Lemon Snow

Ingredients

• M cup water
• l/z cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2l/2 tablespoons cornstarch
• Rind of l/2 lemon
• Salt
• White of i egg

Method

1. 1

   Mix the sugar and the starch thoroughly.

2. 2

   Put the water, the lemon rind, and the lemon juice into a small saucepan, and bring gradually to a boil.

3. 3

   Add a pinch of salt to the white, and beat until stiff and dry.

4. 4

   Strain the hot liquid, and pour it slowly into the sugar and starch, and mix smooth.

5. 5

   Return to the fire and bring to a boil; then pour in a steady stream into the beaten white, and beat with a whip as it is poured in, to blend well.

6. 6

   Pour into wetted molds, and let cool.

7. 7

   Serve with a custard sauce made from the yolk and the milk, as usual.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Science of food & cookery (1921) by H. S. Anderson, page 112. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LEMON SNOW M cup water l/z cup sugar 3 tablespoons lemon juice 2l/2 tablespoons cornstarch Rind of l/2 lemon Salt White of i egg

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