CHAPTER XVIII.

PASTRY.

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Introductory remarks 344

To glaze or ice Pastry 345

_Feuilletage_, or fine French 345 Puff Paste

Very good light Paste 346

English Puff Paste 346

Cream Crust (_very good_) 347 (_Author’s receipt_)

_Pâte Brisée_ (or French Crust 347 for hot or cold Meat Pies)

Flead Crust 347

Common Suet-Crust for Pies 348

Very superior Suet-Crust 348

Very rich short Crust for 349 Tarts

Excellent short Crust for 349 Sweet Pastry

_Bricche_ Paste 349

Modern Potato Pasty, an 350 excellent family dish

_Casserole_ of Rice 351

A good common English Game Pie 352

Modern Chicken Pie 353

A common Chicken Pie 353

Pigeon Pie 354

Beef-steak Pie 354

Common Mutton Pie 355

A good Mutton Pie 355

Raised Pies 356

A _Vol-au-Vent_ (_Entrée_) 357

A _Vol-au-Vent_ of Fruit 358 (_Entremets_)

A _Vol-au-Vent à la Créme_ 358 (_Entremets_)

Oyster Patties (_Entrée_) 359

Common Lobster Patties 359

Superlative Lobster Patties 359 (_Author’s receipt_)

Good Chicken Patties 359 (_Entrée_)

Patties _à la Pontife_, a 360 fast-day or _maigre_ dish (_Entrée_)

Excellent Meat Rolls 360

Small _Vols-au-Vents_, or 361 Patty-cases

Another receipt for Tartlets 361

A Sefton, or Veal Custard 362

Apple Cake, or German Tart 362

_Tourte Meringuée_, or Tart 363 with royal icing

A good Apple Tart 363

Tart of very young green 364 Apples (_good_)

Barberry Tart 364

The Lady’s _Tourte_, and 364 Christmas _Tourte à la Châtelaine_

_Genoises à la Reine_, or her 366 Majesty’s Pastry

Almond Paste 367

Tartlets of Almond Paste 367

Fairy Fancies (_Fantaisies des 368 Fées_)

Mincemeat (_Author’s receipt_) 368

Superlative Mincemeat 369

Mince Pies (_Entremets_) 369

Mince Pies Royal (_Entremets_) 370

The Monitor’s Tart, or _Tourte 370 à la Judd_

Pudding Pies (_Entremets_) 371

Pudding Pies (_a commoner 371 kind_)

Cocoa-Nut cheese-cakes 371 (_Entremets_) (_Jamaica receipt_)

Common Lemon Tartlets 372

Madame Werner’s Rosenvik 372 cheese-cakes

Apfel Krapfen (_German 373 receipt_)

_Créme Pâtissière_, or Pastry 373 Cream

Small _Vols-au-Vent, à la 374 Parisienne_ (_Entremets_)

Pastry Sandwiches 374

Lemon Sandwiches 374

_Fanchonnettes_ (_Entremets_) 374

Jelly-Tartlets, or Custards 375

Strawberry Tartlets (_good_) 375

Raspberry Puffs 375

Creamed Tartlets 375

Ramakins _à l’Ude_, or 375 Sefton-Fancies