Flavor the cream with vanilla and wine, and whip to a
stiff froth. Beat the whites of the eggs stiff, add the pow-
dered sugar, and mix it lightly with the whipped cream.
Keep it on ice till it stiffens. Line small cups or paper
moulds with sponge cake, and fill with the cream. Or fill
fancy paper cases with cream, and ornament each with thin
triangles of sponge cake and a cube of wine jelly ,
A small part of the cream may be colored with melted
chocolate or cochineal^ and used for decoration.
Charlotte Russe, ITo. 3 (with Gelatine). {ISIhs Parloa.)
box gelatine. 34 cup powdered sugar.
cup cold water. 1 teaspoonful vanilla.
1 pint cream. 1 tablespoonful wine.
1 dozen lady fingers. cup boiling water✪ Charlotte Russe No. 3 (with Gelatine).
Soak the gelatine in the cold water till softened. Chill
the cream. Line a three-pint mould with lady fingers or
narrow slices of sponge cake, crust side out ; leave a
little space between the slices, and have the cake even at
the top. Whip the cream, and skim off into a granite
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355
pan set in ice water. Sift the powdered sugar over the
whipped cream, and add the vanilla and w^ine. Dissolve
the gelatine in the boiling water, and strain through a
fine strainer over the whipped cream. Then stir (not
beat) rapidly with the bowl of the spoon resting on the
bottom of the pan. Turn the pan with the left hand while
stirring with the right. If it feel lump}', lift the pan
from the ice and place it in warm water to melt the gela-
tine. Stir till the gelatine is well mixed with the cream,
and when nearly stiff enough to drop, turn it into the
mould. Keep on ice, and when read}' to serve, turn out
and garnish the top with^*e%.
This filling may be used in paper cases as directed in
1 pint cream.
Soak the gelatine in cold water till soft. Chill and
whip the cream till you have three pints of the whip.
Boil the remainder of the cream (or if it be all whipped,
use a cup of milk) with the sugar ; and when boiling add
the soaked gelatine. Stir till dissolved. Strain into a
granite pan, add the vanilla or lemon, and wine if you
wish ; or flavor with two tablespoonfuls of melted choco-
late^ or 07ie quarter of a cup of strong coffee. Place the
pan in ice water, stir occasionall3% and when the mixture
is thoroughly cold and beginning to thicken, stir in lightly
the whipped cream. When nearly stiff enough to drop,
pour into the moulds.
This cream is sometimes moulded in small cups.
Put half of a canned apricot ov peachy or three sections
of orange^ or several small cherries., or a candied plum^
in the bottom of the cup before filling with the cream.
Or line a bowl with whole strawberries and fill with the
cream. This is called a Stray:)herry Charlotte, Red ba-
nanas sliced may be used in the same manner.
No. 1.
Plain Bavarian Cream.
box gelatine.
3^ cup cold water.
3^ cup sugar.
1 teaspoonful yanilla.
3S6
The Boston Cook Book,
Riz d r Imperatrice, — Prepare the cream as for Bava-
rian Cream ; put ooie cup of cooked rice in the hot milk^
and stir till everj^ grain is distinct, then proceed as directed
in the preceding receipt.
Bavarian Cream, No. 2 (with Eggs).
}/2 hox gelatine.
y2 cup cold water.
1 pint cream.
1 pint milk.
4 eggs (yolks).
cup sugar.
% saltspoonful salt.
1 teaspoonful vanilla
1 tablespoonful wine✪ Plain Bavarian Cream.
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Flavor the cream with vanilla and wine, and whip to a
stiff froth. Beat the whites of the eggs stiff, add the pow-
dered sugar, and mix it lightly with the whipped cream.
Keep it on ice till it stiffens. Line small cups or paper
moulds with sponge cake, and fill with the cream. Or fill
fancy paper cases with cream, and ornament each with thin
triangles of sponge cake and a cube of wine jelly ,
A small part of the cream may be colored with melted
chocolate or cochineal^ and used for decoration.
Charlotte Russe, ITo. 3 (with Gelatine). {ISIhs Parloa.)
box gelatine. 34 cup powdered sugar.
cup cold water. 1 teaspoonful vanilla.
1 pint cream. 1 tablespoonful wine.
1 dozen lady fingers. cup boiling water.
Soak the gelatine in the cold water till softened. Chill
the cream. Line a three-pint mould with lady fingers or
narrow slices of sponge cake, crust side out ; leave a
little space between the slices, and have the cake even at
the top. Whip the cream, and skim off into a granite
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355
pan set in ice water. Sift the powdered sugar over the
whipped cream, and add the vanilla and w^ine. Dissolve
the gelatine in the boiling water, and strain through a
fine strainer over the whipped cream. Then stir (not
beat) rapidly with the bowl of the spoon resting on the
bottom of the pan. Turn the pan with the left hand while
stirring with the right. If it feel lump}', lift the pan
from the ice and place it in warm water to melt the gela-
tine. Stir till the gelatine is well mixed with the cream,
and when nearly stiff enough to drop, turn it into the
mould. Keep on ice, and when read}' to serve, turn out
and garnish the top with^*e%.
This filling may be used in paper cases as directed in
1 pint cream.
Soak the gelatine in cold water till soft. Chill and
whip the cream till you have three pints of the whip.
Boil the remainder of the cream (or if it be all whipped,
use a cup of milk) with the sugar ; and when boiling add
the soaked gelatine. Stir till dissolved. Strain into a
granite pan, add the vanilla or lemon, and wine if you
wish ; or flavor with two tablespoonfuls of melted choco-
late^ or 07ie quarter of a cup of strong coffee. Place the
pan in ice water, stir occasionall3% and when the mixture
is thoroughly cold and beginning to thicken, stir in lightly
the whipped cream. When nearly stiff enough to drop,
pour into the moulds.
This cream is sometimes moulded in small cups.
Put half of a canned apricot ov peachy or three sections
of orange^ or several small cherries., or a candied plum^
in the bottom of the cup before filling with the cream.
Or line a bowl with whole strawberries and fill with the
cream. This is called a Stray:)herry Charlotte, Red ba-
nanas sliced may be used in the same manner.
No. 1.
Plain Bavarian Cream.
box gelatine.
3^ cup cold water.
3^ cup sugar.
1 teaspoonful yanilla.
3S6
The Boston Cook Book,
Riz d r Imperatrice, — Prepare the cream as for Bava-
rian Cream ; put ooie cup of cooked rice in the hot milk^
and stir till everj^ grain is distinct, then proceed as directed
in the preceding receipt.
Bavarian Cream, No. 2 (with Eggs).
}/2 hox gelatine.
y2 cup cold water.
1 pint cream.
1 pint milk.
4 eggs (yolks).
cup sugar.
% saltspoonful salt.
1 teaspoonful vanilla
1 tablespoonful wine.