The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie

A great Victorian hostess's private recipe collection, gathered from the cooks, ambassadors and country houses of a lifetime — never meant for publication, and published after her death exactly as she kept it, attributions and all.

Bread

3 recipes in this part of The Cookery Book of Lady Clark.

Bread, Grissini, Porridge and Rolls

Bagshot Daily Loaf. (Mrs. Sherwood. 1860.) Take, to make this bread, rather less than 4 lbs. of well dried and sifted flour. Put it into a…

Grissini and Porridge

To make grissini keep back some of the dough of Emslie's Breakfast Rolls (see Rolls), cut, and roll it out with your hands into strips…

Rolls

Birk Hall Rolls. (Mrs. Evans' quick way.) This is for a breakfast party. Ingredients required: 2 lbs. of finest flour to 1 oz. of fresh…

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