The Skilful Cook Part 57

The Skilful Cook Part 57

A little milk.


_Method._--Put all the dry ingredients into a basin.


Mix with the egg, well beaten, and the milk.


Boil in a well-greased basin for an hour and a quarter.


Rhubarb Fool.


_Ingredients_--14 sticks of rhubarb.


lb. of moist sugar (more, if necessary).


pint of water.


1 gill of milk.


The thin rind of half a lemon.


_Method._--Cut the rhubarb in small pieces.


Stew gently with the sugar and water until quite tender.


Rub through a sieve.


Add the milk, and serve cold.


Sc.r.a.p Pudding.


_Ingredients_--Some sc.r.a.ps of bread.


lb. of moist sugar.


lb. of finely-chopped suet.


The grated rind of a lemon.


2 eggs, well beaten.


pint of milk.


Some preserve.


_Method._--Dry the bread in a slow oven until it is hard.


Pound it in a mortar, and measure 6 ounces of the powder; mix it with the suet and sugar.


Add the lemon rind; pour over the milk, and add the eggs.


Beat well for a few minutes.


Then put the mixture in layers in a pie-dish alternately with the preserve.


Let the top layer be the pudding mixture.


Bake in a moderate oven until the mixture is set.


Bread-and-Cheese Pudding.


_Ingredients_--6 oz. of dried and powdered bread.


lb. of grated cheese.


pint of milk.


1 egg, well beaten.


Pepper and salt.


A little cayenne.


_Method._--Mix all the ingredients together, and bake in a pie-dish until the mixture is set.


Mould of Rice.


_Ingredients_-- lb. of rice.


1 quart of milk.


lb. of moist or castor sugar.


_Method._--Boil the rice with the sugar in the milk until it is perfectly soft.


Then put it into a mould.


When cold, turn it out, and serve it with jam.


Norfolk Dumpling.


_Ingredients_--Some bread dough.


_Method._--Make the dough into small round b.a.l.l.s.


Drop them into fast-boiling water, and boil quickly for twenty minutes.


Serve immediately, either with meat or with sweet sauce.


Sago Pudding.


_Ingredients_--1 pint of milk.


2 tablespoonfuls of sago.


2 tablespoonfuls of sugar.


1 egg.


_Method._--Simmer the sago in the milk until it thickens.


Add the sugar and the egg, well beaten.


Put it into a pie-dish, and bake in a moderate oven for half an hour.