pint of whipped cream. Whip all together thoroughly, and set away in a cold place.

AMBROSIA FOR ONE. A. L. OOLAH, OR GEORGE VAN FLEET.

Fill a saucer with fresh peaches, finely sliced, or strawberries, carefully picked and selected; over this, place a measure of ice-cream, vanilla flavor. Cover all with powdered sugar to the depth of one-fourth inch. Eat with spoon (if your income is over twenty thousand dollars, you can use a strawberry fork). Serve with angels food, or almond macaroons.

JELLIED FRUIT. MRS. RETTA LUCAS.

Soak two-thirds box gelatine in one-half cup cold water; stand until dissolved; pour one-half teacup hot water over the dissolved gelatine.

Take the juice of two lemons, two oranges, one and one-half cups sugar. Separate one orange into smallest dimensions, removing the seeds. Lay bananas, cut in small pieces, and malaga grapes with the oranges in the bottom of mold; strain the liquid over these, and set to cool.

GELATINE, WITH FRUIT. MRS. W. H. ECKHART.

Take one ounce box of gelatine; put to soak in a pint of cold water for an hour. Take the juice of three lemons, and one orange, with three cups of sugar; add this to the gelatine, and pour over all three pints of boiling water; let this boil up once, stirring all the time.

Take two molds of the same size, and pour half your jelly into each.

Stir into one mold half a cup of candied cherries, and into the other one pound of blanched almonds. The almonds will rise to the top. Let these molds stand on ice, or in a cool place until thoroughly set--twenty-four hours is best. When ready to serve, loosen the sides, and place the almond jelly on top the other, on a fruit platter. Slice down, and serve with whipped cream.

FRUIT RECIPE FOR HOT WEATHER.

Remove the rind of two lemons, and cut the lemons in small pieces; add two cups of sugar, one pint of boiling water, three tablespoons of corn starch; mix with a little milk; put them all together, and boil slowly for five minutes. Cut into small bits four oranges; put in a deep dish, ready for the table, and sprinkle over them a little fine sugar; pour the lemon compound over them. When cold, whip whites of two eggs; add a very little sugar. Flavor with lemon extract. Put in ice box to cool.

FRUIT SALAD. CARRIE LINSLEY.

Place a layer of sliced oranges in the bottom of a gla.s.s dish; then a layer of bananas; one of pineapple; sprinkle confectioners sugar between layers; continue this until the dish is nearly full; then pile high with fresh grated cocoanut.

FRUIT SALAD. CARRIE LINSLEY.

Two oranges, two peaches, two bananas, a few slices of pineapple, one-half pound of mixed nuts, one-fourth pound of figs, candied cherries, juice of three lemons, one-half box of gelatine, one pint of boiling water, two cups of sugar, whipped cream to make clear; avoid stirring.

KENTUCKY PUDDING. MAMIE FAIRFIELD.

CUSTARD.--Two quarts milk, six eggs, two tablespoons corn starch, one cup sugar, a pinch salt, one tablespoon vanilla; add to this one quart whipped cream, one pint each candied or preserved cherries, pineapple, and strawberries. Let custard cool before adding cream and fruit.

Freeze as ice-cream.

PEACH ICE-CREAM. NELL LINSLEY.

One pint new milk, one pint sweet cream, one cup sugar, one quart peach pulp (peeled ripe or canned peaches, and put through the colander). Let cream and milk come to a boil; add sugar, and cool; add peach pulp, and freeze.

FROZEN ORANGES. Rub the rinds of four oranges in a pound of loaf sugar; peel one dozen oranges; take out the pulp; add it to sugar with the juice of three lemons; set it on ice two hours; then a quart of ice water, and freeze hard, and serve in gla.s.ses.

A DAINTY DESSERT.

Frozen fruit makes a dainty and acceptable dessert for dinner or lunch during the summer, and is prepared by mixing and freezing, the same as water ices, then working and cutting the fruits, and using without straining.

FROZEN CHERRIES.

Stone one quart of acid cherries; mix them with two pounds of sugar, and stand aside one hour; stir thoroughly; add a quart of ice water; put in the freezer, and stir rapidly until frozen; heat smooth; set aside half an hour, and serve. That is the way to make frozen cherries.

FROZEN AMBROSIA.

To make frozen ambrosia, pare and slice a dozen sour oranges; lay in a bowl; sprinkle with sugar; cover with grated cocoanut; let stand two hours; mix all together; freeze. Take up in a large gla.s.s bowl; lay over the top thin slices of orange; sprinkle with cocoanut and sugar.

FROZEN PEACHES AND PLUMS.

Pare a dozen and a half ripe, soft peaches. Remove the skin and seeds from a quart of sour plums; mash, and add to the peaches. Work the kernels of both to a paste; add them to the sugar and fruit; let stand two hours; then add a quart of ice water; stir, and freeze. This is a delicious dish.

PINEAPPLE SOUFFLE.

Pare, and remove the eyes from two good-sized pineapples; then chop into bits, and sprinkle with one-half pound of sugar; let the whole stand until quite soft; then mash, and strain through a fine sieve.

To one quart of juice so obtained, add one quart of water and twelve eggs, which have been rubbed to a cream with one and one-half pounds of sugar. Put the mixture in a farina kettle, and cook till it a.s.sumes the thickness of soft custard; then strain, and beat briskly till cold. Freeze, and serve with sweet cream, flavored with fruit juice.