A Book of Mediterranean Food

preferable not to do the garnishing until an hour before you are going to serve it. Apricotina is not such a trouble as it sound ...

1 pint orange juice, about ½ oz gelatine, 2 tablespoons sugar, 2 eggs. Soak the gelatine in the orange juice for 30 minutes, put ...

Egyptian sweet) Heat ½ lb of honey with ¼ lb of sugar and ¼ lb of butter until the mixture thickens. Add 4 oz white breadcrumbs. ...

the top, so stiff that when separated from the milk it can be rolled up. A little roll of this cream (it cannot be made from mod ...

thin and line the tins. Work the cheese and warmed honey together, add the sugar, the beaten eggs, and a little cinnamon, spread ...

chocolate mixed with vanilla sugar. GÂTEAU DE FIGUES SÈCHES 1 lb dried figs, 1½ pints milk, 4 tablespoons rice, 3 eggs, 2 oz but ...

swelling of the cake during cooking. A three-pint capacity tin is about right. Bake in the lower shelf of a very slow oven, gas ...

and rice mixture. I think that dried apricots would be good instead of the figs – and if you like you can spread a thin layer of ...

kirsch), a little piece of lemon peel, and a scrap of cinnamon. Beat together the cream cheese and 2 or 3 tablespoons of castor ...

Serve them cold, with cream. TORRIJAS The Spanish version of a sweet well known in most European countries, and designed for usi ...

them in milk (about ½ pint), then in beaten egg (1 large egg should be sufficient). Fry the slices until crisp and golden in ver ...

the hands and then leave it to rest for a little wrapped in a floured cloth. Take a small piece at a time, and roll out very thi ...

Middle East yoghourt, or yaourti, is served as a sweet, or as a sauce (as for the pilaff on p. 98), in salad (p. 156 ); it is ea ...

Mix together the breadcrumbs, orange juice and grated orange rind, add the ground almonds, and if available, a tablespoon of ora ...

luncheon or dinner. COFFEE MOUSSE ½ pint milk, 2 eggs, 2 oz sugar, 3 leaves gelatine (rather under ½ oz), 1 after-dinner coffeec ...

custard. Whip the cream lightly, amalgamate with the custard. When this mixture is quite cold and just barely beginning to set r ...

egg whites ready whisked into peaks. Beat chocolate-coffee mixture to a smooth paste, stir in a saltspoonful of powdered cinnamo ...

Put the strained juice (there should be approximately a half pint) of the oranges and the lemon together in a saucepan with the ...

overnight in the refrigerator. Do not attempt to turn these creams out or to decorate them with whipped cream. They are intended ...

on. Put them in a tall fireproof pot, or earthenware crock. Add about 3 oz of sugar per pound of pears. Half cover with red tabl ...