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108 YOU must take two large Seville oranges, and grate off the rind as far as they are yellow; then put your oranges in fair water, and let them boil till they are tender. Shift the water three or four times to take out the bitterness; when they are tender, cut them open and take away the seeds and strings, and beat the other part in a mortar, with half a pound of sugar, till it is a paste; then put to it the yolks of six eggs, three or four spoonfuls of thick cream, half a Naples biscuit grated, mix three together, and melt a pound of fresh butter very thick, and stir it well in. When it is cold, put a little thin puff-paste about the bottom and rim of your dish; pour in the ingredients; and bake it about three quarters of an hour. YOU must take the outfide rind of three Seville oranges, boil them in several waters till they are tender, then pound them in a mortar, with three quarters of a pound of sugar; then blanch half a pound of sweet almonds, beat them very fine with rose-water to keep them from boiling, then beat sixteen eggs, but six whites, a pound of fresh butter, and beat all these together till it is light and hollow; then lay a thin puff-paste all over a dish, and put in the ingredients. Bake it with your tarts. GRATE the outside rind of two clear lemons; then grate two Naples biscuits and mix with the grated peel, and add to it three quarters of a pound of white sugar, twelve yolks of eggs, and half the whites, three quarters of a pound of melted butter, half a pint of thick cream; mix all well together, lay a puff-paste all over the dish, pour the ingredients in, and bake it. An hour will bake it. BLANCH half a pound of sweet almonds, and four bitter ones, in warm water, take them and pound them in a marble mortar, with two spoonfuls of orange-flower-water, and two of rose-water, a gill of sack; mix in four grated Naples biscuits, three quarters of a pound of melted butter; beat eight eggs, and mix them with a quart of cream boiled, grate in half a nutmeg and a quarter of a pound of sugar; mix all well together, make a thin