CHEESE CAKES

High-class cookery made easy · Hart, J., Mrs. · 1880
Source
High-class cookery made easy
Yield
6.0 tartlets
Status
success · extracted 11 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (9)
Instructions (8)
  1. Place a pint of milk on the fire to get hot, and make a curd by putting a few drops of rennet in it.
  2. Press the whey from the curd.
  3. Mix three eggs with the curd, three ratafia biscuits, a glass of cream, two ounces of sugar, and a few drops of lemon.
  4. Press the curd in a napkin to absorb the moisture.
  5. Pound the above mixture in a mortar.
  6. Line half-a-dozen tartlet pans with puff paste.
  7. Fill the tartlet pans with the cheese custard.
  8. Place a couple of stripes of candied peel on the top of each.
Original Text
CHEESE CAKES. Place a pint of milk on the fire to get hot, and make a curd by putting a few drops of rennet in it; press the whey from the curd, mix three eggs with the curd, three ratafia biscuits, a glass of cream, two ounces of sugar, and a few drops of lemon. Press the curd in a napkin to absorb the moisture. Pound the above mixture in a mortar. Line half-a-dozen tartlet pans with puff paste, fill the tartlet pans with the cheese custard, and place a couple of stripes of candied peel on the top of each.
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