Ginger Cream

Ingredients

• 4 ounces of preserved ginger
• 2 spoonfuls of the ginger syrup
• 4 yolks of eggs
• a quart of cream
• half a pound of sugar

Method

1. 1

   Take 4 ounces of preserved ginger cut into small slices, 2 spoonfuls of the ginger syrup, 4 yolks of eggs, and a quart of cream.

2. 2

   Place over the fire till it thickens, but do not boil.

3. 3

   Sweeten with half a pound of sugar; whisk until cold, and freeze.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cold dishes for hot weather (1896) by Ysaguirre., page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a quart of cream, and freeze. MILLE FRXHTS Take a spoonful each of preserved straw- berries, raspberries, apricots, currants, green- gages, ginger, gooseberries, plums, and or- ange-peel cut into small pieces. Sweeten a quart of cream with half a pound of sugar ; add to it a glass of noyau and the fruit. Freeze. 94 COLD DISHES FOR HOT WEATHER ORANGE CREAM Scrape lightly, with a pound of lump- sugar, the rinds of 6 oranges. To this sugar add 3 cups of water and the strained juice of the oranges. Place over the fire, and boil for five minutes. Beat lightly the yolks of 6 eggs, and mix with the syrup. Return to the fire, and whisk lightly until it thickens ; take from the fire, and add a glass of orange- flower water. When cold, freeze. PINEAPPLE CREAM Grate a fresh pineapple, and mix with a pint of syrup made from one pound of sugar. Add to this a quart of cream, and rub through a sieve. Before grating the pine take from it two or three slices, which must be cut into small dice and added to the strained cream before freezing. PISTACHE CREAM Beat to a paste in a mortar a half-pound of pistache nuts with a spoonful of brandy. Mix with a quart of cream and the yolks of 4 well-beaten eggs. Sweeten with half a ICE-CREAMS AND WATER-ICES 95 pound of sugar, and place the mixture over the fire, stirring gently until it thickens. When cold, freeze. If you wish to color this cream, put to it a spoonful of spinach- juice. BASPBEBBY CBEAM Eub a quart of the fruit through a hair sieve to extract the seeds ; then mix with a quart of cream, sweeten with half a pound of sugar, and freeze. BATAFIA CBEAM Take 4 ounces of ratafia biscuits; pour over them 2 spoonfuls of noyau, the same quantity of sweet wine, the strained juice of a lemon and an orange. Sweeten with half a pound of powdered sugar, and beat the mixture with a quart of cream. Freeze. TEA CBEAM Pour a quart of boiling milk over an ounce of tea -leaves and cover for five minutes. Strain in a bowl over a caramel made of 2 ounces of sugar. Beat the yolks of 8 eggs with half a pound of powdered sugar and a pinch of salt. Mix with the milk and place 96 COLD DISHES FOR HOT WEATHER the whole over the fire, stirring gently until it thickens. When cold, freeze. GINGEB CBEAH Take 4 ounces of preserved ginger cut into small slices, 2 spoonfuls of the ginger syrup, 4 yolks of eggs

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