Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | March 21, 2017

Chewitt Pyramid

As I prepared the individual chewitts, my goal was to prepare enough to present to table in a pyramid.  Pictured is a pyramid of the unbaked chewitts filled with the receipt (recipe), To make Minced Pies of Beef.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | March 20, 2017

The Chewitt Lid

After the formed coffin paste is filled with the receipt (recipe), To make Minced Pies of Beef, a lid is created from the same paste and pinched in place to make the Chewitt.   A coffin paste has to have strength and is made from boiling water and adding lard and flour.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | March 17, 2017

Filled with To make Minced Pies of Beef

The coffin, the bottom of the chewitt, was trimmed and removed from the coffin former and filled with the receipt (recipe), To make Minced Pies of Beef.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | March 15, 2017

Coffin Former

While the flour was being weighed for the coffin paste, the water was brought to a boil and the lard added.  This hot water paste allows for a strong but pliable paste that can be molded on the coffin former for the receipt (recipe), To make Chewitts.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | March 14, 2017

Weighing Flour for Chewitts

The first step in making the receipt (recipe) for Chewitts is to make the coffin paste.  Pictured I am weighing out the flour as I will need a total of three pounds.  My wood coffin formers are on the table as well as my crocks of mincemeat

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | March 10, 2017

To make a Quince Pudding

The receipt (recipe) for To make a Quince Pudding is pictured as it was presented to the table.  The quinces were scalded tender and mixed with sugar, ginger, cinnamon, cream and eggs.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | March 6, 2017

Quince: Scrape off the Soft

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After the soft of the quinces has been scraped off for the receipt (recipe), To make a Quince Pudding:  mix it with sugar very sweet, put in a little ginger and a little cinnamon; to a pint of cream you must put three to four eggs, and stir it into your quinces till they are of a good thickness; it must be pretty thick  Butter your dish, pour it in and bake it.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | March 3, 2017

Scald Your Quince

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The first words of the receipt (recipe), To make a Quince Pudding, are:   Scald your quinces very tender, pare them very thin, scrape off the soft.   Quince are a fruit that take much time to scald tender, so the quince were cut in pieces with skin to be pared left on to facilitate the process.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | February 24, 2017

Quinces for Winter Pudding

My fall 2016 quince kept well and were used to prepare the receipt (recipe), To make a Quince pudding, in January 2017.img_1809-004

 

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | February 20, 2017

Hutspot from a Capon Presented

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The Dutch receipt (recipe), To make a Hutspot from a Capon, consists of crumbs of White-bread, Cinnamon, Ginger, Saffron, Sugar, Marrow from Marrow-bones, Dates and slices of Lemon.  Pictured is the receipt presented on the table.

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