Chapter XVIII
Reading edition
PASTRY.
Page
Introductory remarks 344
To glaze or ice Pastry 345
Feuilletage, or fine French Puff Paste 345
Very good light Paste 346
English Puff Paste 346
Cream Crust (very good) (Author’s receipt) 347
Pâte Brisée (or French Crust for hot or cold Meat Pies) 347
Flead Crust 347
Common Suet-Crust for Pies 348
Very superior Suet-Crust 348
Very rich short Crust for Tarts 349
Excellent short Crust for Sweet Pastry 349
Bricche Paste 349
Modern Potato Pasty, an excellent family dish 350
Casserole of Rice 351
A good common English Game Pie 352
Modern Chicken Pie 353
A common Chicken Pie 353
Pigeon Pie 354
Beef-steak Pie 354
Common Mutton Pie 355
A good Mutton Pie 355
xxRaised Pies 356
A Vol-au-Vent (Entrée) 357
A Vol-au-Vent of Fruit (Entremets) 358
A Vol-au-Vent à la Créme (Entremets) 358
Oyster Patties (Entrée) 359
Common Lobster Patties 359
Superlative Lobster Patties (Author’s receipt) 359
Good Chicken Patties (Entrée) 359
Patties à la Pontife, a fast-day or maigre dish (Entrée) 360
Excellent Meat Rolls 360
Small Vols-au-Vents, or Patty-cases 361
Another receipt for Tartlets 361
A Sefton, or Veal Custard 362
Apple Cake, or German Tart 362
Tourte Meringuée, or Tart with royal icing 363
A good Apple Tart 363
Tart of very young green Apples (good) 364
Barberry Tart 364
The Lady’s Tourte, and Christmas Tourte à la Châtelaine 364
Genoises à la Reine, or her Majesty’s Pastry 366
Almond Paste 367
Tartlets of Almond Paste 367
Fairy Fancies (Fantaisies des Fées) 368
Mincemeat (Author’s receipt) 368
Superlative Mincemeat 369
Mince Pies (Entremets) 369
Mince Pies Royal (Entremets) 370
The Monitor’s Tart, or Tourte à la Judd 370
Pudding Pies (Entremets) 371
Pudding Pies (a commoner kind) 371
Cocoa-Nut cheese-cakes (Entremets) (Jamaica receipt) 371
Common Lemon Tartlets 372
Madame Werner’s Rosenvik cheese-cakes 372
Apfel Krapfen (German receipt) 373
Créme Pâtissière, or Pastry Cream 373
Small Vols-au-Vent, à la Parisienne (Entremets) 374
Pastry Sandwiches 374
Lemon Sandwiches 374
Fanchonnettes (Entremets) 374
Jelly-Tartlets, or Custards 375
Strawberry Tartlets (good) 375
Raspberry Puffs 375
Creamed Tartlets 375
Ramakins à l’Ude, or Sefton-Fancies 375