1389. SEMOLINA PUDDING, A LA BADEN.

The modern cook · Charles Elmé Francatelli · 1846
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Ingredients (8)
Instructions (6)
  1. Mix the semolina with the sugar, the orange-flower-water, half the butter, two eggs, the cream, and salt, in a stewpan.
  2. Stir this over a stove-fire until it boils, then work it perfectly smooth, and keep working the paste over the stove-fire until it ceases to adhere to the sides of the stewpan.
  3. Withdraw it from the fire, and gradually mix in the remainder of the eggs and butter, and also the bruised ratafias.
  4. Spread the inside of a plain mould with butter, and fill it with the preparation of semolina.
  5. Put the bottom of the mould in a deep saucepan, half fill it with hot water, and place it in the oven to bake for about an hour and a quarter.
  6. When done, turn the pudding out on to its dish, pour either a fruit or custard sauce over it, and serve.
Original Text
1389. SEMOLINA PUDDING, A LA BADEN. INGREDIENTS required:—Twelve ounces of semolina, six ounces of pounded sugar, eight ounces of butter, eight eggs, a pint of cream, a table-spoonful of orange-flower-water, two ounces of ratafias and a little salt. Mix the semolina with the sugar, the orange-flower-water, half the butter, two eggs, the cream, and salt, in a stewpan; stir this over a stove-fire until it boils, then work it perfectly smooth, and keep work- ing the paste over the stove-fire until it ceases to adhere to the sides of the stewpan; then withdraw it from the fire, and gradually mix in the remainder of the eggs and butter, and also the bruised ratafias. Next, spread the inside of a plain mould with butter, and fill it with the preparation of semolina; put the bottom of the mould in a deep saucepan, half fill it with hot water, and place it in the oven to bake for about an hour and a quarter; when done, turn the pudding out on to its dish, pour either a fruit or custard sauce over it, and serve.
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