Princess Amelia’s Cream Cheese

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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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (6)
  1. Wash the soap out of a napkin; double it to the required size, and put it wet into a pewter soup-plate.
  2. Put into it a pint of cream; cover it, and let it stand twenty-four hours unless the weather is very hot, in which case not so long.
  3. Turn the cheese in the napkin: sprinkle a little salt over it, and let it stand twelve hours.
  4. Then turn it into a very dry napkin out of which all soap has been washed, and salt the other side.
  5. It will be fit to eat in a day or two according to the weather.
  6. Some keep it in nut leaves to ripen it.
Original Text
Princess Amelia’s Cream Cheese. Wash the soap out of a napkin; double it to the required size, and put it wet into a pewter soup-plate. Put into it a pint of cream; cover it, and let it stand twenty-four hours unless the weather is very hot, in which case not so long. Turn the cheese in the napkin: sprinkle a little salt over it, and let it stand twelve hours. Then turn it into a very dry napkin out of which all soap has been washed, and salt the other side. It will be fit to eat in a day or two according to the weather. Some keep it in nut leaves to ripen it.
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