Put them into a stewpan with the lemon rind, sugar, wine, and water.
Then rub them through a hair sieve, and colour with cochineal.
Boil the cream or milk and add it to the apple pulp.
Beat them thoroughly together, and serve when cold in a glass dish.
_Ingredients_--1½ lb. of apples. 3 oz. of castor sugar. ¼ pint of water. The thin rind and juice of half a lemon. The whites of 3 eggs. Cochineal.
_Method._--Wash the apples and cut them in pieces.
Put them in a stewpan with the water, sugar, lemon rind and juice.
When the apple pulp is quite cold, add them to it, and beat until the mixture is a stiff froth.
Colour prettily with cochineal, and heap on a glass dish.
_Ingredients_--2 lb. of apples. The thin rind of a lemon. Juice of half a lemon. 3 oz. of castor sugar. 2 teaspoonfuls of ground ginger. 3 whole eggs. ¾ pint of water.
Stew them until tender with the sugar, lemon rind and juice, ginger, and water.
Rub them through a hair sieve (there should be about one pint of pulp if the stewing has been very gentle).
Beat the eggs, and strain them into the apple pulp.
Put it to stand in a saucepan of boiling water, and stir until it thickens, taking care that it does not curdle.
Stir occasionally while it is cooling, and serve in custard glasses or on a glass dish.
_Ingredients_--1 tablespoonful of cornflour. 1 pint of milk. The yolks of 2 eggs. 2 oz. of castor sugar. Vanilla or other flavouring.
_Method._--Put the milk and sugar on to boil.
When boiling, stir in the cornflour, which should be mixed very smoothly with a little cold milk.
Boil, stirring all the time, for ten minutes.
Then remove from the fire, and, when it has cooled a little, beat in the yolks of the eggs.
Stir again over the fire to cook the eggs, but take care they do not curdle.
Flavour to taste, and when cold pour into custard glasses.
A cheaper substitute for custard may be made by omitting the eggs.
_Ingredients_--1 pint of milk. 1 tablespoonful of arrowroot. 2 oz. of castor sugar. The yolks of 2 eggs. Vanilla or other flavouring.
When boiling, pour in the arrowroot, mixed very smoothly with a little cold milk.
Then remove it from the fire, beat in the yolks and stir until they thicken.
_Ingredients_--A little red jam. 5 sponge cakes. 1 doz. ratafias. 1 pint of milk. The white of an egg. 3 eggs. 1 oz. of castor sugar.