Cover the pie plates with paste, fill with the mixture, and bake in a moderately hot oven.
246. One quart of milk, Half a pound of sugar, A quarter of a pound of butter, Five eggs, One tea spoonful of grated nutmeg, A quarter of a pound of currants.
Warm the milk, and turn it to a curd, with a piece of rennet, or a table spoonful of the wine in which a rennet has been soaked. As soon as the milk is a thick curd, take it out with a broad ladle or spoon, and lay it on a sieve to drain. Beat the eggs, and add the drained curd, also the sugar and butter, which must have been beaten to a cream, then the spice and fruit.
For those who would prefer it sweeter, more sugar may be added.
Line your pie plates with paste, fill them with the above mixture, and bake in a moderately hot oven.
247. One pint of curd, One gill and a half of cream, Three eggs, Sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon to the taste.
Mix the curd and cream thoroughly together. Beat the eggs, add them with the sugar and spice. Make a paste, cover your pie plates, and fill them with the mixture.
248. One quart of milk, Three eggs, One ounce of butter, Two table spoonsful of brandy, Sugar to the taste, As much Indian meal as will make the milk as thick as pap.
When the milk boils, stir in the Indian meal till it is thickened about like pap, then add the butter.
Set it off to cool. When cold stir in the eggs, which must have been well beaten, then the sugar and brandy.
Make a paste, cover your pie plates, pour in the above mixture, and bake in a moderate oven.
249. One quart of milk, Eight eggs, Sugar to the taste, A quarter of a pound of butter, One tea spoonful of cinnamon, One tea spoonful of nutmeg, Brandy, or rose-water to the taste, Rice flour enough to thicken the milk.
Boil the milk, and stir in enough rice flour mixed with cold milk, to thicken it about as stiff as thick molasses. Add the butter while it is hot. Beat the eggs, stir them in when it gets cold, and add the other ingredients, bake in pie plates, with an under crust only.
250. Half a pound of butter, Half a pound of sugar, Five eggs, Two table spoonsful of brandy, The rind of an orange.
Lay the rind of an orange to soak over night. The next day boil it and mash it fine. It must be boiled in fresh water.