If the crust of a meat ple is acdentally overbrowned it should be lightly scraped with a fine nutmeg-grater until the burnt portion is removed. The crust should then be [brushed over with milk or with yolk of egg, and the pie returned to the oven until it is nicely glazed over.
Burnt pastry on fruit or jam tarts may also be successfully treated with fine grater, and if a rough surface is toft It may be sprinkled with cas-for sugar or grated lump sugar. The pastry should be allowed to cool before the sugar is dredged over it.
Small, sponge buns that have "caught" slightly at the top may be improved in appearance by a thin ayer of coconut icing. If they are burnt at the sides they may be lightly Seraped with a. grater, then given coating of jam and a sprink-Ting of desiccated coconut.
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