Method.—Prepare and slice the vegetables, wash the tail and divide it at the joints. Heat the butter in a stewpan, fry the tail until well browned, then remove it and fry the meat, previously cut into rather thin slices. Strain off the butter and put it aside until required. Replace the tail in the stewpan, add the water and a teaspoonful of salt, and bring to the boil. Skim well, put in the prepared vegetables, parsley, bay-leaf, and a good seasoning of pepper, cover closely, and simmer gently for 4 hours, skimming when necessary. Strain; if convenient let the liquor stand until quite cold and remove every particle of fat from the surface. Re-heat the butter used for frying, adding more if necessary, stir in the flour, and cook for 3 or 4 minutes. Add the stock, bring to the boil, put in a few pieces of the tail, season to taste, make thoroughly hot, and serve.
3799.—LOQUAT JELLY.
May be made as directed for Guava Jelly (No. 3795) but a little less sugar should be used.
Time.—Altogether 5 or 6 hours. Average Cost, 9d. per pint.
3800.—LOQUAT PIE OR TART.
Ingredients.—1 quart of loquats, 1 tablespoonful of lemon juice, 3 ozs. of loaf sugar, ½ a pint of cold water, short crust No. 1668.
Method.—Wash and halve the fruit, remove the stones, and place them in a stewpan with the sugar, water, and lemon juice. Simmer gently for 10 minutes, then strain, replace the liquor in a stewpan, add the fruit, and cook gently until tender. Turn the whole into a pie-dish, cover with paste, bake in a moderately hot oven, and serve either hot or cold.
Time.—About 2 hours. Average Cost, about 1s.
3801.—MELBOURNE PANCAKES.
Ingredients.—2 breakfastcupfuls of flour, 2 breakfastcilpfuls of sour milk, 2 breakfastcupfuls of ripe fruit mashed and sweetened, 2 ozs. of butter melted, 2 eggs, 1 good teaspoonful of carbonate of soda, sugar, lard, ½ a level teaspoonful of salt.
Method.—Mix the flour, milk, eggs, and salt into a smooth batter, and let stand for 1½ hours. Then add the melted butter and the carbonate of soda previously dissolved in a little hot water. Fry the pancakes in hot lard, pile them one above another with a thick layer of fruit between them. Sprinkle with sugar, and serve.
Time.—Altogether about 2½ hours. Average Cost, 10d. to 1s.
