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Steak and Kidney Pudding

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1½-2 pounds steak
½ pound calf’s kidney
2 tablespoons flour
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
6 ounces freshly grated or packaged suet
12 ounces self-raising flour
Dripping
4 tablespoons finely chopped shallot or onion
¼ pint rich beef stock
2-4 tablespoons port wine (optional)

Cut steak and kidney into rather small pieces, and shake well in a bowl containing flour and ¼ level teaspoon each salt and freshly ground pepper, until all the pieces are well coated.

Combine finely grated suet with self-raising flour, adding pepper and salt, to taste, to make a light suet crust.

Grease a pudding basin with dripping, line it with the crust and put in the seasoned meat and finely chopped shallot or onion. Combine stock and port wine (if desired), and fill up the basin with this mixture to near the top, adding a little water if necessary. Put on the pastry lid, making sure the edges are well sealed to keep in the steam. Cover the whole pudding with a floured cloth and simmer or steam 3 to 4 hours. The crust should be rather damp. Serves 4 to 6.

Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 36 Park Stree, London W1 © Robert Carrier, 1968

Raspberry Bavarian Cream

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1 box frozen raspberries (10 ounces)
Juice of 1 large lemon
1 tablespoon gelatine
4 tablespoons milk
4 tablespoons sugar (optional)
2 egg yolks
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup crushed ice
Raspberries
Kirsch

Defrost raspberries in a bowl with lemon juice.

Drain ⅔ cup of the raspberry juices into a saucepan (or if dry pack raspberries have been used, add 4 tablespoons to ⅔ water) and bring to a boil. Then pour the hot liquid into the container of an electric blender. Add gelatine and milk; cover and blend on high speed for 1 minute.

Remove the cover, add the raspberries and egg yolks. Then cover and blend at high speed for 5 seconds. Remove the cover, add cream and crushed ice, and keep blending until smooth. Pour into a mold and chill until set. Serve with raspberries moistened with 1 or 2 tablespoons Kirsch. Serves 4 to 6.

©️ Robert Carrier 1966, Grosset & Dunlap New York

Carré D’Agneau (Rack of Lamb)

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2 loins of baby lamb
Softened butter
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 ounces fresh breadcrumbs
4 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
½ level teaspoon dried thyme
½ level teaspoon dried marjoram
Grated ring of ½ lemon
Grilled whole tomatoes
Watercress

Spread loins of lamb with softened butter and season generously with salt and freshly ground black pepper; place in a roasting tin. Roast in moderately hot oven (400° – M5) for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool.

Make a paste of breadcrumbs, chopped parsley, thyme, marjoram, lemon rind and softened butter, and coat sides of lamb thickly with this mixture.

Twenty minutes before serving, return loins of lamb to a moderately hot oven (400° – M5) and roast for 20 minutes.

Serve garnished with grilled whole tomatoes and watercress.

Serves 4-6

©️Robert Carrier 1968

Rice à la Royale (French Rice Pudding)

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¾ cup rice
2 cups milk
4 tablespoons sugar
Pinch of salt
Pears poached in syrup
Whipped cream

Custard
4 egg yolks
4 tablespoons sugar
4 tablespoons cornstarch
2 cups milk
Vanilla extract
1 tablespoon gelatine
6 tablespoons heavy cream
1-2 tablespoons Kirsch

Simmer rice in milk, sugar and salt until tender. Cool.

To make custard: combine egg yolks and sugar, and beat well. Add cornstarch and blend until smooth. Heat the milk slightly, with vanilla extract to taste, and pour on to egg mixture. Return mixture to saucepan and cook until thick and smooth, stirring constantly. Cool. Stir gelatine, dissolved in a little water, into custard, and when cool add cream and Kirsch. Leave to thicken slightly.

Stir in rice mixture and turn into a wetted mold. Refrigerate for several hours. Turn out and decorate with poached pears and whipped cream. Serve very cold. Serves 4 to 6.

Fish Turban With Scallops

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1 ½ pounds hake or halibut
Well-flavored court-bouillon
1 ¼ cups milk
4 cups freshly grated breadcrumbs
4 egg yolks
6 tablespoons heavy cream
4 egg whites
Salt, freshly ground black pepper and cayenne pepper
Butter
Scallops, crab, shrimp or mussels

Poach fish in a well-flavored court-bouillon until flesh flakes easily with a fork; remove from court-bouillon and drain. Remove skin and bones, and flake fish. Bring milk to a boil; pour over fresh breadcrumbs and mix well with flaked fish; pound in a mortar until smooth. Add egg yolks and cream and mix well into mixture. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold gently into fish mixture. Season to taste with salt, freshly ground black pepper and a pinch of caynne. Spook mixture into a buttered ring mold; place mold in a pan of boiling water and bake in a slow oven (325° F.) for 1 hour, or until turban is firm. To serve: unmold turban onto a heated serving dish and fill ring with curried scallops, crab or shrimp, or more simply mussels in a lightly curried cream sauce. Serves 6 to 8.

Publishers GROSSET & DUNLAP New York, © Robert Carrier 1967

Gooseberry Fool

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1 ½ pounds gooseberries
½-1 cup sugar
Custard (see below)
Whipped cream

Clean gooseberries and remove stems; wash gooseberries and put them in an enamelled saucepan with sugar and water to cover. Cook until they are quite soft. adding more water if necessary, and then rub them through a fine sieve. Mix custard and whipped cream (reserving a little cream for garnish) with the gooseberry puree, and serve in a glass bowl or in individual glasses. Garnish with whipped cream. Serves 4 to 6.

To make custard: combine 2/3 cup milk with 1 teaspoon cornstarch and sugar to taste in the top of a double boiler. Bring to a boil. Stir in 2 well-beaten egg yolks which you have mixed with a little of the hot mixture, and cook over water, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until custard is thick and smooth. DO not let the mixture boil. Flavor to taste with vanilla extract. Strain and cool.

© Robert Carrier 1966. Publishers GROSSET & DUNLAP New York, Carton manufactured in Great Britain. Cards printed in the Netherlands.

Chocolate Layer Cake

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½ cup butter, softened
Grated rind of 1 orange
Grated rind of 1 lemon
1 cup sugar
4 egg yolks
1 ½ cups plain flour
1 ½ teaspoons cream of tartar
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
½ cup cornstarch
¾ cup milk
4 egg whites
Chocolate icing
Preserved fruits or finely chopped pistachio nuts

Beat softened butter in electric mixer until light and creamy. Combine grated orange and lemon rind with sugar and add to butter, beating them well together. Beat in egg yolks with 2 spoonfuls flour. Combine cream of tartar and baking soda with remaining flour and cornstarch, and add them gradually to the other ingredients along with the milk. Whip egg whites to a stiff froth, and fold them quickly and lightly into the cake mixture. Bake in a lined cake tin in a slow oven (350°F.) for 1 to 1 ½ hours, or until cake is well risen and from to the touch. Turn out of the tin and allow to cool. Then cut the cake in 3 or 4 layers; spread each layer with chocolate icing and assembled cake again. Ice with chocolate icing and decorate with preserved fruits or finely chopped pistachio nuts.

© Robert Carrier 1966. Publishers GROSSET & DUNLAP New York, Carton manufactured in Great Britain. Cards printed in the Netherlands.