Boiled Custard
From The Hotel St. Francis cook book, 1919
Serves 2
Presented as published in 1919. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The Hotel St. Francis cook book (1919) by Hirtzler, Victor., page 158. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Boiled custard Lady fingers Demi tasse DINNER Consomme Garibaldi Salami Sand dabs, saute meuniere Mutton chops, maison d'or String beans in butter Stewed tomatoes Mashed potatoes Roast squab Lettuce salad French pastry Assorted fruit Coffee Chicken jelly. Clarify three quarts of good chicken broth with the whites of six eggs. Soak two leaves of gelatine in water, and add to the broth. Boil for twenty minutes, and strain. Set in ice box to become firm. Cold beef a la mode. Take two pieces of rump of beef weighing about six pounds each, season with salt and pepper, place in a vessel with a spoonful of fat or butter, and roast until nice and brown all over. Then sprinkle with two spoonfuls of flour, and cook until flour is brown. Then add one quart of boiling water and a pint of claret, one bouquet garni, twenty-four small raw French carrots, twenty-four small white onions fried in butter, and four quartered tomatoes. Cover, and boil in the oven. Remove the carrots and onions when soft, and continue cooking the beef until well done. Put the beef in an earthern pot and lay the carrots and onions around it. Reduce the sauce, by boiling, to half its volume, and strain over the beef. Prepare the day before using, so it will have sufficient time to become cold. Boiled custard. The yolks of four eggs, three whole eggs, one ounce of corn starch, one quart of milk, and flavoring
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