The Hidden Mountain

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Time
Cook: 10 min Total: 10 min
Yield
3.0 – 4.0 persons
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (6)
Instructions (5)
  1. Beat the whites and yolks of the eggs separately.
  2. Mix them and beat well again, adding a few thin slices of citron, the cream, and sufficient pounded sugar to sweeten it nicely.
  3. When the mixture is well beaten, put it into a buttered pan, and fry the same as a pancake; but it should be three times the thickness of an ordinary pancake.
  4. Cover it with jam, and garnish with slices of citron and holly-leaves.
  5. This dish is served cold.
Original Text
THE HIDDEN MOUNTAIN. (A pretty Supper Dish.) 1438. INGREDIENTS.—6 eggs, a few slices of citron, sugar to taste, 1/4 pint of cream, a layer of any kind of jam. Mode.—Beat the whites and yolks of the eggs separately; then mix them and beat well again, adding a few thin slices of citron, the cream, and sufficient pounded sugar to sweeten it nicely. When the mixture is well beaten, put it into a buttered pan, and fry the same as a pancake; but it should be three times the thickness of an ordinary pancake. Cover it with jam, and garnish with slices of citron and holly-leaves. This dish is served cold. Time.—About 10 minutes to fry the mixture. Average cost, with the jam, 1s. 4d. Sufficient for 3 or 4 persons. Seasonable at any time.
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