BLACK CAPS

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (6)
Instructions (9)
  1. Cut a slice off the blossom end of the apples.
  2. Put them in a tin.
  3. Set them in a quick oven till they are brown.
  4. Wet them with rose water.
  5. Grate a little sugar over them.
  6. Set them in the oven again till they look bright, and very black.
  7. Take them out.
  8. Put them into a deep china dish or plate.
  9. Pour round them thick cream custard, or white wine and sugar.
Original Text
To make BLACK CAPS. TAKE six large apples, and cut a slice off the blossom end, put them in a tin, and set them in a quick oven till they are brown, then wet them with rose water, and grate a little sugar over them, and set them in the oven again till they look bright, and very black, then take them out, and put them into a deep china dish or plate, and pour round them thick cream custard, or white wine and sugar.
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