To pot Cheshire Cheese

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
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The Art Of Cookery
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Instructions (5)
  1. Take three pounds of Cheshire cheese, and put it into a mortar, with half a pound of the best fresh butter you can get.
  2. Pound them together, and in beating add a gill of rich canary wine, and half an ounce of mace finely beat, then sifted fine like a fine powder.
  3. When all is extremely well mixed, press it hard down into a gallipot.
  4. Cover it with clarified butter, and keep it cool.
  5. A slice of this exceeds all the cream cheese that can be made.
Original Text
To pot Cheshire Cheese. TAKE three pounds of Cheshire cheese, and put it into a mortar, with half a pound of the best fresh butter you can get, pound them together, and in beating add a gill of rich canary wine, and half an ounce of mace finely beat, then sifted fine like a fine powder. When all is extremely well mixed, press it hard down into a gallipot, co- ver it with clarified butter, and keep it cool. A slice of this exceeds all the cream cheese that can be made.
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