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Apples, Iced, or Apple Hedge- Hog

INGREDIENTS for dish for 6 persons. -About 2 dozen good boiling apples. 1 lb. of sugar, pint of water, the rind of lemon, minced very ery finely, the whites of 2 eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls of pounded sugar, a few sweet almonds. AVERAGE COST, 1s. 9d. to 2s.

Peel and core a dozen of the apples without dividing them, and stew them very gently in a lined saucepan with 1/2 lb. of the sugar and 1/2 pint of water, and when tender lift them carefully on to a dish.

Have ready the remainder of the apples, pared, cored, and cut into thin slices; put gently until they are reduced to a marmalade; keeping them stirred, to prevent them from burning. Cover the bottom of the dish with some of the marmalade, and over that a layer of the stewed apples, in the insides of which, and between each, place some of the marmalade; then place another layer of apples, and fill up the cavities with marmalade as before, forming the whole into a raised oval shape. Whip the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, mix with them the pounded sugar, and cover the apples very smoothly all over with the icing; blanch and cut each almond into 4 or 5 strips; place these strips at equal distances over the icing, sticking up; strew over a little rough pounded sugar, and put the dish in a very slow oven, to colour the almonds, and so allow the apples to get warm through. This dish may also be served cold, and makes a pretty supper one.

TIME. From 20 to 30 minutes to stew the apples.

SEASONABLE from August to March. - Apples in Red Jelly. INGRE- DIENTS for 1 dish.-6 good-sized apples, 6 cloves, 6 oz. of pounded sugar, 1 1 lemon, 2 teacupfuls of water, 1 tablespoonful of gelaof water, 1 tablespoonful of gelatine, a few drops of prepared cochineal. AVERAGE COST, with the garnish, 10d.

Peel and take out the cores of the apples, either with a scoop or a small silver knife, and put into each apple a clove and as much sifted sugar as it will hold. Place them, without touching each other, in a large pie-dish; add more white sugar, the juice of 1 lemon, and 2 teacupfuls of water.

Bake in the oven, with a dish over them, until they are done. Look at them frequently, and, as each apple is cooked, place it in a glass dish. They must not be left in the oven after they are done, or they will break, and so would spoil the appearance of the dish. When the apples are neatly arranged in the dish without touching each other, strain the liquor in which they have been stewing into a lined saucepan; add to it the rind of the lemon, and a tablespoonful of gelatine which has been previously dissolved in cold water, and, if not sweet, a little more sugar, and 6 cloves. Boil till quite clear; colour with a few drops of prepared cochineal, and strain the jelly through a double muslin into a jug ; let it cool a little; then pour it into the dish round the apples. When quite cold, garnish the tops of the apples with a bright-coloured marmalade, jelly, or the white of an egg APPLES, STEWED. beaten to a strong froth, with a little sifted sugar.

TIME. From 30 to 50 minutes to bake the apples.

SEASONABLE from August to March. (A pretty Supper Dish.) Appies, Stewed, and Custard. -INGREDIENTS for large dish.-8 goodsized apples, the rind of 1/2 lemon, 1/2 lb. of sugar, pint of water, pint of custard.

AVERAGE COST, 15.

Pare and take out the cores of the apples without dividing them, and, if possible, leave the stalks on; boil the sugar and water together for 10 minutes; then put in the apples with the lemon-rind, and simmer gently until they are tender, taking care not to let them break. Dish them neatly on a glass dish with the stalks upwards, reduce the syrup by boiling it quickly for a few minutes; let it cool a little, then pour it over the apples. Have ready 1/2 pint of custard made by the recipe for BOILED CUSTARD; pour it round, but not over, the apples when they are quite cold, and garnish with a little bright-coloured jelly and some blanched almonds.

TIME.-20 to 30 minutes to stew the apples.

SEASONABLE from August to March. (A pretty Dish for a Juvenile Supper.) Apples, To Preserve, in