Macaroons
INGREDIENTS. - lb. of sweet almonds, 1/21 lb. of sifted loaf sugar, the whites of 3 eggs, wafer paper. AVERAGE COST, 10d.
Blanch, skin and dry the almonds and pound them well with a little orangeflower or plain water; then add the sifted sugar and the whites of the eggs, which should be beaten to a stiff froth; and mix MACKEREL. 232 MACKEREL, PICKLED. all the ingredients well together. When the paste looks soft, drop it at equal distances on to sheets MACAROONS. of wafer paper: put a strip of almond on the top of each; strew some syrup over and bake the macaroons in rather a slow oven, of a light brown colour. When hard and set, they are done. They must not be allowed to get very brown, as that would spoil their appearance.
TIME. From 15 to 20 minutes.