Line a dish with short crust. Fill it closely with raspberries, strawberries, cherries or other fruit and sufficient sugar. Cover with crust, but do not press it down round the edges. When baked, lift off the upper crust and fill with cream.
Cream.—Scald the milk or cream. Add the whites beaten to a stiff froth, the sugar and the cornflour mixed smooth with a little cold milk. Boil three minutes, stirring continually. Set aside until quite cold.
Fruit Tartlets
Stew the fruit until tender, taking care to keep it whole, in plenty of water and sugar. Take out the fruit gently with a skimmer when done. Add a few drops of lemon juice to the syrup. Boil it until reduced to a thick syrup. Line several small tins with a short crust ([No. IV.] or [V.]). Fill with uncooked rice and bake. Take out the rice. Arrange the fruit in them and pour the syrup over.
Lemon Cheesecakes
¹⁄₄ lb. butter
1 lb. loaf sugar
6 eggs
3 lemons
Melt the sugar in the lemon juice. Add the butter, eggs (taking out the whites of two) and the grated rind of two lemons. Stir until thick and of the consistency of honey. A few pounded almonds may be added.
Line small tins with puff or short pastry, fill with the mixture and bake.
Mincemeat
2 lbs. suet
3 lbs. raisins
2 lbs. sultanas
2 lbs. currants
1 lb. mixed candied peel
2 lbs. moist sugar
1 dozen sour apples
4 lemons, grated peel and juice
2 tea-spoons mixed spice
2 ” ground ginger
¹⁄₄ lb. pounded sweet almonds
2 grated nutmegs
¹⁄₂ pint brandy
¹⁄₂ pint sherry