701. Another method

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (9)

any kind of apple, rather thin ↝ Apple, raw [Apples]
a quarter of a pound of powdered sugar ↝ Sugars, powdered [Sweets]
the rind of a lemon chopped ↝ Lemon, raw [Citrus fruits]
the juice of the same ↝ Lemon juice, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
one ounce of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
a glass of sherry
a gill of good cream ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]
ten drops of orange-flower water

for serving

vol-au-vent

Instructions (11)

Cut any kind of apple rather thin.
Put over the apple: powdered sugar, chopped lemon rind, juice of the same lemon, butter, and a glass of sherry.
Put on the fire and toss till tender, but keep it very white.
Put it in a basin and let it cool.
Dish the cooled apple mixture in your vol-au-vent.
Whip a gill of good cream.
Add ten drops of orange-flower water to the whipped cream.
Cover the apple mixture carefully with the cream.
Serve.

Serving suggestion

Apple sauté with butter, in this way may be served hot in the vol-au-vent.
Any kind of plums or apricots, when plentiful, may be done the same as cherries, and served the same way.

Original Text · last edited 12 days ago

701. Another method.—Cut any kind of apple, rather thin, put over a quarter of a pound of powdered sugar, the rind of a lemon chopped, the juice of the same, one ounce of butter, and a glass of sherry, put on the fire, toss till tender, but keep it very white, put it in a basin, when cold dish in your vol-au-vent; whip a gill of good cream, add ten drops of orange-flower water in it, cover over carefully and serve.

Apple sauté with butter, in this way may be served hot in the vol-au-vent. Any kind of plums or apricots, when plentiful, may be done the same as cherries, and served the same way.

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