Easy Charlotte Russe

Ingredients

• 1/4 box gelatine
• 1/2 pint of milk
• 1 pint thick cream
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 small teaspoonful vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Put the gelatine in the milk and stand on the stove till the gelatine is dissolved, stirring often.

2. 2

   Then take it off, and beat with the egg-beater till cold.

3. 3

   Beat the cream with the egg-beater till perfectly stiff, put in the sugar and vanilla, and mix with the milk, and set on ice in a mould.

4. 4

   When you wish to use it, turn it out and put lady-fingers split in halves all around it.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A Little Cook-Book for a Little Girl (1905) by Caroline French Benton, page 35. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Easy Charlotte Russe !/4 box gelatine. % pint of milk. 1 pint thick cream. % CUP powdered sugar. 1 small teaspoonful vanilla. Put the gelatine in the milk and stand on the stove till the gelatine is dissolved, stirring often. Then take it off, and beat with the egg-beater till cold. Beat the cream with the egg-beater till perfectly stiff, put in the sugar and vanilla, and mix with the milk, and set on ice in a mould. When you wish to use it, turn it out and put lady-fingers split in halves all around it. PUDDING SAUCES Orange Sauce 3 egg-whites. % cup powdered sugar. Juice of 2 oranges. Grated rind. Beat the egg-whites very stiff, add the sugar, then the grated orange-peel, then the juice ; beat up lightly and serve at once. 132 A LITTLE COOK BOOK Delicious Maple Sauce 2 egg-yolks. Y^ cup maple syrup. 1/2 cup whipped cream. Beat the yolks very light, putting in a pinch of salt ; put in the syrup and cook till the spoon coats over when you dip it in ; then cool and beat in the whipped cream, and serve very cold. Hard Sauce Beat together a half -cup of powdered sugar and a half-cup of butter with a fork till both are light and creamy. Flavor with a teaspoonful of vanilla and put on the ice to harden. Foamy Sauce % cup butter. 1/2 CUP boiling water. 1 cup powdered sugar

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