French Roll Pudding

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (14)

a French roll ↝ Rolls, french [Baked Products]
a pint of cream ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]
the yolks of two eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
a little cinnamon ↝ Sugar, cinnamon [Sugars and honey]
orange-flower water
sugar to your taste ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
cream ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]
a little sack
orange-flower water
sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
good paste ↝ Guava paste [Jams, syrups, toppings]
lumps of marrow ↝ Caribou, bone marrow, raw (Alaska Native) [American Indian/Alaska Native Foods]
long slips of citron and orange peel ↝ Orange peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
long slips of citron and orange peel ↝ Orange peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Instructions (7)

Take a French roll, rasp it, cut off the bottom crust, lay it in a pan, with the bottom upwards.
Boil a pint of cream, put to it the yolks of two eggs, a little cinnamon, orange-flower water, and sugar to your taste.
When it is cold pour it upon the roll, let it stand in all night to steep.
Make a very good custard of cream, a little sack, orange-flower water, and sugar.
Put the roll into a dish, with some good paste round the edge, and pour your custard upon it.
You may lay lumps of marrow in the custard, and stick long slips of citron and orange peel in the loaf.
Then send it to the oven; a little time will bake it.

Original Text

TAKE a French roll, rasp it, cut off the bottom crust, lay it in a pan, with the bottom upwards, boil a pint of cream, put to it the yolks of two eggs, a little cinnamon, orange-flower water, and sugar to your taste, when it is cold pour it upon the roll, let it stand in all night to steep, then make a very good custard of cream, a little sack, orange-flower water, and sugar, put the roll into a dish, with some good paste round the edge, and pour your custard upon it; you may lay lumps of marrow in the custard, and stick long slips of citron and orange peel in the loaf; then send it to the oven; a little time will bake it.

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