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1 tsp. gelatin
1 tbs. cold water
30 c.c. (1 oz.) 40% cream
1 egg
Saccharin to sweeten
Pour coffee, or cocoa infusion, into a double boiler, beat egg yolk
and saccharin dissolved in 1 tsp. of water, and stir into hot coffee.
Cook gently until mixture coats the spoon (raw flavor of egg has
disappeared); add gelatin and mix thoroughly. Whip cream and egg
white. Place on ice to set.
LISTER CREAM PUFF
This is made by pouring 30 grams of soft custard (diabetic) over 1
Lister biscuit.
CUSTARD
1/2 cup cream
1/4 grain saccharin
1 egg
3-4 drops vanilla or almond extract
Beat egg until it is well broken up, but not light; stir into the
cream; dissolve saccharin in teaspoonful of water and add to mixture.
If custard is to be baked, pour into molds and place upon a rack, or
on a folded cloth in a pan half filled with hot water; bake in
moderate oven until firm in center.
If soft custard is desired, pour mixture into double boiler and cook
gently until mixture coats the spoon and the raw egg flavor has
disappeared.
SNOW PUDDING
Make 1/2 cup gelatin, as directed below.
Whip in 1 egg white.
When gelatin is half congealed, mold and set on ice.
When ready to serve, unmold and serve with custard, or 1 tbs. whipped
cream.
~Jellies~
1 tbs. cold water to 2 tsp. granulated gelatin is used in making the
following jellies:
LEMON
_16.6 calories_
1/2 cup boiling water
1/4 to 1/2 saccharin tablet dissolved in 1 tbs. water
1/2 lemon or 2 tbs. juice and 1/2 rind sliced thin
IRISH MOSS PUDDING
Carefully pick over and wash through several waters 1 tbs. Irish moss.
Place in double boiler with 1/3 cup of water and 3 tbs. 40% cream and
1/4 grain saccharin. Cook until mixture thickens when dropped upon a
cold saucer. Pour over 1 stiffly beaten egg white; add 3-4 drops of
vanilla extract. Mold and set on ice.
Irish moss may be used as a substitute for gelatin. The carbohydrates
in this substance are not believed to be utilized for the manufacture
of glucose in the human body.
ORANGE
_54 calories_
1/4 cup boiling water
1/2 tbs. lemon juice
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 to 1/2 saccharin tablet dissolved in 1 tbs. water
2 drops orange extract
WINE
_40.8 calories_
1/2 cup boiling water
3 tbs. sherry wine
1 tsp. lemon juice and the yellow rind from 1/4 lemon
1-inch piece of cinnamon
1/4 to 1/2 saccharin tablet dissolved in 1
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