206. +Pineapple Pudding à la Royale.+-- Pare and cut in half a nice, ripe pineapple; remove the hard part from the center and cut the pineapple into fine slices; put into a bowl and sprinkle 8 tablespoonfuls sugar over them, cover and let stand 2 hours; in the meantime prepare 1 pint white wine jelly; set a plain tin form into cracked ice, pour some jelly into it and let stand till firm; then put a wreath or a star of pineapple over the jelly, sprinkle a few blanched almonds between them and pour some more jelly over it; when this is firm turn form on its side, pour a little jelly in and keep turning in the cracked ice till jelly is firm; lay slices of pineapple on the sides, sprinkle blanched almonds cut into strips between, pour over a little more jelly and turn the form till all is firm; in the meantime boil 1 pound sugar with 1 cup water 10 minutes and add 1 ounce gelatine which has been previously soaked in ½ cup cold water and dissolved in ½ cup boiling water; remove the slices of pineapple, add the juice from pineapple to the boiled syrup, set this into cracked ice and stir till it begins to thicken; then add 1 pint whipped cream and fill the cream into the form alternately with layers of lady fingers and macaroons which have been previously dipped into the syrup; cover the form and pack it in ice for 2 hours; cut the remaining slices of pineapple into dice, mix with some of the cold jelly, put in small tin forms and garnish the pudding, when turned out, with them.
207. +Orange Pudding à la Maltaise.+-- Boil 1½ cups sugar with 1 cup water 5 minutes; add the juice of 6 oranges, the grated rind of 2 and 1½ ounces gelatine which has been soaked for ½ hour in cold water; stir until gelatine is melted, strain through a fine sieve, place on ice and stir till it begins to thicken; then add 1 pint whipped cream; mix the juice of 6 oranges and 1 lemon with 1 cup sugar syrup and strain through a sieve; cut the crust off a sponge cake which has been baked in a deep pan the day before, cut the cake into slices about ½ inch in thickness and dip each slice in the orange liquor; set a plain tin form into cracked ice and pour in ½ pint plain orange jelly (see Jelly); let this get firm; decorate the bottom with a wreath of green pistachio nuts or blanched almonds and currants, or any kind of fruit, such as strawberries, cherries or plums; pour over some jelly; as soon as firm add a few spoonfuls jelly, then a layer of the orange cream and over this the sponge cake; continue with layers of cream and sponge cake till all is used; let the last layer be cream; let the form remain in ice for 2 hours; in serving turn the pudding onto a handsome round dish and garnish with orange quarters glazed with sugar.