691. Vol-au-Vent of Peaches

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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Instructions (10)
  1. Put half a pound of sugar in a sugar-pan, with the juice of a lemon and about half a pint of water.
  2. Place it upon the fire and boil till becoming a thickish syrup.
  3. Cut eight peaches not quite ripe in halves.
  4. Break their stones and blanch the kernels.
  5. Throw six halves with the kernels into the syrup, boil three minutes, take them out with a skimmer, lay them upon a dish and take off their skins.
  6. Stew the rest in syrup in like manner, four at a time.
  7. When all done pour what liquor runs from them again into the syrup, which reduce to a good thickness.
  8. Pass it through a tammy into a basin.
  9. When cold pour a little over the peaches and leave until ready to serve.
  10. Dress the peaches in your vol-au-vent with the syrup over.
Original Text · last edited 12 days ago
691. Vol-au-Vent of Peaches.—Put half a pound of sugar in a sugar-pan, with the juice of a lemon and about half a pint of water, place it upon the fire and boil till becoming a thickish syrup; then have eight peaches not quite ripe, which cut in halves, break their stones and blanch the kernels, throw six halves with the kernels into the syrup, boil three minutes, take them out with a skimmer, lay them upon a dish and take off their skins, stew the rest in syrup in like manner, four at a time; when all done pour what liquor runs from them again into the syrup, which reduce to a good thickness, pass it through a tammy into a basin, when cold pour a little over the peaches and leave until ready to serve; dress the peaches in your vol-au-vent with the syrup over. This is a receipt I learnt in France, where I got peaches for a sou each.
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