This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
Price as pudding 10c
For large restaurant dish make the dumpling of a whole apple but of a size that run 4 to a pound. Make the plain paste as for pies at Nos. 20 and 21.
Pare and core the apples, roll the paste out to a large, thin sheet on the table, slip an apple under the edge, gather the paste around and pinch it off underneath. Bake placed close together in a moderate oven until the apples are done when tried with a fork - generally 30 to 45 minutes. Serve with sauce.
Cost of material - crust each 2, apples (at 4clb) each 1, 3c dish - with sauce 1, 4c dish.
 
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