365 Foreign Dishes, Unknown [online e book reading TXT] 📗

nd 2 carrots cut fine, 1 bay-leaf, a sprig of thyme and a fewpeppercorns. Pour over 1 cup of vinegar and 1 cup of hot water. Dredgewith flour and let bake in a hot oven. Baste often with the sauce inthe pan until nearly done; then add 1 pint of sour cream and let bakeuntil done. Thicken with flour; boil up and pour over the roast.

14.--Italian Sugar Cakes.

Beat 1-1/2 pounds of sugar and 1/2 pound of butter to a cream; add 4yolks of eggs, a pinch of salt and nutmeg. Stir in 1/2 pound of flour,4 ounces of currants, 2 ounces of chopped almonds, 1 tablespoonful ofcitron and candied orange peel chopped fine. Add the whites beatenstiff and bake in small well-buttered cake-tins until done; then coverwith a thin icing.

15.--Oriental Stewed Prawns.

Clean and pick 3 dozen prawns. Heat some dripping in a large saucepan;add the prawns, 1 chopped onion, salt, pepper and 1 teaspoonful ofcurry-powder. Add 1 pint of stock and let simmer half an hour untiltender. Serve on a border of boiled r