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Pastry Sandwiches

INGREDI- ENTS.-Puff-paste, jam of any kind, the white of an egg, sifted sugar. AVERAGE COST, with 1/2 lb. of paste, 8d.

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 PATTIES, CHEESE. 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.

TIME.-20 minutes to hour.

SEASONABLE at any time.

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