Nutmeg Recipes Page 88

Recipes Featuring Nutmeg

• Fruit Cake
  1 pound sugar 1 pound butter 1 pound flour 10 eggs 1/2 cup molasses 1/2 cup sour milk 1 teaspoon soda 1/2 fruit juice 2 pounds raisins 2 pounds currants 1/2 pound dates 1/2 pound figs 1 t
• Jelly Cakes
  1 lb sugar 1 lb butter 6 eggs, separated 1 1/2 lb flour 1 tsp mixed spices (cinnamon, mace & nutmeg) 1/2 glass rose water For the icing: 4 egg whites Powdered sugar Lemon or rose water
• Domestic Fruit Cake
  1 cup dried apples 1 cup molasses 2/3 cup sugar 2/3 cup butter 1 teaspoon soda 1/2 nutmeg grated 1 teaspoon each mace 1 teaspoon each cinnamon 1 teaspoon each of cloves 2 cups raisins
• Mince Meat | 1/2 lb butter
  1/2 lb butter 2-1/2 lbs brown sugar 3 lbs beef neck, boiled 1-1/2 lbs suet 2-1/2 lbs white sugar 2 Tbsp cinnamon 2 Tbsp nutmeg 2 Tbsp mace 2 Tbsp allspice 2 Tbsp salt Juice of 3 lemons Rind
• Crullers | 5 pints flour
  5 pints flour 4 tsps cream of tartar 1 1/2 pints sugar 1/4 lb butter 5 eggs, beaten separately Cinnamon Nutmeg 1 pint milk 1 tsp baking soda Powdered sugar
• Pork Cheese
  2 lbs cold, roast pork 2 tsps parsley, finely minced 5 sage leaves, finely minced Pepper Salt A bunch of savory herbs, finely minced 2 blades mace Nutmeg 1/2 tsp lemon peel, finely minced Gra
• Doughnuts | 4 quarts flour
  4 quarts flour 1 lb sugar 3/4 lb butter Salt 4 eggs, lightly beaten 1/2 nutmeg, grated 4 ounces yeast
• Frangipan Tart
  2 eggs, slightly beaten 1 1/2 ounces butter 1 1/2 ounces sugar 1/4 ounce flour 1/2 pint milk 1 bay leaf 2 or 3 fine strips of lemon rind Bit of nutmeg
• Hunter's Beef or Spiced Round
  24 lbs round of beef 3 ounces saltpetre 3 ounces coarsest sugar 1 ounce cloves 1 nutmeg 1/2 ounce allspice 3 handfuls salt Suet Batter
• Stuffed Beef
  10-12 lbs round of beef Slices of fat pork or bacon For the filling: 1 pint breadcrumbs Pepper Salt 1 tsp marjoram 1 1/2 tsp basil 1 onion, very finely chopped 1/4 tsp nutmeg, grated Parsl