Photo: David Holifield
Ingredients
- 1 quart new milk
- 1 tablespoon rennet
- 4 tablespoons powdered sugar
- ½ cup butter
- 1 grated nutmeg
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 whole egg
- ½ pound dried currants or the grated rind and juice of 1 lemon
Directions
1
Dissolve 1 tablespoon rennet in 1 quart of new milk and keep it near the fire until curd forms.
2
Drain the whey through a sieve.
3
Rub 4 tablespoons powdered sugar, ½ cup butter, 1 grated nutmeg, and 1 egg yolk into the curd.
4
Beat well, then add 1 whole egg and beat again.
5
Mix in ½ pound dried currants or the grated rind and juice of 1 lemon.
6
Line patty pans with rich pastry, half fill them, dust with sugar, and bake.