Method.—Soak the gelatine in the cold water and dissolve in the boiling water; add the sugar and strain; when cold add the orange and lemon juice. Mould in sheets three-eighths of an inch thick.
Claret Jelly for Sweet Sandwiches.
Substitute claret for the orange juice and prepare as above. Do not omit the lemon juice.
Fruit or Claret Jelly Sandwiches with Nuts.
Slice blanched English walnuts and pecan nuts or almonds very thin, and stir into whipped cream. Stamp out shapes from the jelly. Spread one piece with the cream and nuts and cover with a second piece of jelly.
With French Fruit.
Substitute candied fruit for the nuts and proceed as above, or use nuts and fruit together.
Cupid's Butter Sandwiches.
Ingredients.
- The yolks of 4 hard-boiled eggs.
- 1 cup of butter.
- 1/3 a cup of powdered sugar.
- 1 teaspoonful of orange juice.
- A grating of orange rind.
- Angel cakelets or slices of angel cake.