Curd Cheesecake

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.
Status
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Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (14)
For the curd
For the cheesecake filling
For the crust
Instructions (8)
  1. Warm a quart of new milk.
  2. Put into it a spoonful of runnet, and set it near the fire till it breaks.
  3. Strain it through a sieve.
  4. Put the curd into a pan, and beat it well with a spoon.
  5. Melt a quarter of a pound of butter.
  6. Mix the melted butter with the same quantity of moist sugar, a little grated nutmeg, two Naples biscuits grated fine, the yolks of four eggs beaten well, the whites of two eggs, a glass of raisin wine, a few bitter almonds, lemon or Seville orange-peel cut fine, and a quarter of a pound of currants plumped.
  7. Mix all well together.
  8. Put it into the paste and pans for baking.
Original Text
Curd Cheesecake. Just warm a quart of new milk; put into it a spoonful of runnet, and set it near the fire till it breaks. Strain it through a sieve; put the curd into a pan, and beat it well with a spoon. Melt a quarter of a pound of butter, put in the same quantity of moist sugar, a little grated nutmeg, two Naples biscuits, grated fine, the yolks of four eggs beat well, and the whites of two, a glass of raisin wine, a few bitter almonds, with lemon or Seville orange-peel cut fine, a quarter of a pound of currants plumped; mix all well together, and put it into the paste and pans for baking.
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