half cupful of English currants (dried). One cupful of mashed ripe currants, one of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of water, one of flour, beaten with the yolks of two eggs. One quart of stewed pumpkin pressed through a sieve, nine eggs, All the ingredients should be very cold when mixing, and the suet dredged with flour after it is chopped, to prevent the particles from adhering to each other. This may be cooked before it is put into the crust or not, but it is rather better to cook it first in a double boiler or dish. your pie-pan lined with paste made as biscuit dough, slice the tomatoes very thin, filling the pan somewhat heaping, then grate over it a nutmeg; put in half a cup of butter and a medium cup of sugar, if the pan is rather deep. Teach your children about the Victorian era using these fantastic resources and ideas. They are pretty capped with a cube of currant jelly. Four cups of sifted flour, one cup of butter, a Baking was traditionally done at home by women, generally for the family. Crush finely with a rolling pin, one large Boston cracker; put it Take the whites of three eggs for each pie and whip to As you might know, chocolate doesn't really like water, it splits, makes the chocolate go grey and you can't really temper it and mould it. No matter how carefully every part of the work may be done, the paste will not be good if much flour is used. Peel, stone and slice the peaches. Bake for fifteen minutes, remove, brush with water and dredge with sugar, return to the oven for two minutes. of raspberry jelly on each square. or seal in Mason jars and keep covered in a cool place. Using a force bag add plenty of the stiff paste around the whole circle to produce a high edge then dust with sugar; return to the oven until it is lightly brown. A good rule for pie crust for a pie requiring only an under crust, as a custard or pumpkin pie, is: Three large tablespoonfuls of flour sifted, rubbing into it a large tablespoonful of cold butter, or part butter and part lard, and a pinch of salt, mixing with Victorian era, the period between about 1820 and 1914, corresponding roughly to the period of Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901) and characterized by a class-based society, a growing number of people able to vote, a growing state and economy, and Britain’s status as the most powerful empire in the world. Sprinkle the board lightly with flour. crust sodden. Return to the oven for a further fifteen minutes, or until the almonds are a pretty golden brown colour. Method; Roll the pastry out into a square about one eighth of an inch thick, bake for ten minutes then spread with the jam. Good way to use left over pie crust and apple sauce. (Source Baking Times). take good full measures of sugar and flour. should be well picked out before chopping. of rose-water, and a teaspoonful of cinnamon, and lastly a quarter of a Shape the butter into two thin cakes and put in a pan of ice-water to harden. If the cutters are dipped in hot water, the edges of the tartlets will rise much higher and smoother when baking. Still water goes in the top and baking soda + phosphoric acid goes in the bottom. cold. number of 138patties, that the dough will not be worked over more than These are much more easily handled than pieces of pie or even pies whole, and can be packed nicely for carrying. They form a delicious addition to the breakfast table. This will keep all winter or Fill the crusts and bake until just done. Add ice cold water enough to roll and one half cups of shredded cocoanut and boil slowly twelve minutes; filling. Make in just the same way as the "Cherry Pie," unless they are somewhat green, then they should be stewed a little. The gypsy tart is a pastry case filled with sugar and evaporated milk, and then baked. One pint of greengage plums, after being rubbed through a sieve, one large cup of sugar, the yolks of two eggs well beaten. Great care should be taken that the paste does not catch or burn in the oven, which is very liable to do after the icing is laid on. Method; Roll out the pastry very thinly and line twelve patty tins; beat up the butter and sugar to a cream then add the egg, rice powder beat well; then add the cocoanut and baking powder. plates lined with puff paste. One-half cup desiccated cocoanut soaked in one cupful of milk, two eggs, one small cupful of sugar, butter the size of an egg. for the top crust; roll it a little thinner than the under crust; lap one-half over the other and cut three or four slits about a quarter Take the whites of the eggs and beat to a stiff froth with two tablespoonfuls of sugar, spread over the top and brown in a quick oven. Repeat this three times if for pies Place the slices together again a pour over the water icing which has been prepared as follows [six ounces icing sugar, two tablespoonfuls of liquid from the peaches and a little vanilla, stir over a gentle heat until warm and liquid, then pour over the cake and quickly dust with pistachios which have been blanched, chopped and dried. together until smooth; put into twelve patty-pans lined with puff paste and bake until the crust is done. Roll out a nice puff paste thin; cut out with a glass or minutes. What was it like living in the Victorian times? All Rights Reserved | Validate XHTML & CSS | A Website by: Tony Hudson, Copyright © 2010 - 2021 Recipes Past and Present | A, One and a half ounces of dripping or lard, One and a half tablespoonful baking powder, Three ounces of grated cocoanut or two ounces of desiccated cocoanut, The grated rind and the juice of one orange, A little cochineal or candied fruit for decorating, White water icing flavoured with vanilla [see cake icing section], Five ounces of grated or three ounces of desiccated cocoanut, A tablespoonful of the syrup from the preserved ginger, Four ounces of mixed candied orange, lemon, and citron peel. (Small jar for small family.) Baking and its Importance. very fine, add to it four ounces of breadcrumbs. One pint of boiled dry squash, one cupful of brown sugar, three eggs, two tablespoonfuls of molasses, one tablespoonful of melted butter They used it for: driving machinery, moving locomotives and steamships, cooking and heating. Beat up the yolks of three eggs to a cream. gradually into it, stirring constantly with a spoon; turn the dough out One quart of pastry flour, one pint of butter, one tablespoonful of salt, one of sugar, one and a quarter cupfuls of ice-water. lemons; add to that a cup and a half of white sugar, two heaping tablespoonfuls of unsifted flour, or one of cornstarch; stir it well together, then add the yolks of three well-beaten eggs, beat this thoroughly, then add the juice of the lemons, two cups of water and a piece of butter the size of a walnut. Form into egg shapes using two large spoons, a heap in the centre of the gateau. teaspoonful of salt, one half teaspoonful each of mace, cinnamon and aside to get cold, which should be done the day before needed. cream pie use the juice and grated rind of one large lemon or two small are made by adding a quart of the cooked and mashed vegetable to each Add a little water and Is good; try it. ... Back to Victorian Recipes This frees it from the salt and buttermilk and lightens it, so that the pastry is more delicate. Bake in a deep pie tin lined with pie crust. Can be made the same as "Cranberry Tart Pie," or an upper crust can it until very smooth and until it sets. Lay a crust in your plates; slice apples thin and half fill your plates; pour over them a custard made of four eggs and one quart of milk, sweetened and seasoned to your taste. For lemon Though the Victorian era is regarded as the most dynamic era in which a number of reforms took place and mostly for the better like the Industrial Revolution etc yet it was the same period which also witnessed the deterioration in the working conditions of the people due to a variety of reasons. fresh, stoned sour cherries, and sprinkle a generous cupful of sugar four eggs until very thick and light and pour them into this mixture; This makes two pies, or one large deep one. Smokey sugar measure to avoid a watery custard. https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/recipes/all/victoria-sandwich-cake cider, one tablespoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of pepper, one tablespoonful of mace, one tablespoonful of allspice and four tablespoonfuls of cinnamon, two grated nutmegs, one tablespoonful of cloves; mix thoroughly and warm it on the range until heated through. a cupful of white sugar, season, a wine-glass of milk; put the butter Method; Roll the pastry out to one eighth of an inch thickness and cut into squares of about six inches; A new series looks at the history of baking in Victorian times (L-r) John Foster, John Swift, Harpreet Baura and Duncan Glendinnin. The serving of the pudding was regarded very highly in the Victorian times and was an essential ritual. Spread this over the top and return to the oven, to set and brown slightly. Reserve the whites Serve utilized this way. The cream fillings are cooked on top of stove until thick. One cupful of cold water, half a cupful of molasses, half a cupful of brown sugar, half a cupful of cider vinegar, two-thirds of a cupful of melted butter, one cupful of raisins seeded and chopped, one egg beaten light, half a cupful of rolled cracker crumbs, a teaspoonful Pumpkin, squash and sweet potato pies Mix the flour and sugar together, add boiling water, put on the stove one lemon, half a wine-glass of brandy and one teacupful of milk; mix all well and pour into a deep plate lined with paste; put a strip of the paste around the edge of the dish and bake thirty minutes. tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, four tablespoonfuls of ice water and the Decorate the edges, score the top with a knife and brush over with cold water and dust with sugar, bake for twenty to thirty minutes. Peel and core the apples, slice on to one of the rounds, leave an inch gap at the edge. Cut off the brown part of the cocoanut, grate the white part, mix it with milk and set it on the fire and let it boil slowly eight or ten minutes. smoke. minutes. Will keep good Then beat into this the milk and, lastly, the whites. Registry| Use the very best materials in making pastry; the shortening should From delicate confectionary moulds to life-saving 'patty pans', the baking implements of the past can tell us plenty about Britain's innovative culinary history. It makes a medium-sized pie. two tablespoons water, one lump of butter and yolks of two eggs. until smooth; then beat in the beaten yolks of five or six eggs. Raspberry, blackberry and whortleberry may be made the same. The brandy and wine may be omitted and When the custard is "set"--but not more than half done--spread over it the whites whipped to a froth, with two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Fine for pies. and bake in a nice quick oven for about a quarter of an hour. ounces of butter, four eggs, a glass of brandy, six ounces of sugar, one To make a good chocolate frosting make a quantity of fudge, beating Baked by Nataleen offers cooking, cake baking and cake decorating classes in Pretoria. Victorian Cake Recipes. Mix until like honey. To a pound of the grated cocoanut, allow a quart of milk, eight eggs, four tablespoonfuls of sifted white sugar, a glass of wine, a small cracker, pounded fine, two spoonfuls of melted butter and half a nutmeg. Not the most PC of names now, but it was a long-time staple of school dinner halls the land over. Dissolve the chocolate in a very little milk, stir into the boiling water and boil three minutes. After these are well mixed, add half a cup of milk. Also know as Victoria Sandwich and Flour board and roll thin. apples, one pint of sweet cider or of juice from pickled peaches, one Put the dough Pour a pint of cream upon one and a half cupfuls of sugar; let it stand until the whites of three eggs have been beaten to a stiff froth; add this to the cream and beat up thoroughly; grate a little nutmeg over the mixture and bake without an upper crust. ones and double the flour and sugar measure. This was used from as far back as the Saxons right up to the time of the Tudors as it was a very effective method of food preparation. One cupful of mashed pumpkin, three quarters cup of sugar, one Dust with powdered sugar. After having washed and picked over the berries, stew them well in a little water, just enough to cover them; when they burst open and become soft, sweeten them with plenty of sugar, mash them smooth covering if capped with whipped cream. Add the unbeaten Wax or grease a baking pan and pour into rounds a good distance apart one teaspoonful of the mixture. brush with an egg and fold over cornerwise and press together. mixing bowl and roll out. This Christmas baking workshop features CHC’s star baker and historic cook, Sherry Murphy. small measures of flour. flavor with vanilla. Grate the rind of one and use the juice of two large oranges. Line a pie plate with a rich crust and bake quickly in a hot oven. When the alkaline combines with the base, they send up CO2 bubbles which get forced into the water under pressure, and the water gets dispensed through the nozzle as seltzer. Line your pie-tin with crust, fill half full of berries, shake over a tablespoonful of sifted flour (if very juicy) and as much sugar as is necessary to sweeten When done, cover with a meringue made of the whites of two eggs and two tablespoonfuls of sugar flavored with a teaspoonful of lemon juice. with little trouble. Beat butter and sugar to a Victoriaanse schrijvers schreven lange romans waarin de grote vragen van hun tijd behandeld werden in concrete, realistische situaties. mixed after beating well, stir it into the milk just as the milk commences to boil; add an ounce of butter and keep on stirring one way until it thickens; flavor with vanilla or lemon. Remove from fire at once. Half fill it with cold water. spread. Allow three peach kernels chopped fine to each pie; pour in a very little water and bake with an upper crust, or with cross-bars of paste across the top. May be used for veal or oyster patties, or filled with jelly, jam or preserves, as tarts. Flour the molding board and quickly roll half the dough Four eggs, whites and yolks, one-half cake of Baker's chocolate, grated, one tablespoonful of cornstarch, dissolved in water, three tablespoonfuls of milk, four of white sugar, two teaspoonfuls of vanilla, one saltspoonful of salt, one-half teaspoonful of cinnamon, one teaspoonful of butter, melted; rub the chocolate smooth in the milk and heat to boiling over the fire, then stir in the cornstarch. Bake with an under crust. longer in a cool place, if the brandy and wine are not omitted. Bake with a crust. The cakes may be decorated if so wished. Add the eggs alternately with the flour, sifted, to the butter and sugar, beat thoroughly, adding the baking powder, ginger, lemon rind and the preserved ginger. ingredients. One half large cup of flour, one heaping tablespoon of lard, Or shells may be made by lining patty-pans with paste. moderate oven until the custard sets and can be cut clean with a silver Working in sweltering bakeries that were often underground was certainly hot work. If a tablespoonful of sifted flour is added to it, as the above Custard Mash smooth and season with nutmeg. One quart milk, three cups stewed pumpkin, one tablespoon flour, four Huckleberry and blackberry pies are improved by putting into them a little ginger and cinnamon. One and one half cups sugar creamed with one half cup butter, yolks One and one half cups of sugar, creamed with one half cup butter, Cut the butter into small pieces and work into the dry mixture, using either 2 knives or your fingertips. 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