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1890

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Presented as published in 1890. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Strawberry Bavarian Cream,. — Soak one ounce gelatine two hours in half cup cold water, mash one quart strawberries with large cup sugar and let stand one hour; whip one pint cream to froth, strain mashed berries through cloth into bright tin basin, pour half cup boiling waterStrawberry Bavarian Cream over the soaked gelatine, and when dissolved strain it into the strawberry juice. Set basin in pan of pounded ice and beat the mixture until it begins to thicken ; when like soft custard stir in and mix thoroughly the whipped cream, turn into a two-quart mold, or two or more smaller ones, and set away to cool and harden. Serve cold with whipped cream. Baspoerry and Blackherry Bar variam, Creams are made in exactly same manner, as are also Peachy Apricot, and Pear CreamSy first putting these fruits (which may be either canned, partially cooked, or fresh) through a puree sieve, and then cooking gently with the sugar twenty minutes, stirring often ; leave out the hot vater and stir the soaked gelatine into the hot fruit, which must cool before beating and adding whipped cream. peMh Cream. Pieccs of frcsh fruit may be served around it." Or, for Sponges with any of the above fruits use a cup water and whites 01 four eggs instead of pint cream, boiling half tne sugar and water together twenty minutes, then adding the gelatine, then the berries or fruit prepared as above, and stirring in the whipped whites of eegs when the mixture is partially cold and begins to thicken. Mold and serve same as creams. Italian Cream. — Soak one-third box gelatine half an hour in cold milk, put a quart milk in custard kettle and when boiling stir in well-beaten yolks of eight eggs, add one and a half cups sugarItalian Cream and the gelatine ; when the custard begins to thicken take it off and pour into a deep dish in which the eight whites have been beaten to a stiff froth ; beat thoroughly together and flavor to taste ; put iu CREAMS AND CUSTARDS. 165 molds, and allow four hours to cool. This cream is much moid easily made in winter than in summer. Chocolate Cream. — Scald one quart milk and stir into it half package gelatine, previously dissolved in one c^ip milk, and add cup powdered sugar. Heat up once and when gols,tine is quite dis- Bolved strain. Wet four tablespoons chocolate with cold water and add to the mixture, which must again be heated smoking hot, then add gradually beaten yolks two eggsChocolate Cream, and boil for five minutes, not longer, as the eggs may curdle. Turn into a large shallow dish or pan to cool, and when it begins to coagulate choeoi*taci«m. whip in gradually and thoroughly beaten whites two eggs. Lastly add pint cream, whipped, pour into wet mold, let stand until per- fectly cold and serve with sweetened cream. By taking half the chocolate and coloring only half the cream, using a buttered paste- board to separate the two in the mold, the efiect is quite pleasing.