Cheshire Florentine

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
Time
Cook: 30 min Total: 30 min
Status
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Ingredients (7)
Instructions (6)
  1. Mix all well together.
  2. Lay puff-paste in a dish.
  3. Put in your ingredients.
  4. Cover it with a thin crust rolled, and laid across.
  5. Bake it in a moderate oven half an hour.
  6. As to the top-crust lay it in what shape you please, either rolled or marked with an iron on purpose.
Original Text
To make a Cheshire Florentine. TAKE two pounds of short-crust, break it all to pieces with your hand, a pound of blanched almonds finely pounded, with a little rose-water, half a pound of currants clean washed and picked, a little sugar to your palate, some sweet spinach cut small; mix all well together, lay puff-paste in a dish, put in your ingredients, cover it with a thin crust rolled, and laid across, and bake it in a moderate oven half an hour. As to the top-crust lay it in what shape you please, either rolled or marked with an iron on purpose.
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