Iced Oranges

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Yield
12.0 oranges
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (4)
For icing
Sufficient
Instructions (5)
  1. Whisk the whites of the eggs well, stir in the sugar, and beat this mixture for 1/4 hour.
  2. Skin the oranges, remove as much of the white pith as possible without injuring the pulp of the fruit.
  3. Pass a thread through the centre of each orange, dip them into the sugar, and tie them to a stick.
  4. Place this stick across the oven, and let the oranges remain until dry, when they will have the appearance of balls of ice.
  5. Care must be taken not to have the oven too fierce, or the oranges would scorch and acquire a brown colour, which would entirely spoil their appearance.
Original Text
ICED ORANGES. 1564. INGREDIENTS.—Oranges; to every lb. of pounded loaf sugar allow the whites of 2 eggs. Mode.—Whisk the whites of the eggs well, stir in the sugar, and beat this mixture for 1/4 hour. Skin the oranges, remove as much of the white pith as possible without injuring the pulp of the fruit; pass a thread through the centre of each orange, dip them into the sugar, and tie them to a stick. Place this stick across the oven, and let the oranges remain until dry, when they will have the appearance of balls of ice. They make a pretty dessert or supper dish. Care must be taken not to have the oven too fierce, or the oranges would scorch and acquire a brown colour, which would entirely spoil their appearance. Time.—From 1/2 to 1 hour to dry in a moderate oven. Average cost, 1-1/2d. each. Sufficient.—1/2 lb. of sugar to ice 12 oranges. Seasonable from November to May. THE FIRST ORANGE-TREE IN FRANCE.—The first Orange-tree cultivated in the centre of France was to be seen a few years ago at Fontainebleau. It was called Le Connétable (the Constable), because it had belonged to the Connétable de Bourbon, and had been confiscated, together with all property belonging to that prince, after his revolt against his sovereign.
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