Mousse an Banana

Ingredients

• three ounces of loaf sugar
• the rind of half a lemon
• three bananas
• the yolks of five eggs

Method

1. 1

   Rub the sugar on the lemon rind, pound the bananas, and mix with the sugar.

2. 2

   Place in a stewpan, beat the yolks of the eggs, add to the mixture, and stir over the fire until it thickens.

3. 3

   Whisk the egg whites to a stiff froth, and when the mixture is cool, stir in lightly.

4. 4

   Turn out onto the serving dish.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housewife's referee (1898) by Harriet Anne de Salis, University of Leeds Library, page 145. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mousse an Banana. — Kub three ounces of loaf sugar on the rind of half a lemon ; then pound three bananas and put with the mixture, which has been rubbed through a sieve, and place in a stewpan ; beat up the yolks of five eggs

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