(3628). Baskets Filled With Candied Fruits, Or Ice Cream Fruits (Corbeilles Garnies De Fruits, Ou De Fruits En Glace)

Take some ordinary nougat (No. 3621) and roll it out to a quarter of au inch in thickness: from it cut a round ten inches in diameter. Prepare twenty-one wires, each five inches long, coat them with a layer of colored pulled sugar (No. 3618) three-sixteenths of an inch thick and fasten them to the round of nougat at half an inch from the edge, leaving an inch space between each one. Have some pulled sugar, either white or colored; imitatea rope and arrange it around the base of the basket; pull some more sugar and roll it into strings a quarter of an inch thick and three feet long; make a braid of this sugar the same as a wicker basket going in and out of the wires, continning as far as the top, finishing the whole with another rope the same as the bottom. Make the handles two and a half inches in diameter with the same sugar and pass them through rings fastened with sugar cooked to "crack (No. 171). Inside the upper part of the basket arrange a nougat foundation and cover it either with candied fruits, fresh fruits or else those made of ice cream or water ice.

Fig. 743.

Fig. 741.

Fig. 744.

(3629). Perrette's Basket (Le Panier De Perrette)

Have some nougat made of chopped almonds (No. 3621); roll it out to a quarter of an inch thickness and cut it into an oval nine by five inches. Have sixteen pieces of wire, each six inches long; cover all of them with a three-sixteenths of an inch layer of pulled and colored sugar (No 3618); bend each one separately while the sugar is still hot, then fasten them around the nous oval, an inch from the border; spread the wires outward on top. Make a rope of pulled white sugar, place it around the bottom of the basket; roll some more pulled sugar into quarter-inch diameter strings and braid it around the wires, finishing the top with another braid of pulled sugar. In the center fasten a sufficiently large handle, cover it with flowers and leaves made of pulled sugar and at one end tie a pretty satin ribbon bow three inches in width and of a color harmonizing with the basket. Put a nougat bottom inside the basket at two-thirds of its height, then fill up with chestnuts made of chestnut paste iced over with chocolate, or else ice cream in imitation of mushrooms, strawberries, etc.

Fig. 745.

(3631). "Bon Voyage" Boat Served At A Farewell Dinner (Bateau "Bon Voyage," Servi A L'Occasion D'Un Depart)

The shell of the boat is made of brown nougat (No. 3621), molded in a plaster mold, oiled and varnished with shellac, first well dried, then oiled; the masts are made of wire covered with pulled sugar (No. 3618) of a yellowish hue; the cordage of silk, and the sails of pulled sugar exceedingly white, remelted on a slow fire, and rolled out speedily with a roller, then cut with cardboard patterns into the shape of the various sails, afterward laid on sheets of tin bent to the needed form. The waves are imitated in pulled sugar of a greenish color, and the letters on the standard are painted with gold paint. The entire boat can be made of white or colored gum paste (No. 3624), and the water imitated with green royal icing (No. 101). This piece may be filled either with fresh or candied fruits, such as Malaga grapes stuffed with almond paste (No. 125); candied cherries or strawberries and angelica, or else instead of these have imitation flowers made of ice cream and angelica lozenges.

Fig. 747.

(3699). Fresh Fruits (Fruits Frais)

Choose ripe fruits; arrange them either in baskets, fruit stands or plates garnished with green grape leaves and fresh moss. The base must be solid so that when carried they will not be dislodged; place the handsome part of the fruit on the outer side. Early fruits are always appreciated as they foretell those that are to follow in their season. Fruits for dressing are apricots, pineapple.-, pears, peaches, oranges, lady apples, grapes, cherries and strawberries. In case no fresh green leaves are procurable, use artificial ones made of muslin and didded in wax. If a pineapple is in be arranged in the center of a basket, stand it on a cardboard cylinder four inches high by three inches in diameter. All fruits to be found in New York are designated on the table tor the different seasons (see page 17). Dry fruits consist of almonds, rasins, nuts, dates, and innumerable other,.