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add the other pint of cream and stir the whole
very hard; boil two ounces of isinglass or gelatine with four small
teacupfuls of water till reduced to one-half; then stir the mixture
luke-warm into the other ingredients; put them in a glass dish to
congeal.
SNOW CREAM.
Heat a quart of thick, sweet cream; when ready to boil, stir into it
quickly three tablespoonfuls of cornstarch flour, blended with some
cold cream; sweeten to taste and allow it to boil gently, stirring for
two or three minutes; add quickly the whites of six eggs, beaten to a
stiff froth; do not allow it to boil up more than once after adding
the eggs; flavor with lemon, vanilla, bitter almond or grated lemon
peel; lay the snow thus formed quickly in rocky heaps on silver or
glass dishes, or in shapes. Iced, it will turn out well.
If the recipe is closely followed, any family may enjoy it at a
trifling expense, and it is really worthy the table of an epicure. It
can be made the day before it is to be eaten; kept cold.
MOCK ICE.
Take about three tablespoonfuls of some good preserve; rub it through
a sieve with as much cream as will fill a quart mold; dissolve
three-quarters of an ounce of isinglass or gelatine in half a pint of
water; when almost cold, mix it well with the cream; put it into a
mold, set in a cool place and turn out next day.
PEACH MERINGUE.
Pare and quarter (removing stones) a quart of sound, ripe peaches;
place them all in a dish that it will not injure to set in the oven
and yet be suitable to place on the table. Sprinkle the peaches with
sugar, and cover them well with the beaten whites of three eggs. Stand
the dish in the oven until the eggs have become a delicate brown, then
remove, and when cool enough, set the dish on ice, or in a very cool
place. Take the yolks of the eggs, add to them a pint of milk, sweeten
and flavor, and boil same in a custard kettle, being careful to keep
the eggs from curdling. When cool pour into a glass pitcher and serve
with the meringue when ready to use.
APPLE FLOAT.
One dozen apples, pared and cored, one pound and a half of sugar. Put
the apples on with water enough to cover them and let them stew until
they look as if they would break; then take them out and put the sugar
in the same water; let the syrup come to a boil, put in the apples and
let them stew until done through and clear; then take them out, slice
into the syrup one large lemon and add an ounce of gelatine dis
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