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Otago Witness, Issue 1854, 3 June 1887, Page 34

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Chicken and Ham Patties.— Use the white meat from the breast of the chickens or fowls, and proceed as for veal and ham patties. Apple Sauce. — Pare, quarter, and -core six large apples, and throw them into cold water to preserve their whiteness. Put them into a stewpan with a little water to moisten them, and boil them to a pulp. Beat' them up, adding sugar to taste and a small piece of butter.

Paste foe Meat or Savouby Pies.— Siffc 2lb of fine flour to l£lb of good salt butter, break it into small pieces, and wash it well in cold water ; rub gently together the butter and flour,' and_ mix it up with the yolks of three eggs, beat together with a spoon, and nearly a pint of spring water; roll it out, and double it in folds three times, and it is ready .- Plum Cake. — 21b flour, lib butter, £lb currants, raisins, stoned and chopped ; £lb sultanas, fib brown sugar, £lb peel, half teaspoonful of spice, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, three eggs, and cold water or milk to mix. To be baked in a moderate oven two hours and a-half . ' ■ ; . Pound Cake. — £lb butter, beaten to a cream ; £lb sugar, five eggs, |lb currants or sultanas, 3oz candied peel, fib flour, the rind and ]vice of a lemon, quarter of a nutmeg, grated. Bake this cake two hours and aquarter in a tin well lined with paper. Both these are good recipes for rich cakes to ice. A Recipe fob Shobtbbead.— A writer in Truth gives the following: — Thorougly dry £lb flour, into which mix about 6oz sifted sugar, a tiny pinch of salt, 4oz fresh butter, and a teacupful of cream. The whole should be well stirred, so that all the ingredients are thoronghly intermingled. Afterwards buitor pveuv little baking tins and fill them with the paste, which should be quite 2in thick. A pinch of cinnamon and a tablespoonful of ground almonds are a wonderful improvement. A shortbread' requires about half an' hour to bake in a quick oven.

Sultana" Cake.— To lib flour add two teaspoonfuls baking-powder; rub in -6oz butter (or 3oz butter and 3oz lard or clarified dripping); add £lb sugar, £Lb sultanas/candied peel to taste, or, if none is at hand,; the grated rind of a lemon is" an improvement, though hot a necessary ; beat five eggs not less than a quarter of an hour, mix with other ingredients, and if not moist enough add "a little milk, Bake in a moderate oven one hour and a half. It'is of the greatest importance that the eggs should be beaten noteless than a specified time. — Another wa y :— Rub 4oz of butter or good soft dripping into Mb of "flour ; add 4oz of sugar,, 4oz of rasins, one teaspoonf ul of baking powder ; moisten with two eggs and two tablespoonfuls of milk; candied peel, grated rind, or flavouring may be added.

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