585. +Figaro Pudding.+-- Soak 1 ounce gelatine in a little water for 15 minutes; place a saucepan with 1 pint sweet cream, the yolks of 4 eggs and 6 tablespoonfuls sugar over the fire and stir until nearly boiling; add the gelatine and stir till it is dissolved; remove it from the fire and set aside to cool, stirring it now and then; when quite cold and beginning to thicken stir in lightly 1 pint whipped cream and flavor with vanilla; rinse out a mould with cold water, sprinkle with sugar, fill in the cream and set in a cool place to form; serve with cold strawberry sauce.

586. +Farina Melusine (with Apples).+-- Bring 1 quart milk to a boil, add, stirring constantly, 1 cup farina and stir until it forms into a stiff paste and loosens itself from bottom of saucepan; transfer it to a dish; when cold stir 2 tablespoonfuls butter to a cream and add alternately the yolks of 6 eggs, the farina, 4 tablespoonfuls sugar, the rind of 1 lemon and lastly the beaten whites; pare and core 8 large tart apples, put them in a long pan over the fire, add 1 quart boiling water, cover with another pan of same size and steam them 5 minutes (no longer); then remove carefully, lay them into a long shaped pudding dish, put a teaspoonful jelly into each apple and pour the farina mixture over so the apples are entirely covered; bake in a medium hot oven about ¾ hour and serve with the following sauce:--Stir 2 tablespoonfuls butter with 1 cup powdered sugar to a cream, add the yolks of 2 eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls rum or Cognac, a little nutmeg and lastly the whites beaten to a stiff froth; sufficient for a family of 8 persons.

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587. +Farina Beignets.+-- Bring 1 pint milk with 1 tablespoonful butter to a boil and add, stirring constantly, 1 cup farina; continue stirring until it loosens itself from the bottom of saucepan; transfer the farina to a dish and when cold mix it by degrees with the yolks of 3 eggs, the grated rind of 1 lemon and 1 tablespoonful sugar; divide this into equal parts the size of an egg, roll them into oblong shapes, dip them into the beaten whites, roll in fine bread crumbs and fry in boiling lard; serve them dusted with sugar or send fruit sauce to table with them.

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588. +Farina Pudding (without Eggs).+-- Boil 3 pints milk with a little salt and while boiling sprinkle in slowly 5 tablespoonfuls farina; set the saucepan with the farina in a vessel of hot water and continue the boiling for ¾ hour; pour it into a jelly mould which has been rinsed with cold water and sprinkled with sugar and serve cold with either wine fruit or vanilla sauce; or sprinkle with sugar. This pudding may also be eaten with cream or milk, and is also nice cut into slices and fried; or dip the slices into beaten egg, roll in fine bread crumbs, fry and serve for breakfast with meat.

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