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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.
The above hints will show how souffles glaees are made, and, of course, the flavourings may be varied ad infinitum. The following sweets, extremely nice in their way, hardly deserve the name of souffles, having really nothing of a souffle but the case; still, as they are very good, easy to make, and. go under that name, they are here included : — Souffle d V Alexandra. — Prepare a rich chocolate cream ice made with whipped cream (or a I’Ameri- caine, with a pint of scalded cream, to which half way through you add 2oz. of rich vanilla chocolate dissolved, in a little single cream, and a gill of stiffly whipped cream) and an apricot sorbetSouffle d'Alexandra (see recipe). Fill the third part of a papered souffle case with the chocolate ice, then lay in the apricot sorbet, and lastly fill up with more chocolate. Freeze three to four hours in the cave, and serve garnished with crystallized aj)ricots. Souffle a VEloise. — Have ready a rich vanilla cream ice, and also some angel cream ice into which you have mixed some cherries stoned and marinaded in kirsch, lemon juice, and sugarSouffle a l'Eloise, and fill up in layers as in the preceding. Soufie d la Kaiser. — Prepare a rich almond praline cream ice, mix into it finely shred candied citron, lemon, and orange peel, with a liqueur-glassful of any liqueur to tasteSouffle d la Kaiser, and freeze as usual. Souffle d la St. Georges. — Two-tliirds fill a papered souffle case with a strawberry mousse, then fill it up SOUFFLES AKD MOUSSES. 99 rather high with a mousse au marasquin, into which yon have mixed some ripe and very red strawberries previously marinaded in maraschino and sugarSouffle d la St. Georges. (Alpine strawberries give the best flavour.) Soufle a la Venus. — Arrange in a papered souffle case alternate layers of rum mousse mixture (see “ Soufile au Cognac ”) and ginger cream ice made with whipped cream. G-arnish with small pieces of preserved ginger sprinkled with rum. E r CHAPTEE YIII. PARFAITS AND SPONGADAS. The parfait is in reality wliipped and frozen cream flavoured to taste ; it is fairly easy to make (granted an ice cave), as the flavouring is simply added to the whipped cream, the whole poured, into a mould, and then either buried in ice and salt, or placed in the ice cave for three to four hours. The only difficulty hes in the turning out, which needs practice, and must be done very carefully. From the fact that the cream is whipped till dry before the flavouring is added this sweet is very hght, and this lightness is its dis- tinguishing characteristic. It originated in an age when cream was not so expensive as it is nowadays, and when the housewife, even if economically natured, did not hesitate to use eggs, milk, and ci’eam freely. Now that such points have to be con- sidered by all but the most wealthy, half custard, half cream is the proportion usually adopted, both being whipped tiU stiff first, and then lightly and quickly whipped together. Eecipes for both kinds will be found below. Parfait au Cafe. — Put into a delicately clean pan the yolks of two eggs, a tablespoonful of caster sugar, and one-third of a pint of rather strong cold coffee ; PARFAITS AND SPONG-ADAS. 101 Parfait au Cafe