Orange Tart

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
Source
The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (17)
For the first version of the tart
For the second version of the tart
Instructions (13)
  1. Boil the rind of a Seville orange very soft.
  2. Beat the boiled rind in a marble mortar with the juice.
  3. Add two Naples biscuits grated very fine, a quarter of a pound of sugar, half a pound of butter, and the yolks of six eggs.
  4. Mix them well together.
  5. Lay a good puff-paste round the edge of your dish.
  6. Bake it half an hour in a gentle oven.
Alternative method
  1. Take the yolks of sixteen eggs and beat them well with half a pint of melted butter.
  2. Grate in the rinds of two fine Seville oranges.
  3. Beat in half a pound of fine sugar, two spoonsful of orange flower-water, two of rose-water, a gill of sack, half a pint of cream, and two Naples biscuits (or the crumb of a half-penny loaf soaked in cream).
  4. Mix all well together.
  5. Make a thin puff-paste and lay it all round the rim, and over the dish.
  6. Then pour in the pudding.
  7. Send it to the oven.
Original Text
BOIL the rind of a Seville orange very soft, then beat it in a marble mortar with the juice, and put to it two Na- ples biscuits grated very fine, a quarter of a pound of sugar, half a pound of butter, and the yolks of six eggs. Mix them well together, lay a good puff-paste round the edge of your dish, and bake it half an hour in a gentle oven. Or you may make it thus: Take the yolks of sixteen eggs, beat them well with half a pint of melted butter, grate in the rinds of two fine Seville oranges, beat in half a pound of fine sugar, two spoonsful of orange flower-water, two of rose-water, a gill of sack, half a pint of cream, two Naples biscuits, or the crumb of a half-penny loaf soaked in cream, and mix all well together. Make a thin puff-paste, and lay it all round the rim, and over the dish. Then pour in the pudding, and send it to the oven.
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