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The "Queen" cookery books: Ices

1902

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Presented as published in 1902. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
M. aux Oranges. — Put into a bowl half a pound of loaf sugar with the finely shredded rind of eight oranges, and ^oz. of best leaf gelatine ; pour on to it all a pint of absolutely boiling water with a few drops of saffron yellow ; let it stand till cool, when you add the juice of eight or ten orangesM. aux Oranges, then sieve it all and flavour to taste with cura^oa or orange brandy, and mould in the usual way, allowing two hours in the ice cave, or three in the ice and salt. Seiwe with whipped or iced cream, flavoured with cui*a9oa, sweetened to taste. Mould in a border mould. M. d la creme d' Oranges. — Prepare a custard, as given in the chapter on ices, for Tangerine cream ice, only adding about l^oz. of gelatine to the quart of the mixtureM. d la creme d' Oranges, before adding the orange juice, which must be put in when the gelatine is thoroughly melted, then finish off as before. To serve, turn out with a garnish of quartered Tangerine oranges freed from skin, pith, and pips, and dipped into boiled sugar (see recipe), and used when crisp. This can be made with ordinary oranges, but is far more delicate when made with Tangerines. M. aux Poires. — Peel, core, and quarter a dozen good mellow pears, such as jargonelles, and mash them well with a new wooden spoon, adding the juice of three lemons, sugar to taste, and from 4oz. to l|oz. of gelatineM. aux Poires (according to the quantity of pear puree) dissolved in as little water as jDossible, and as cool as it can be, short of setting ; rub the whole through a tammy, add from a gill to half a MOSOOYITES. 85 pint of stiffly wliipped cream, and mould as usnal. Serve witli wliipped frozen cream, sweetened and flavoured to taste. Moscovite aux Pommes. — Peel, core, and slice down from one and a half to two pounds of good apples, and stew them to a pulp with half a pound of sugar, a strip of lemon peel, and a good squeeze of lemon juice ; add to it a pot of apricot marmalade, and a full pint of boiling cream ; dissolve in this about |oz. of best leaf gelatineMoscovite aux Pommes, and, as it is cooling, rub it all through a sieve, stir to it a gill of stiffly whipped cream, and mould and ice as usual. A very few drops of green colouring may be added if the apples require it, just before sieving, but it should be kept a very faint green. M. pralines aux Fruits. — Make a custard with one and a half pints of single cream or new milk, 8oz. of caster sugar, a very few drops of essence of lemon, and the yolks of six large or seven small eggs ; stir it over the fire till it thickens (when ready it should “ drape” — i.e., hang in a sort of sheet from the spoon), dissolving in it at the same time an ounce of leaf gelatine, and as soon as this is perfectly amalgamated with the custard lift the pan from the fire and keep stirring it horizontally all the time till all but cold. ITow whip it well, mixing into it as you do so, gradually and lightly, 2oz. of powdered praline, a gill of stiffly whipped cream, and a liqueur-glassful of kirsch or maraschino ; pour it into a mould and ice as before, serving it with a rich compote of any nice fruit, such as strawberries, cherries, sliced bananas, &c. For the praline, melt 4oz. of sugar in 86 ICES.