SWEET DISHES.
Lemon Custards.
Beat the yelks of eight eggs till they are as white as milk; then put to them a pint of boiling water, the rinds of two lemons grated, and the juice sweetened to your taste. Stir it on the fire till thick enough, then add a large glass of rich wine, and half a glass of brandy; give the whole one scald, and put it in cups, to be eaten cold.
Lent Potatoes.
Beat three or four ounces of almonds, and three or four bitter, when blanched, putting a little orange flower water to prevent oiling: add eight ounces of butter, four eggs well beaten and strained, half a glass of raisin wine, and sugar to your taste. Beat all well till quite smooth, and grate in three Savoy biscuit. Make balls of the above, with a little flour, the size of a chestnut; throw them into a stewpan of boiling lard, and boil them of a beautiful yellow brown. Drain them on a sieve.
Serve sweet sauce in a boat, to eat with them.
Rice Flummery.
Boil with a pint of new milk, a bit of lemonpeel, and cinnamon: mix with a little cold milk, as much rice flour as will make the whole of a good consistence: sweeten, and add a spoonful of peachwater, or a bitter almond beaten. Boil it, observing it does not burn. Pour it into a shape or pint bason, taking out the spice. When cold, turn the flummery into a dish, and serve with cream, milk, or custard round; or put a teaspoonful of cream into half a pint of new milk, a glass of raisin wine, a little sugar, and a squeeze of lemon.
Curds and Cream.
Turn to curd three or four pints of milk with runnet; break it, and let the whey run out, then put it into a bason; and when to be served, but it on a dish with some cream, or fine milk, either plain or sweetened.