Baked Caramel Custard No. i
1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla
4 egg yolks ^ cup sugar
2 cups milk \ teaspoon salt✪ Baked Caramel Custard No. 1
Caramelize the one cup of sugar. When a delicate
brown color, pour into a well- buttered charlotte russe
mold or into individual cups; set away to cool.
Scald milk ; mix eggs, one fourth cup of sugar, and salt.
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add milk; strain into mold on to cold caramel; add sea-
soning and bake the same as Baked Vanilla Custard.
Unmold and serve with caramel sauce.
Baked Caramel Custard No. 2
3 cups milk I teaspoon salt
f cups sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla
4 eggs
Scald milk ; caramelize sugar and add to scalded milk.
Beat eggs slightly, add salt, milk mixture and flavoring.
Strain into buttered dish and bake like Baked Vanilla
Custard. Unmold and serve with caramel sauce.
This rule may be made with three eggs, hue will be less
rich and will break when unmolded.
Floating Island
Follow rule for Soft Custard; flavor with lemon juice,
and garnish with a meringue made of the whites of four
eggs, four tablespoons powdered sugar, and one teaspoon
vanilla, beaten until stiff.
The meringue may be first poached in water in spoon-
fuls, then dropped on top of custard ; or may be placed
there without being poached, and teaspoons of currant
jelly placed on top of each island.
Strawberry Floating Island
Make the same as Floating Island and add to the
meringue the sweetened juice of two cups of strawberries.
Irish Moss Blanc Mange
4 cups milk ^ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar { cup Irish moss
1 teaspoon vanilla
Soak the moss ; tie in cheese cloth, and cook in milk in
double boiler thirty minutes without stirring. Remove
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moss without pressing bag ; add other ingredients, strain
into wet molds, chill, and serve.
Chocolate Irish Moss Blanc Mange
See Chocolate Blanc Mange No. 2.
Coffee Irish Moss Blanc Mange
Use recipe for Irish Moss Blanc Mange, and flavor
with two teaspoons coffee extract.
Cornstarch Pudding No. i
2 cups milk 3 tablespoons sugar
4 tablespoons cornstarch 3 egg whites
i teaspoon vanilla
Mix cornstarch and sugar; scald milk, add to corn-
starch, stir constantly, until it thickens ; cook one half
hour, stirring occasionally. Add the beaten egg whites,
beat well, flavor, and mold. Chill and serve.
Cornstarch Pudding No. 2
Follow recipe for Cornstarch Pudding No. 1, substitut-
ing three egg yolks for three egg whites.
Fruit Cornstarch Pudding
Add one cup of any kind of cooked fruit to Cornstarch
Pudding No. 1 just before molding.
Cocoanut Cornstarch Mold
Add one cup of shredded cocoanut to Cornstarch Pud-
ding No. 1, and serve with custard sauce.
Pineapple Cornstarch Mold
Add one can pineapple to Cornstarch Pudding No. 1,
and serve with custard sauce.
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Tapioca Cream
3 tablespoons pearl tapioca | cup sugar
2 cups milk i teaspoon salt
2 egg yolks 2 egg whites
J teaspoon vanilla
Soak the tapioca in milk one hour, cook in double boiler
one half hour. Mix egg yolks, salt and sugar; add tapioca
mixture, and cook until mixture thickens. Cool slightlv,
add stiffly beaten whites. Cool, flavor, and serve.
Tapioca Pudding
Cover one cup pearl tapioca with boiling water. Cook
in boiling water until transparent. Add three tablespoons
sugar, the juice and grated rind of one lemon. Serve cold
with sugar and cream.
Apple Tapioca No. i
I cup pearl tapioca 8 apples ✪ Baked Caramel Custard No. 2
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Baked Caramel Custard No. i
1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla
4 egg yolks ^ cup sugar
2 cups milk \ teaspoon salt
Caramelize the one cup of sugar. When a delicate brown color, pour into a well- buttered charlotte russe mold or into individual cups; set away to cool.
Scald milk ; mix eggs, one fourth cup of sugar, and salt.
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add milk; strain into mold on to cold caramel; add seasoning and bake the same as Baked Vanilla Custard. Unmold and serve with caramel sauce.
Baked Caramel Custard No. 2
3 cups milk I teaspoon salt
f cups sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla
4 eggs
Scald milk ; caramelize sugar and add to scalded milk. Beat eggs slightly, add salt, milk mixture and flavoring. Strain into buttered dish and bake like Baked Vanilla Custard. Unmold and serve with caramel sauce.
This rule may be made with three eggs, but will be less rich and will break when unmolded.
Floating Island
Follow rule for Soft Custard; flavor with lemon juice, and garnish with a meringue made of the whites of four eggs, four tablespoons powdered sugar, and one teaspoon vanilla, beaten until stiff.
The meringue may be first poached in water in spoonfuls, then dropped on top of custard ; or may be placed there without being poached, and teaspoons of currant jelly placed on top of each island.
Strawberry Floating Island
Make the same as Floating Island and add to the meringue the sweetened juice of two cups of strawberries.
Irish Moss Blanc Mange
4 cups milk ^ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar { cup Irish moss
1 teaspoon vanilla
Soak the moss ; tie in cheese cloth, and cook in milk in double boiler thirty minutes without stirring. Remove
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moss without pressing bag ; add other ingredients, strain into wet molds, chill, and serve.
Chocolate Irish Moss Blanc Mange See Chocolate Blanc Mange No. 2.
Coffee Irish Moss Blanc Mange
Use recipe for Irish Moss Blanc Mange, and flavor with two teaspoons coffee extract.
Cornstarch Pudding No. i
2 cups milk 3 tablespoons sugar
4 tablespoons cornstarch 3 egg whites
i teaspoon vanilla
Mix cornstarch and sugar; scald milk, add to cornstarch, stir constantly, until it thickens ; cook one half hour, stirring occasionally. Add the beaten egg whites, beat well, flavor, and mold. Chill and serve.
Cornstarch Pudding No. 2
Follow recipe for Cornstarch Pudding No. 1, substituting three egg yolks for three egg whites.
Fruit Cornstarch Pudding
Add one cup of any kind of cooked fruit to Cornstarch Pudding No. 1 just before molding.
Cocoanut Cornstarch Mold
Add one cup of shredded cocoanut to Cornstarch Pudding No. 1, and serve with custard sauce.
Pineapple Cornstarch Mold
Add one can pineapple to Cornstarch Pudding No. 1, and serve with custard sauce.
Tapioca Cream
3 tablespoons pearl tapioca | cup sugar
2 cups milk i teaspoon salt
2 egg yolks 2 egg whites
J teaspoon vanilla
Soak the tapioca in milk one hour, cook in double boiler one half hour. Mix egg yolks, salt and sugar; add tapioca mixture, and cook until mixture thickens. Cool slightlv, add stiffly beaten whites. Cool, flavor, and serve.
Tapioca Pudding
Cover one cup pearl tapioca with boiling water. Cook in boiling water until transparent. Add three tablespoons sugar, the juice and grated rind of one lemon. Serve cold with sugar and cream.
Apple Tapioca No. i
I cup pearl tapioca 8 apples
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Baked Caramel Custard No. 1Baked Caramel Custard No. 2Floating IslandIrish Moss Blanc MangeApple Tapioca No. 1Cornstarch Pudding No. 1Tapioca Cream