APPLES IN THE FORM OF A PORCUPINE

The modern cook · Charles Elmé Francatelli · 1846
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  1. Prepare some marmalade with about eighteen apples; place this in an oval case of raised paste, previously baked for the purpose; leave a hollow in the centre of the marmalade, fill this up with some pastry custard (No 1311), and spread some apricot-jam over the whole.
  2. Prepare some meringue-paste as directed in the foregoing article, and spread this over the surface of the apples, giving it at the same time the form of a porcupine; when this has been effected, about six ounces of Jordan almonds, previously shred in strips, must be regularly inserted in close rows, to imitate the quills of the porcupine, and the head and feet should be marked out with angelica cut out in imitation of these.
  3. Shake some sifted sugar upon the whole, and bake the meringue covering of a very light-fawn colour.
  4. Just before sending to table, fill out the circle of the eyes with apple-jelly, with a currant inserted in the centre of each to form the pupils, and use a paper cornet filled with red-currant-jelly to draw some stripes lengthwise, between the rows of almonds placed on the back.
Original Text
APPLES IN THE FORM OF A PORCUPINE. PREPARE some marmalade with about eighteen apples; place this in an oval case of raised paste, previously baked for the purpose; leave a hollow in the centre of the marmalade, fill this up with some pastry custard (No 1311), and spread some apricot-jam over the whole. Next, prepare some meringue-paste as directed in the fore- going article, and spread this over the surface of the apples, giving it at the same time the form of a porcupine; when this has been effected, about six ounces of Jordan almonds, previously shred in strips, must be regularly inserted in close rows, to imitate the quills of the porcu- pine, and the head and feet should be marked out with angelica cut out in imitation of these. Shake some sifted sugar upon the whole, and bake the meringue covering of a very light-fawn colour. Just before sending to table, fill out the circle of the eyes with apple-jelly, with a currant inserted in the centre of each to form the pupils, and use a paper cornet filled with red-currant-jelly to draw some stripes lengthwise, between the rows of almonds placed on the back.
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