Mousse in Peach a la Ericsson Hammond

Ingredients

• three peaches
• a cup and a half of water
• a half cup of sugar
• two spoons of it
• a cup of juice that the peaches have cooked in
• one tablespoon of cornstarch
• a half cup of water
• a half pint of cream
• four tablespoons of sugar

Method

1. 1

   Peel and halve the peaches, remove kernels, and cook in water and sugar until tender.

2. 2

   Add brandy if available.

3. 3

   Glaze molds with lemon aspic, place a peach in each, fill with mousse, freeze for three hours.

4. 4

   Serve on sponge cake, garnish with spun sugar.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Ericsson Hammond's salad appetizer cook book... (1924) by Maria Matilda Ericsson Hammond, page 101. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mousse in Peach a la Ericsson Hammond Mousse en Peches a 1’ Ericsson Hammond Take three peaches, peel and cut them in halves, remove the kernels, and put them in a cup and a half of water with a half cup of sugar; cook until tender; if brandy is at hand add two spoons of it which will prevent the fruit from freezing too hard; leave in the juice until cold. In the meantime, glaze individual deep fancy forms with some lemon aspic; put a peach in the bottom of each mould and fill it with the mousse; stand them in the freezer and pack the freezer in ice and salt; freeze for three hours. When ready to use turn out on a platter and glaze with the peach glaze. Place them on sponge cake that is cut out with a round biscuit cutter about a half inch in thickness. Arrange them in the form of a ring on a platter, garnish with a wreath of spun sugar around and with a rosette of spun sugar in the center. 133 134 MRS. ERICSSON HAMMOND’S COOK BOOK Mousse. Whip a half pint of cream; flavor it according to taste; if brandy is at hand use a teaspoon of it, or a teaspoon of vanilla extract, and sweeten it with four tablespoons of sugar. Peach Glaze. Put a cup of juice that the peaches have cooked in in a saucepan, when boiling thicken it with one tablespoon of cornstarch dissolved in a half cup of water

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