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Electric refrigerator menus and recipes.

1927

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Presented as published in 1927. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Milk Mousse — No. 50 Coffee Ice Cream with Evaporated Milk — No. 58 1 1131 CHILLED DESSERTS AND PASTRIES Jellied Desserts The congealing of gelatine desserts can be greatly hastened if the mold is placed in the chilling unit of the refrigerator until jelly is firm. If left too long it may freeze. Orange Jelly Molded in Layers with Fruit — ?v(o. 96 Soak I y2 tablespoons granulated gelatine 5 minutes in )4 cup cold water, dissolve in I cup boiling water, strain and add to ^ cup sugar with 1 cup orange juice and 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Put a thin layer in a fancy mold, and place in refrigerator. When firm decorate with a few pieces from I banana sliced and cut in fancy shapes, I cup strawberries sliced and cut in fancy shapes, 4 marshmallows cut in strips and Pistachio nuts, blanched and halved. Put more jelly over the decorations and let stand in refrigerator until firm. Beat J4 of the jelly until very light and put in the mold. Cut in small pieces what is left after having shaped decorations. Add to remaining jelly and put gently on the sponge. Chill, turn out on large glass serving dish and garnish with Large strawberries and Whipped cream. 1 114 I CHILLED DESSERTS AND PASTRIES Cold Desserts All cold desserts are improved if kept in the General Electric Refrigerator until served. Rice and Pineapple with Cream — T^o. 97 Scald 1 cup milk, add ]4 cup rice and cook over hot water 50 minutes or until tender. Rub through a sieve. Add 2 tablespoons sugar J/4, teaspoon salt and 1 cup crushed pineapple, and chill in refrigerator. Just before serving fold in y2 pint cream beaten stiff, pile lightly in parfait glasses and garnish with a Preserved cumquat or a Candied Cherry. Chocolate Ice Box Pudding — 7v{o. 98 Put 2 ounces sweet chocolate 2 tablespoons powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons water in top of double boiler. When chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth, add 4 ^gg yolks slightly beaten, stir, cool and fold in 4 ^gg whites beaten stiff. Split Lady fingers, if double, place a layer in brick mold lined with oiled paper, cover with chocolate mixture, put in another layer of the lady fingers, and chocolate, and continue until mixture is used. Let stand 24 hours in refrigerator, but not in chilling unit. Turn out on platter, and decorate with Whipped cream. 1 115 1 CHILLED DESSERTS AND PASTRIES o -J Pastry Plain pastry is often made more flaky by chilling in the refrigerator until stiff. Puff paste must be chilled while being made to keep butter firm, before shaping so it can be cut smoothly, and before baking to make it rise. Chill it on a tray under the chilling unit or in one ice tray on top of a tray of cubes in the chilling unit, or in a dripping pan with crushed ice cubes in a pan under- neath and more ice cubes in a pan that fits inside the pan containing the pastry. Puff Paste— J^lo. 99 Wash I cup butter in ice water or cold running water, alter' nately squeezing it and dropping it into the water until butter is waxy and free from butter milk. Pat, shape in circular piece, reserve i tablespoon butter and put remainder in pan under chilling unit of the refrigerator.