Blanch and skin three quarters of a pound of almonds, which cut into
small fillets, and place them in the oven until lightly browned; put six
ounces of powdered sugar in a copper pan with a little essence of
cochineal, stir round over the fire till melted, and when it commences
boiling stir in the almonds and turn it out upon a buttered
baking-sheet, spread out thin, and before getting too crisp cut it into
pieces (with a knife) two inches in length and three quarters of an inch
in breadth; dress them in crown upon your dish and fill the interior
with a pint of whipped cream, in which you have put a tablespoonful of
sugar and one of orange-flower-water; strawberries may be added if in
season. Nougat aux pistaches is made by omitting the cochineal, and when
spread out upon the baking-sheet sprinkling chopped pistachios over
whilst very hot, and proceeding as in the last.