Required: Eight puff-pastry cases. Two ounces of semolina. One pint of milk. One ounce of butter. One ounce of grated Parmesan cheese. Two tablespoonfuls of cream. Salt, pepper, and cayenne.

Heat the cases (which should be small) carefully.

When the milk boils, sprinkle in the semolina, and stir it over the fire until it thickens, and all the little fragments look quite transparent. Add the cheese - any stale pieces may be grated and used if liked, instead of Parmesan - the butter, and the cream. Season it rather highly, but with discrimination.

Fill the hot cases with the cheese mixture, and send them quickly to table.

Cost, 10d.