Puffs

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 (6)
Instructions (7)
  1. Blanch a pound of almonds, and beat them with orange-flower water, or rose-water.
  2. Boil a pound of sugar to a candy.
  3. Put in the almonds, and stir them over the fire till they are stiff.
  4. Keep them stirred till cold.
  5. Then beat them in a mortar for a quarter of an hour.
  6. Add a pound of sugar, and make it into a paste, with the whites of three eggs beaten to a froth, more or less, as you may judge necessary.
  7. Bake the puffs in a cool oven.
Original Text
Puffs. Blanch a pound of almonds, and beat them with orange-flower water, or rose-water; boil a pound of sugar to a candy; put in the almonds, and stir them over the fire till they are stiff. Keep them stirred till cold; then beat them in a mortar for a quarter of an hour. Add a pound of sugar, and make it into a paste, with the whites of three eggs beaten to a froth, more or less, as you may judge necessary. Bake the puffs in a cool oven.
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