The Hidden Mountain
Origin: London, England
Source: Isabella Beeton, 1861
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- a few slices of citron
- sugar to taste
- 1/4 pint cream
- a layer of any kind of jam
Instructions
- Beat the whites and yolks of the eggs separately;
- then mix them and beat well again, adding a few thin slices of citron, the cream, and sufficient pounded sugar to sweeten it nicely.
- When the mixture is well beaten, put it into a buttered pan, and fry the same as a pancake; but it should be three times the thickness of an ordinary pancake.
- Cover it with jam, and garnish with slices of citron and holly-leaves.
- This dish is served cold.