Set Curd

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
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The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (12)
Instructions (6)
  1. Set a quart of new milk near the fire, with a spoonful of runnet, let the milk be blood warm.
  2. When it is broke, drain the curd through a coarse cloth.
  3. Now and then break the curd gently with your fingers.
  4. Rub into the curd a quarter of a pound of butter, a quarter of a pound of sugar, a nutmeg, and two Naples biscuits grated, the yolks of four eggs, and the white of one egg, one ounce of almonds well beat, with two spoonfuls of rose water, and two of sack.
  5. Clean six ounces of currants very well.
  6. Put them into your curd, and mix them all well together.
Original Text
SET a quart of new milk near the fire, with a spoonful of runnet, let the milk be blood warm, when it is broke, drain the curd through a coarse cloth, now and then break the curd gently with your fingers, rub into the curd a quarter of a pound of butter, a quarter of a pound of sugar, a nutmeg, and two Naples biscuits grated, the yolks of four eggs, and the white of one egg, one ounce of almonds well beat, with two spoonfuls of rose water, and two of sack, clean six ounces of currants very well, put them into your curd, and mix them all well together.
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