Short Paste. No. 5.

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 (3)

Three ounces of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
something less than a pound of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
the yolk of one egg ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]

Instructions (2)

the butter to be thoroughly worked into the flour
if you use sugar, there is no occasion for an egg.

Original Text

Short Paste. No. 5.

Three ounces of butter to something less than a pound of flour and the yolk of one egg; the butter to be thoroughly[298] worked into the flour; if you use sugar, there is no occasion for an egg.

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