Almond Milk Dessert

Ingredients

• yolks of three eggs
• a quart and a half of fresh milk
• sugar enough to sweeten
• four ounces of almonds
• fine sugar

Method

1. 1

   Beat the yolks of three eggs with a little milk and stir in a quart and a half of fresh milk and sugar to sweeten.

2. 2

   Blanch and chop half of the almonds, add to the milk, and cook in a double boiler until thickened.

3. 3

   Add the rest of the browned and pounded almonds, bring to a boil, pour into a fireproof dish to cool, and dust with fine sugar.

4. 4

   The next day, brown lightly in the oven and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from High living (1904) by Linie Loyall McLaren,, page 31. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

yolks of three eggs with a little milk and stir in a quart and a half of fresh milk and sugar enough to sweeten. Blanch four ounces of almonds and chop and pound half of them and add to the milk. Cook in a double boiler until it thickens, then add the rest of the almonds which have been browned in the oven and then pounded. Bring to a boil quickly and pour into a fire- proof dish to cool, and dust with fine sugar

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