Mrs. Beeton's Dictionary of Every-Day Cookery: The "All About It" Books

bread. _Time._—½ to ¾ hour. _Average cost_, 3_s._, with cream at 1_s._ 6_d._ per pint. _Sufficient_ for 4 or 5 persons. _Seasonable_ at any time. ALMOND PUDDINGS, Small. _Ingredients._—½ lb. of sweet almonds, 6 bitter ones, ¼ lb. of butter, 4 eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls of sifted sugar, 2 tablespoonfuls of cream, 1 tablespoonful of brandy. _Mode._—Blanch and pound the almonds to a smooth paste with a spoonful of water; warm the butter, mix the almonds with this, and add the other ingredients, leaving out the whites of 2 eggs, and be particular that these are well beaten. Mix well, butter some cups, half fill them, and bake the puddings from 20 minutes to ½ hour. Turn them out on a dish, and serve with sweet sauce, or with sifted sugar only. _Time._—20 minutes to ½ hour. _Average cost_, 2_s._ _Sufficient_ for 4 or 5 persons. _Seasonable_ at any time. [Illustration: SMALL ALMOND PUDDINGS.] ALMOND PUFFS. _Ingredients._—2 tablespoonfuls of flour, 2 oz. of butter, 2 oz. of pounded sugar, 2 oz. of sweet almonds, 4 bitter almonds. _Mode._—Blanch and pound the almonds in a mortar to a smooth paste; melt the butter, dredge in the flour, and add the sugar and pounded almonds. Beat the mixture well, and put it into cups or very tiny jelly-pots, which should be well buttered, and bake in a moderate oven for about 20 minutes, or longer, should the puffs be large. Turn them out on a dish, the bottom of the puff uppermost, and serve. _Time._—20 minutes. _Average cost_, 8_d._ _Sufficient_ for 2 or 3 persons. _Seasonable_ at any time. ALMOND SOUP. _Ingredients._—4 lbs. of lean beef or veal, a few vegetables as for Stock (_see_ STOCK), 1 oz. of vermicelli, 4 blades of mace, 6 cloves, ½ lb. of sweet almonds, the yolks of 6 eggs, 1 gill of thick cream, rather more than 3 quarts of water. _Mode._—Boil the beef or veal, vegetables, and spices gently in water that will cover them, till the gravy is very strong, and the meat very tender; than strain off the gravy, and set it on