Economical Charlotte Russe

Ingredients

• a quart of nicely flavored mock custard
• a large glass fruit dish
• a pint and a half of milk
• large half cup of sugar
• one moderately heaped teaspoonful of cornstarch
• two tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate
• one egg
• a small half cup of milk
• a pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Mix sugar, cornstarch, chocolate, egg, milk, and salt in a bowl.

2. 2

   Boil the milk, then pour the mixture into it, simmer for a couple of minutes.

3. 3

   When cold, pour over stale cake pieces in a dish.

4. 4

   Top with beaten egg whites sweetened with sugar and refrigerate.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 232. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ECONOMICAL CHARLOTTE RTTSSE. Make a quart of nicely flavored mock custard, put it into a large glass fruit dish, which is partly filled with stale cake (of any kind) cut up into small pieces about an inch square, stir it a little, then heat the whites of two or more eggs stiff, sweetened with white sugar ; spread over the top, set in a refrigerator to become cold. Or, to be still more economical : To make the cream, take a pint and a half of milk, set it on the stove to boil ; mix together in a bowl the fol- lowing named articles : large half cup of sugar, one moderately heaped teaspoonful of cornstarch, two tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate, one egg, a small half cup of milk and a pinch of salt

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