Sweets

Dried fruits are prunes, figs, apple rings, pears, apricots and mixed fruit sald. All these must be soaked for 12 hours.

Recipe and Method
16 lb Prunes, figs, apricots or fruit salad
2 lbs Sugar
1 oz Cinnamon
Juice and rind of two lemons if obtainable

Method
Barely cover soaked washed fruit with cold water, add sugar and other ingredients, bring to boil and simmer gently until tender.

Stewed Apple Rings
8 lb Apple rings
A few cloves
2 lbs Sugar

Method
As above. For apple pie, cover apples with 8 lbs sweet short pastry.

Steamed Apple Pudding
8 lb Apple rings
2 lbs Sugar
A few cloves
16 lb Suet paste

Method
Line basins with paste, fill with apples, add sugar and cloves and cover with paste and greaseproof paper. Steam for 1 1/2 - 2 hours.

Baked Bread Pudding
18 lbs Soaked bread
2 lbs Saltanas
2 lbs Treacle or syrup
1 1/2 oz Mixed Spice
2 lbs Currants
2 lbs Sugar
1/2 lb Mixed peel
Good pinch of salt
2 lbs Margarine or fat
Grated rind of 2 lemons

Method
Pass bread through mincer, cream the fat, sugar and syrup, thoroughly together. Wash fruit and mix all ingredients together, place on lightly greased tray. Smooth the top, sprinkle with sugar, cook in slow oven for 1 hour. Serve with custard sauce.

Baked Jam Roll
16 lbs Sweet short pastry
7 lbs Jam

Method
Roll out paste 1/4" thick and roughly 15" by 12". Spread with jam to within 1" of sides, turn end in, wet the edges and roll up. Start cooking in quick oven, when set remove to slower oven to finish cooking.

Baked Rice Pudding
4 gal Milk
4 lbs Rice
2 lbs Sugar
1/4 lbs Margarine
Grated nutmeg

Method
Boil milk and sugar. Wash and add rice slowly, simmer for 20 minutes, place in greased pie dishes. Add margarine and nutmeg, finish cooking in slow oven.

Blancmange
2 lbs Cornflower
2 1/2 gal Milk
2 lbs Sugar
Vanilla essence

Method
Boil milk and sugar, make a thin paste with cornflower, add to milk, add vanilla and boil for 10 mins. Place in moulds and allow to cool.

Chocolate Blancmange
Same as above. Leaving out vanilla essence and adding 3/4 lb chocolate powder.