Crisp Paste for Tarts

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
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The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (6)
Instructions (7)
  1. Mix one pound of fine flour with one ounce of loaf sugar, beat and sifted.
  2. Make it into a stiff paste with a gill of boiling cream and three ounces of butter in it.
  3. Work it well and roll it very thin.
  4. When you have made your tarts, beat the white of an egg a little.
  5. Rub the beaten egg white over them with a feather.
  6. Sift a little double refined sugar over them.
  7. Bake them in a moderate oven.
Original Text
To make crisp Paste for TARTS. TAKE one pound of fine flour mixed with one ounce of loaf sugar beat and sifted, make it into a stiff paste, with a gill of boiling cream, and three ounces of butter in it, work it well, roll it very thin; when you have made your tarts, beat the white of an egg a little, rub it over them with a feather, sift a little double refined sugar over them, and bake them in a moderate oven.
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