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MARMALADE FOR THE CHARLOTTE
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MARMALADE FOR THE CHARLOTTE

9 ingredients 5 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

330
Calories
7g
Protein
17g
Fat
40g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Apple 1 medium (182g) 95
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • three pounds of good boiling apples
  • six ounces of fresh butter
  • four ounces of the finest pounded sugar
  • a pound of sugar beaten to powder
  • a teaspoonful of pounded cinnamon
  • three quarters of a pound of sugar beaten to powder
  • three quarters of a teaspoonful of pounded cinnamon
  • three eggs
  • one kind of preserve

Directions

1

Weigh three pounds of good boiling apples, after they have been pared, cored, and quartered; put them into a stewpan with six ounces of fresh butter, three quarters of a pound of sugar beaten to powder, three quarters of a teaspoonful of pounded cinnamon, and the strained juice of a lemon; let these stew over a gentle fire, until they form a perfectly smooth and _dry_ marmalade; keep them often stirred that they may not burn, and let them cool before they are put into the crust. This quantity is for a moderate-sized Charlotte.

2

A CHARLOTTE À LA PARISIENNE.

3

This dish is sometimes called in England a Vienna cake; and it is known here also, we believe, as a _Gâteaux de Bordeaux_. Cut horizontally into half-inch slices a Savoy or sponge cake, and cover each slice with a different kind of preserve; replace them in their original form, and spread equally over the cake an icing made with the whites of three eggs, and four ounces of the finest pounded sugar; sift more sugar over it in every part, and put it into a very gentle oven to dry. The eggs should be whisked to snow before they are used. One kind of preserve, instead of several, can be used for this dish; and a rice or a pound cake may supply the place of the Savoy or sponge biscuit.

4

A GERTRUDE À LA CREME.

5

Slice a plain pound or rice cake as for the _Charlotte à la Parisienne_, and take a round out of the centre of each slice with a tin-cutter before the preserve is laid on; replace the whole in its original form, ice the outside with a green or rose coloured icing at pleasure, and dry it in a gentle oven; or decorate it instead with leaves of almond paste, fastening them to it with white of egg. Just before it is sent to table, fill it with well-drained whipped cream, flavoured as for a trifle or in any other way to the taste.

By Eliza Acton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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