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Ratafia Pudding

A historical recipe from The English Housekeeper, by Anne Cobbett (1851).

A historical recipe

The English Housekeeper: Or, Manual of Domestic Management Containing advice on the conduct of household affairs and practical instructions concerning the store-room, the pantry, the larder, the kitchen, the cellar, the dairy; the whole being intended for the use of young ladies who undertake the superintendence of their own housekeeping, by Anne Cobbett (1851). Project Gutenberg eBook #55314.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From The English Housekeeper, by Anne Cobbett (1851). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #55314 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55314). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Blanch, and beat to a paste, in a mortar, ½ lb.
  2. of sweet, and ½ oz.
  3. of bitter, almonds, with a table-spoonful of orange-flower water;
  4. add 3 oz.
  5. of fresh butter, melted in a wine-glassful of hot cream, 4 eggs, sugar to taste, a very little nutmeg, and a table-spoonful of brandy.
  6. Bake in a small dish, or little cups buttered: serve white wine sauce.