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Gelatine Ice-cream

From The new practical housekeeping, 1890

Serves 7

You can reserve half of the cream, whip it, and add it as directed.

Presented as published in 1890. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 299. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Gelatine Ice-cream. — Soak one half package of Cox's gelatine in a pint new milk ; boil two pints new mnk, and pint and a thirds sugar, strain, add the soaked gelatine, stirring well; when cold add one qu^rt cream, tablespoon vanilla, and freeze ; or reserve half of cream, whip and add as directed. Ginger Ice-cream, — Bruise four ounces preserved ginger in a mortar or bowl, using potato masher, add two-thirds pint powdered sugar, and one pint cream ; mix well, strain, freeze and when ready to pack add two ounces preserved ginger, cut in dice, and juice of one lemon and pint cream, whipped. Harlequin Ice-cream, — ^This is any three ice-creams wished arranged in layers, as illustrated, in the Brick mold ; vanilla, pistachio X^ ^^'im^iw^ '^"^^ ^^^ strawberry are used together, or choco- ^^^^^^^SJ^^^a* late, strawberry and vaniUa, or almond, h^^^H|^^^^HhK| or any nut or fruit cream, or a water-ice E^Sip^ESBESB^ ^ ^^^^ ^"^^ ^^® layer. The mold is thea ^'^^^^^^?m?=^ bound and packed as directed. Hickory-nut Ice-cream, — A pound hickory-nut kernels, two cups sugar, quart cream. Pick over the kernels carefully for pieces of shell, then pound in a mortar with a little sug^ and water added. Put two tablespoons of the sugar over fire without water, stir con- stantly till melted and browned, add a little water to dissolve it, then add to cream with the sugar and nut paste and freeze. Jam Ice-cream. — Prepare one pound of jam as directed, add one and a quarter pints cream, mix well and strain, freeze, and when partly frozen aad iuice of one lemon. .Apricot, Raspberry, etc.^ are very nice made in this way. KentucTcy Ice-cream, — Make a half gallon rich boiled custard, sweeten to taste, add two tablespoons gelatine dissolved in a half < cup cold milk ; let the custard cool, put it in freezer, and as soon as it Degins to freeze add one quart cream
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