Chocolate Blanc-Mange

Ingredients

• One package of gelatine
• four tablespoonfuls of sugar
• one (ounce) square of Baker's chocolate
• three pints of milk

Method

1. 1

   Soak the gelatine two hours in the milk, and then put it in the double boiler.

2. 2

   Scrape the chocolate fine and put it in a small frying-pan with two spoonfuls of the sugar and two of boiling water.

3. 3

   Stir this over a hot fire until smooth and glossy (it will take about a minute), and stir into the milk.

4. 4

   Add the remainder of the sugar, and strain.

5. 5

   Turn into moulds, and set away to harden.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's new cook book and marketing guide (1880) by Maria Parloa, page 139. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

One package of gelatine, three pints of milk, four table- spoonfuls of sugar, half a teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of extract of vanilla or of lemon. Put the gelatine with the milk and let it stand in a cold place for two hours ; then put it in the double boiler, and heat quickly. Do not let it boil. Stir often ; and as soon as the gelatine is melted, take off, and add the sugar, salt and flavor. Strain, and partially cool, before putting into the moulds. It should stand six hours before serving, and it is even better, especially in summer, to make it the day before using. Blanc-Mange Made with Isinglass. One quart of milk, three and a half sheets of Cooper's isinglass, half a teaspoonful of salt, three table -spoonfuls of 284 MIS3 PAKLOA'O UXWf COOZ BOOK. sugar and a four-inch piece of stick cinnamon. Break up the isinglass, put it and the cinnamon with the milk, and let stand in a cold place two hours ; then put it in the double boiler and let it come, gradually, to the boiling point. It must not boil. Stir often while heating. As soon as the isinglass is dissolved, take from the fire, and add the salt and sugar. Strain into a tin basin, which place in a pan of cold water. Stir occasionally while cooling. When nearly cold, turn into a mould and place in the ice chest. It can be poured into the mould as soon as strained, but the cream will rise to the top in that case, unless the mixture is stirred carefully in the centre of the mould. The sheets of isinglass vary in thickness, so that it is best to take part of the thick sheets and part of the thin. Chocolate "Blanch-Mange. One package of gelatine, four table-spoonfuls of sugar, one (ounce) square of Baker's chocolate, three pints of milk. Soak the gelatine two hours in the milk, and then put it in the double boiler. Scrape the chocolate fine and put it in a small frying-pan with two spoonfuls of the sugar and two of boiling water. Stir this over a hot fire until smooth and glossy (it will take about a minute), and stir into the milk. Add the remainder of the sugar, and strain. Turn into moulds, and set away to harden. This dish should be made at least eight hours before being used. If you please, you can add a teaspoonful of vanilla extract. By adding the chocolate to any of the preparations for blanc-mange while Xhey are hot, you have a chocolate ablanc"-mang

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