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La cuisine creole

1885

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Presented as published in 1885. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Peel and stone nice soft, ripe peaches, sprinkle enough sugar on them to make them very sweet; chop them up fine until they are a pulp, and add to them as much LA CUISINE CREOLE. 181 cream as you hâve peaches; put them into the freezer and turn it brîskly until the cream îs well f rozen. Figs and other fruits are good served in the same way. ANOTHEE ICE CREAM WITHOUT CREAM. When cream can not be procured, a custard made aô directed, îs a good substitute. To a quart of milk, add sugar until it is very sweet, for in f reezing it loses some of its sweetness; let this boil on the fire, when it boils gently, take it ofif and pour it scalding hot to the beaten yolks of eight eggs ; stir it constantly, but never boil it as the scalding milk will cook the eggs sufficiently; it should also be stirred while cooking. Flavor with vanilla, or lemon or almondAnother Ice Cream Without Cream. If with a vanilla beau it is better to boil it in the milk before putting in the sugar. When the custard is cold, put it in the form or freezer. If you hâve no freezer you can make one, by using a tin kettle with a tight cover. Set this in thé centre of a tub that is large enough to leave a space of four or flve inches around it; fiU the space with layers of cracked ice and coarse sait, a layer of ice last, and cover the whole with a woolen cover for half an hour. Then shake the kettle constantly, af ter that, until f rozen: Cover up till wanted. ICED CHOCOLATE CREAM. Grate half a pound of vanilla chocolaté, put it in a stew-pan with half a pound of sugar, the yolks of eight eggs, and one pint of rich, sweet milk. Stir over the fire until it begins to thicken, strain through a sieve into a basin, add half a pint of whipped cream, and one and a half ounces of isinglassIced Chocolate Cream. Mix well and pour into a mould. Set it on ice if the weather is warm. , 182 LA CUISINE CREOLE. OOFFBB OUSTABD. Boil one quart of milk with five spoonf uls of white BUgar. Beat four ^gs separately, throw the whites into the boiling milk for two minuteB and dip them out with a skimmer as soon as tbey are cooked. Beat the four yolks of the eggs with half a cup of corn starch wet with a little cold milk; set it aside until you can put into the hot milk a cup of hot strong coff eeOoffbb Oustard ; then pour in the mixed corn starch and eggs, give it a little boil and take it off. Last of ail, place the pure white boiled eggs on the rich brown custard, and you hâve a beautif ul and appetizing dessert Serve with sponge cake. Some boil the coarsely ground coffee in the milk flrst and then strain it, proceeding af ter that as in other custards. LEMON GHEESE-GAKES. Boil the peel of two lemons until tender, and pound them. Take half a pound of sugar, the yolk of six eggs, and one-half pound of butterLemon Cheese-Cakes. Stir ail well together, and add the juice of the lemons last. Lay pujff paste in your pans, flll them half full of the mixture, and bake lightly. ORANGE CHEESE-GAKES. ' Boil the peel of four oranges in two waters, to take out the bitter taste. When tender, pound up with half a pound of sugar, one-quarter of a pound of butter, and the yolks of six eggsOrange Cheese-Cakes. I make thèse confections to use up the yolks when I hâve been using the whites of eggs for icing or white cake. Beat the mixture well and add the juice of the oranges; if the oranges are large the LA CUISINE CREOLE. 183 juice of two will be sufficîent to make two pies. Put puflf paste in your pans, fill them half f ull of the con- fection, and bake lightly. WINB JBLLY FBOM SPAEKLING GELATINE. Wine Jelly from Sparkling Gelatine