Apple Snow

Ingredients

• the whites of eggs
• sweeten with castor-sugar
• the juice of a lemon
• small pieces of red currant or quince jelly

Method

1. 1

   Pass through a strainer or sieve, put back into the saucepan with the soaked isinglass, pour into a basin to cool.

2. 2

   Whisk the whites of eggs to a stiff froth, sweeten with castor-sugar, and add the juice of a lemon; whisk the whole together till it begins to set.

3. 3

   Pile it high on a glass dish and arrange small pieces of red currant or quince jelly round it.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Hilda's diary of a Cape housekeeper (1902) by Hildagonda J. Duckitt, page 101. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

the whites of eggs to a stiff froth, sweeten with castor-sugar, and add the juice of a lemon ; whisk the whole together till it begins to set. Pile it high on a glass dish and arrange small pieces of red currant or quince jelly round it. Make a custard of the two yolks, and serve with the apple snow

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