Hedgehog

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (12)

hedgehog base

two quarts of the best almonds ↝ Nuts, almonds, whole, raw [Nut and Seed Products]
a little canary wine
orange-flower water
the yolks of twelve eggs, leaving out five whites ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
a pint of good cream ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]
half a pound of good butter melted ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

hedgehog decoration

blanched almonds, slit and stuck up like the bristles ↝ Nuts, almonds, whole, raw [Nut and Seed Products]

jelly/sauce

hartshorn jelly
cold cream, sweetened with a glass of white wine, and the juice of a Seville orange ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]
a glass of white wine ↝ Wine, white [Wine]
the juice of a Seville orange ↝ Orange, raw [Citrus fruits]

eyes

two currants for the eyes ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Instructions (9)

Blanch two quarts of the best almonds in cold water; beat them very fine in a mortar, with a little canary wine and orange-flower water; make them into a stiff paste;
then beat in the yolks of twelve eggs, leaving out five whites;
add a pint of good cream;
sweeten to your taste, and put in half a pound of good butter melted.
Set it on a slow fire, and keep it constantly stirring till it is stiff enough.
Make it up into the form of a hedgehog;
stick it full of blanched almonds, slit and stuck up like the bristles;
put it in a dish, and make hartshorn jelly, and put to it, or cold cream, sweetened with a glass of white wine, and the juice of a Seville orange;
plump two currants for the eyes.

Original Text

Hedgehog.

Blanch two quarts of the best almonds in cold water; beat them very fine in a mortar, with a little canary wine and orange-flower water; make them into a stiff paste; then beat in the yolks of twelve eggs, leaving out five whites; add a pint of good cream; sweeten to your taste, and put in half a pound of good butter melted. Set it on a slow fire, and keep it constantly stirring till it is stiff enough. Make it up into the form of a hedgehog; stick it full of blanched almonds, slit and stuck up like the bristles; put it in a dish, and make hartshorn jelly, and put to it, or cold cream, sweetened with a glass of white wine, and the juice of a Seville orange; plump two currants for the eyes.

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