This sweet is light, nourishing, and much liked when children come tea, Cut four large oranges in halves and squeeze out the juice, then strain. it. Put it into a saucepan with a dessorispoonful of lemon juice and half an ounce of powdered gelatine, and dissolve over a low heat without boiling. Whisk an egg with a tablespoonful of easier sugar and gradually Pour a quarier of a pint of hot milk over it, surring well, Pour into a double' saucepan and stir over 'a gentle heat until it thickens, Let cool, then add to it a quarier of a pint' of whipped cream, then the orange juice. Add more sugar If necessary. Leave the mixture to get cold, and in the meantime prepare the baskets by scraping out the pulp from the orange skins and snipping the edges into a pattern with scissors, FIL the skins with the mixture and Jeave to sot. If there is any Toft over, it can be piled on top atter= wards, Bend come angelica strips aver me top to "represent "handles, and scatter chopped pistachio nuts or grated chocolate over the top.
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