Cream, Lemon

Ingredients

• a quarter of a pound of loaf sugar
• the juice of two lemons
• two glasses of sherry
• one pint and a half of cream

Method

1. 1

   Rub lemon rind on sugar, squeeze lemon juice over it, and add sherry.

2. 2

   Let stand for nearly an hour, then strain and mix with boiled cream.

3. 3

   Pour rapidly from jug to jug until mixed and slightly curdled.

4. 4

   Serve in custard glasses.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 421. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a quarter of a pound of loaf sugar, and squeeze over it the juice of two lemons, and add two glasses of sherry. Let it stand for nearly an houi-. Strain the syrup, and pom- over it one pint and a half of cream which has been boiled and slightly cooled. Pour it rapidly from one jug to another, till it is thoroughly mixed, and a little curdled. Serve in custard- glasses. Probable cost, with cream, 2s. 8d., exclusive of the sheiTy. Sufficient for ten or twelve glasses. Cream., Ijem.OIl (Another way). — Put one pint of cream into a scrupulously clean saucepan, with four table-spoonfuls of sifted sugar, the thin rind of a lemon, and one ounce of best isinglass. Sim- mer gently until the isinglass "is dissolved, let it cool a little, then add the yolks of two eggs well beaten. Strain the liquid into a jug; put the jug into a saucepan of cold water, place this over a slow fire, and stir it constantly until it thickens; it must not boil. When nearly cold, add the juice of the lemon. Pour the cream T)ackwards and for- wards for a few minutes until the juice is well mixed. Put it into a well-oiled mould, and keep in a cool place until set. Turn it out be- fore serving. Crood cream may be made of Swiss milk ; if this is used, the sugar must be omitted. Time, half an hour. Probable cost, 2s. lOd. with cream, Is. 8d. with Swiss milk. Sufficient for one pint and a half mould. Cream, Lemon

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