1128. Apricot Sauce.
—Put four ounces of apricot marmalade ([No. 1335]) into a saucepan with one ounce of fresh butter and a gill of water; set it on the hot stove and stir briskly with the spatula until it comes to a boil, then take from off the fire, and add immediately a gill of good brandy, mixing again with the spatula for one minute more, then pour the sauce over the boiled apple dumplings, and serve.
1129. Diplomatic Pudding, Punch Sauce.
—Pare off, remove the skin and strings from four ounces of veal-suet and three ounces of beef-marrow, lay them in a saucepan with two ounces of finely chopped plums and three ounces of flour. Place the saucepan on a slow fire, and stir well with the spatula for six minutes; add three egg yolks and one whole egg, half a gill of sweet cream, half a gill of maraschino, a saltspoonful of salt, and half a saltspoonful of grated nutmeg. Stir all together thoroughly for six minutes, not letting it boil, then take it off the fire, and lay the pan in a cool place, adding one ounce of whole pistache, also two ounces of macaroons pounded in a mortar, half an ounce of angelica, and half an ounce of candied cherries, all well chopped. Mix well for one minute; peel, core, and chop up three medium-sized apples, add them to the preparation with two ounces of powdered sugar, and a tablespoonful of vanilla flavoring; then stir all together for twelve or fifteen minutes. Butter and flour neatly a cloth, arrange it in a deep vessel, and pour the preparation into it; lift up the four corners, close them together, and tie firmly with a string, leaving an empty space, about the eighth of the contents, to allow it to swell. Have a saucepan half full of boiling water ready to plunge the pudding into, then let boil for three full hours; the pudding will constantly float, therefore turn it every hour, when it will be thoroughly cooked. Remove it, let drain for two minutes, untie, lift it from the cloth, and dress it on a hot dessert-dish. Have ready the following sauce: put in a saucepan half a gill of rum, three ounces of powdered sugar, the grated rind of half an orange, and a teaspoonful of vanilla flavoring. Put it on the stove, and as soon as the liquid catches a light flame, put on the lid and let all infuse for one minute. Take from off the fire, and immediately squeeze in the juice of one orange; strain through a sieve over the pudding, and serve very hot.
1130. Rice Pudding with Orange.
—Clean half a pound of fine rice; wash it in lukewarm water, then drain in a colander, put three pints of milk into a saucepan, place it on the hot stove, and when near a boil, drop in the rice. Let cook slowly for twelve minutes, stirring it frequently from the bottom with a spatula; remove it from the fire, and add one ounce of fresh butter, three ounces of powdered sugar, and the grated rind of a medium-sized orange. Mix well for two minutes, then add three ounces of well-skinned and stringed marrow, finely chopped, two ounces of dried and cleaned currants ([No. 1080]), two ounces of bitter almond macaroons ([No. 1209]), one ounce of finely shred candied orange-peel, three egg yolks, one whole one, half a gill of brandy, and half a saltspoonful of salt; mix well together for ten minutes. Have a buttered and floured cloth, arrange it in a deep vessel, and pour the preparation into it; lift up the four corners, tie it firmly, being careful to leave an empty space of about an eighth of the contents.
Place a deep saucepan on the stove, half filled with boiling water; plunge the pudding in, and let cook for one hour and a half, turning it over a couple of times; remove, drain for one minute, untie, and lift from the cloth. Dress on a dessert-dish, and serve with the following sauce ([No. 1131]).
1131. Sauce à l’Anglaise à l’Orange.
—Put in a saucepan four egg yolks with four ounces of powdered sugar, and stir with a spatula until it becomes a whitish color. Add two gills of sweet cream, little by little, beating continually, then grate in the rind of an orange. Place the pan on a slow stove, and stir well for four minutes, being careful not to let it boil; take it off, strain through a sieve over the pudding, and serve very hot.