Orange Loaves

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

Source: The Art Of Cookery
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (11)

a pound of fine ſugar
a quart of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
the yolks of two eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
a quarter of a pint of cream ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]
two Naples biſcuits ↝ Biscuit, NFS [Biscuits, muffins, quick breads]
a quarter of a pound of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
four ſpoonfuls of ſack
ſome cut citron
ſack, butter, and ſugar grated over
ſack, butter, and ſugar grated over ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
ſack, butter, and ſugar grated over ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]

Instructions (12)

Cut a round hole in the top of your orange, take out all the meat, and as much of the white as you can, without breaking the skin.
Boil them in water till tender, shifting the water till it has no bitter.
Take them up and wipe them dry.
Boil a pound of fine sugar with a quart of water (or in proportion to the oranges), and take off the scum as it rises.
Put in your oranges and let them boil a little, and let them lie a day or two in the syrup.
Beat the yolks of two eggs with a quarter of a pint of cream (or more) well together.
Grate in two Naples biscuits (or white bread), a quarter of a pound of butter, and four spoonfuls of sack.
Mix it all together till your butter is melted.
Fill the oranges with the mixture.
Bake them in a stove oven as long as you would a custard.
Stick in some cut citron.
Fill them up with sack, butter, and sugar grated over.

Original Text

To make Orange Loaves.
CUT a round hole in the top of your orange, take out all the meat, and as much of the white as you can, without breaking the ſkin; then boil them in water till tender, ſhifting the water till it has no bitter; then take them up and wipe them dry; then take a pound of fine ſugar, a quart of water, or in proportion to the oranges; boil it, and take off the ſcum as it riſes: then put in your oranges, and let them boil a little, and let them lie a day or two in the ſyrup; then take the yolks of two eggs, a quarter of a pint of cream (or more), beat them well together; then grate in two Naples biſcuits, (or white bread) a quarter of a pound of butter, and four ſpoonfuls of ſack; mix it all together till your butter is melted; then fill the oranges with it, and take them in a ſtove oven as long as you would a cuſtard, then ſtick in ſome cut citron, and fill them up with ſack, butter, and ſugar grated over.

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