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Chocolate Blanc-mange, No. 1

From Virginia Cookery-book, 1884

Serves 5

Flavor with vanilla.

Presented as published in 1884. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Virginia Cookery-book (1884) by Mary Stuart Smith, page 105. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

two quarts of milk with half a pound of sugar (two teacupf uls will also give the proper amount) ; grate a quarter of a pound of Baker's Chocolate, and mix it smooth in a little boiling water ; as soon as the milk and chocolate boil add four table - spoonfuls of com -starch stirred to a paste with a little cold milk. Let all boil to- gether for ten minutes longer, and when cooled till luke- warm put into moulds, having first flavored with vanilla. Chocolate Blanc-mange, No.

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