Seville Orange Marmalade Tart

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (6)
For the filling
For the crust
Instructions (10)
  1. Take the outside rind of three Seville oranges, boil them in several waters till they are tender.
  2. Pound the boiled orange rind in a mortar with three quarters of a pound of sugar.
  3. Blanch half a pound of sweet almonds.
  4. Beat the blanched almonds very fine with rose water to keep them from oiling.
  5. Beat sixteen eggs, reserving five whites.
  6. Beat a pound of fresh butter.
  7. Beat all these ingredients together till it is light and hollow.
  8. Lay a thin puff-paste all over a dish.
  9. Put in the ingredients.
  10. Bake it with your paste.
Original Text
You must take the outside rind of three Seville oranges, boil them in several waters till they are tender, then pound them in a mortar with three quarters of a pound of sugar; then blanch half a pound of sweet almonds, beat them very fine with rose water to keep them from oiling, then beat sixteen eggs, but five whites, a pound of fresh butter, and beat all these together till it is light and hollow; then lay a thin puff-paste all over a dish and put in the ingredients. Bake it with your paste.
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