Oranges Filled with Jelly

Instructions

1. This is one of the fanciful dishes which make a pretty appearance on a supper table, and are acceptable when much variety is desired.
2. Take some very fine China oranges, and with the point of a small knife cut out from the top of each a round about the size of a shilling.
3. Then with the small end of a tea or an egg spoon, empty them entirely, taking great care not to break the rinds.
4. Throw these into cold water, and make jelly of the juice, which must be well pressed from the pulp, and strained as clear as possible.
5. Colour one half a fine rose colour with prepared cochineal, and leave the other very pale.
6. When it is nearly cold, drain and wipe the orange rinds, and fill them with alternate stripes of the two jellies.
7. When they are perfectly cold cut them into quarters, and dispose them tastefully in a dish with a few light branches of myrtle between them.
8. Calf's feet or any other variety of jelly, or different blancmanges, may be used at choice to fill the rinds; the colours, however, should contrast as much as possible.