when the milk infusion is ready, strain and add it to the
yolks of eggs ; stir the lot over the fire with a wooden spoon
till the cream or custArd hegins to thicken, hat avoid hoiling
it, and when it coats the spoon take it off the fire and stir
for two minutes longer. Meanwhile have ready one ounce
and a half of gelatine, previously steeped in cold water for
a quarter of an hour; drain and mix it with the hot
cream, the heat of which will he sufficient to melt it. When
this is done, strain the whole through a pointed strainer
into a basin ; put this on about six pounds of broken rough
ice, and stir all the time till the contents begin to set ; then
whip a pint of double cream, remove the basin from the
ice, and mix in the whipped cream lightly. Pour the
mixture into a three-pint mould and return it to the
broken ice; cover the mould with a stewpan-cover, with
ice on the top, and let it remain thus in a cool place for
about an hour and a half; then when wanted, dip the
mould entirely into a basin of water as hot as the hand
can bear, take it out quickly and wipe the top of the
cream with a clean cloth, then put a dish over the mould ;
reverse and remove it, and serve.
868. VANILLA BAVAROIS CREAM.
Put half a stick of vanilla in a stewpan with one pint
of boiling cream; cover the pan and let it steep for a
couple of hours. Break eight yolks of eggs✪ Coffee Bavarois Cream in a stewpan,
mix in half a pound of pounded sugar and the vanilla
cream when ready; stir these over the fire until the
custard coats the spoon, without boiling; then add one
ounce and three-quarters of drained gelatine, previously
steeped in cold water for fifteen minutes ; stir till melted,
and strain the lot through a pointed strainer into a basin ;
put this on broken ice and stir the contents until it begins
to set, then mix in lightly one pint and a half of whipped
4?4 PRACnCAL HOUSEHOIJ> COOKERY.
«3^Ai>>je creaoL Ful a aoald with the ■uztare, put it in
titf: wt, tgmtr the bmmM with the lid of a rtewpan with iee
on tk«s; top^ and after two faoan the cnaai will be set, and
earn be Utmed out of the iMMild in the
ttj^ foruMiUE:. and
85C ^HIOOIATB BATABOB CKEAK.
This eream is made in the aune wa j as the abore, menfy
rahitttating a quarter of a pound of dioocJate in«t4«d of
▼anilla to the boiling
805. STRAWBERRT CBEAHL
Pidc the stalks off one pound of strawberries and rob the
fruit through a silk sieve or tammy into a basin ; mix in
half a pound of pounded sogar and the juice of a lemon ;
steep one ounce and a half of gelatine for fifteen minutes
in cold water, dissolve it in a small stewpan on the fire
with a little water, and strain it through a pointed strainer
into the strawberrj pulp. Whisk a pint and a half of
dr/uble cream, and proceed to finish it as for vanilla cream.
Noie, — Raspberries and red currants are prepared in the
same manner as the abora
A copper sugar-boiler should always be used to prepare
red fruit, as tinned stewpans will destroy their colour.
see. CREAM A LA ROHAINE.
Blanch four ounces of Jordan with one ounce of bitter
almonds ; remove the skins, wipe them dry, and chop
them rather fine; put these in a sugar-boiler, and stir
them over the fire with a wooden spoon until they have
acquired a light-brown colour ; then throw them into a pint
of milk, kept boiling for that purpose; add to it six
ounces of sugar and eight yolks of eggs ; stir the whole
PRACTICAL HOUSEHOLD COOKERY. 425
•
quickly until the yolks are set. Remove the boiler from
the fire, and continue stirring for a few minutes longer ;
then add one ounce and a half of melted gelatine (see
Strawberry Cream✪ Strawberry Cream); after which, rub the lot through a
tammy, like a pur6e, into a basin ; mix in lightly a pint of
whipped cream ; pour the mixture into a mould, and put it
in the ice to set, as previously described.
867. MERINGUES. ✪ Meringues
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when the milk infusion is ready, strain and add it to the
yolks of eggs ; stir the lot over the fire with a wooden spoon
till the cream or custArd hegins to thicken, hat avoid hoiling
it, and when it coats the spoon take it off the fire and stir
for two minutes longer. Meanwhile have ready one ounce
and a half of gelatine, previously steeped in cold water for
a quarter of an hour; drain and mix it with the hot
cream, the heat of which will he sufficient to melt it. When
this is done, strain the whole through a pointed strainer
into a basin ; put this on about six pounds of broken rough
ice, and stir all the time till the contents begin to set ; then
whip a pint of double cream, remove the basin from the
ice, and mix in the whipped cream lightly. Pour the
mixture into a three-pint mould and return it to the
broken ice; cover the mould with a stewpan-cover, with
ice on the top, and let it remain thus in a cool place for
about an hour and a half; then when wanted, dip the
mould entirely into a basin of water as hot as the hand
can bear, take it out quickly and wipe the top of the
cream with a clean cloth, then put a dish over the mould ;
reverse and remove it, and serve.
868. VANILLA BAVAROIS CREAM.
Put half a stick of vanilla in a stewpan with one pint
of boiling cream; cover the pan and let it steep for a
couple of hours. Break eight yolks of eggs in a stewpan,
mix in half a pound of pounded sugar and the vanilla
cream when ready; stir these over the fire until the
custard coats the spoon, without boiling; then add one
ounce and three-quarters of drained gelatine, previously
steeped in cold water for fifteen minutes ; stir till melted,
and strain the lot through a pointed strainer into a basin ;
put this on broken ice and stir the contents until it begins
to set, then mix in lightly one pint and a half of whipped
4?4 PRACnCAL HOUSEHOIJ> COOKERY.
«3^Ai>>je creaoL Ful a aoald with the ■uztare, put it in
titf: wt, tgmtr the bmmM with the lid of a rtewpan with iee
on tk«s; top^ and after two faoan the cnaai will be set, and
earn be Utmed out of the iMMild in the
ttj^ foruMiUE:. and
85C ^HIOOIATB BATABOB CKEAK.
This eream is made in the aune wa j as the abore, menfy
rahitttating a quarter of a pound of dioocJate in«t4«d of
▼anilla to the boiling
805. STRAWBERRT CBEAHL
Pidc the stalks off one pound of strawberries and rob the
fruit through a silk sieve or tammy into a basin ; mix in
half a pound of pounded sogar and the juice of a lemon ;
steep one ounce and a half of gelatine for fifteen minutes
in cold water, dissolve it in a small stewpan on the fire
with a little water, and strain it through a pointed strainer
into the strawberrj pulp. Whisk a pint and a half of
dr/uble cream, and proceed to finish it as for vanilla cream.
Noie, — Raspberries and red currants are prepared in the
same manner as the abora
A copper sugar-boiler should always be used to prepare
red fruit, as tinned stewpans will destroy their colour.
see. CREAM A LA ROHAINE.
Blanch four ounces of Jordan with one ounce of bitter
almonds ; remove the skins, wipe them dry, and chop
them rather fine; put these in a sugar-boiler, and stir
them over the fire with a wooden spoon until they have
acquired a light-brown colour ; then throw them into a pint
of milk, kept boiling for that purpose; add to it six
ounces of sugar and eight yolks of eggs ; stir the whole
PRACTICAL HOUSEHOLD COOKERY. 425
•
quickly until the yolks are set. Remove the boiler from
the fire, and continue stirring for a few minutes longer ;
then add one ounce and a half of melted gelatine (see
Strawberry Cream); after which, rub the lot through a
tammy, like a pur6e, into a basin ; mix in lightly a pint of
whipped cream ; pour the mixture into a mould, and put it
in the ice to set, as previously described.
867. MERINGUES.