Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-07-30
TO FOLLOW DINNER
SOME OF THE MOST sATIsFAc-
TORY OF DESSERTS.
French Caramel Custard Is Delicious
Plain Nougat Easy 20 Make
Maple Ice crean-Recipe for
Hot Apple Cups.

French Caramel Custard.-A little
different is this French custard. Heat
a pint of milk IN a double boiler. The
milk, by the way. must be quite fresh
| or the caramel is likely 20 curdle it.
into a new granite pudding dish put
four tablespoonfuls or ganulated sugar
| and melt 10 ON top OF the stove. watch
ing and stirring % carefully until It is
a clear bright brown liquid. thoroughly
| caramelized
Pour on 90 it gradually the scalding
milk. which viii dissolve most OF the
caramel sugar. Pour this liquid gradu-
! ally on 20 the beaten yolks of three
large eggs or the whole OF two. Re
turn To the pudding dish and bake an
hour IN slow oven. with an asbestos
mat under Il and one protecting Il on
the side above To snouid-lfke all
baked custards-have firm live
like consistency when done. and can
be safely taken out of the oven when
thin knife plunged into fl does not
look creamy or sticky. Caramel which
has hardened on the pan or even on
the spoon viii dissolve in the long
cooking
Plain Nougat.-Have ready square
shallow pans lined with parafhn paper
or creased slightly with olive oil: mix
together pound each OF blanched
almonds Sliced Brazil nuts. English
waluuts shelled and a quart OF peanuts
shelled and skinned. put over the fire
IN a porcelain lined kettle two pounds
OF granulated sugar and a cup OF wa
ter; stir until the sugar Is dissolved.
no longer. then boil without stirring
until the strip begins TO slightly
change color. take quickly from the
IRE and. having sprlnkled the nuts IN
the pans to the depth OF half an inch.
pour over them the hot strip until
we'll covered stand In a cold. dry
place and when half cooled and stiff
fened mark into bars. using a knife
slightly oiled
hot Apple Cups.-Turn tin oval
cups upside down. cover with good pie
crust put "a baking pan. still upside
down. and bake light brown in mod
crate oven. Cook six apples with the
rind and Juice OF a half a lemon.
Sweeten 60 taste. add generous lump
or butter. and flavor with a little nut
meg Keep hot tin ready 70 serve.
FIJI the pastry cups and put a spoon
OF whipped cream on top OF each one
English Apple Tsrt.-Peel and core
tart apples. put into a large sauce pan.
cover with boiling water. stew gently
until the apples are tender but un-
broken
Line the edges OF a deep pie TIN
with crust then an ths center OF the
dish with apples dropping into the
center OF each a spoonful OF orange
marmalade
Cover che top OF the dish With strips
OF pastry arranged lattice fashion and
bake quickly until brown. Serve hot
Maple Ice Cream.--Make a custard
OF three pints OF milk. one cupful OF
white sugar and the well-beaten yolks
OF Eve eggs Moisteu half pound
OF maple sugar and boil until Il can
dies. stir into the custard and when
cool and ready 20 freeze add one pint
OF whipped cream aud the beaten
whites OF the eggs.
Ice Cream Cake Fulng-Bou three
cups OF cugar In one cup OF water 20 a
thicF strip Beat the whites OF three
eggs 90 a sun froth and gradually
pour the boiling strip over IL. stirring
vigorously. Season with vanilla.
lemon or orange juice and beat until
cool