Mrs Beetons Puddings and Desserts Revisited
Pastry Sandwiches
Very Good Puff Paste or Medium Puff Paste
Jam, Any Kind
1 Egg White
Caster Sugar, sifted
Roll the paste out thinly.
Put half of it on a baking sheet or tin.
Spread evenly with apricot, greengage, or any preserve that may be preferred.
Place another layer of thinly rolled paste over.
Press the edges together all round.
Mark the paste in lines with a knife on the surface, to show where to cut it when baked.
Bake for 20 to 30 minutes.
A short time before being done, take the pastry out of the oven, brush it with the egg white, sift over caster sugar and put it back in the oven to colour.
When cold, cut it into strips.
Pile these on a dish pyramidically and serve.
These strips, cut about 5cm (2 inches) long, piled in circular rows and a plateful of flavoured whipped cream poured in the middle, make a very pretty dish.
Time: 20 minutes to 1 hour.
Sufficient. 225g (8oz) paste will make 2 dishes of sandwiches.
Seasonable at any time.
PASTRY SANDWICHES
1318. INGREDIENTS - Puff-paste, jam of any kind, the white of an egg, sifted sugar.
Mode - Roll the paste out thin; put half of it on a baking-sheet or tin, and spread equally over it apricot, greengage, or any preserve that may be preferred. Lay over this preserve another thin paste; press the edges together all round; and mark the paste in lines with a knife on the surface, to show where to cut it when baked. Bake from 20 minutes to 1/2 hour; and, a short time before being done, take the pastry out of the oven, brush it over with the white of an egg, sift over pounded sugar, and put it back in the oven to colour. When cold, cut it into strips; pile these on a dish pyramidically, and serve. These strips, cut about 2 inches long, piled in circular rows, and a plateful of flavoured whipped cream poured in the middle, make a very pretty dish.
Time - 20 minutes to 1 hour.
Average cost, with 1/2 lb. of paste, 1s.
Sufficient - 1/2 lb. of paste will make 2 dishes of sandwiches.
Seasonable at any time.
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