PRINCE’S PUDDING or COLD SOUFFLE

Ingredients

• 2 ozs. Castor Sugar
• The juice of 1 small Lemon
• 1 gill of Water
• Few drops Cox’s Carmine Cochineal
• 1 gill Milk
• The yolks of 2 Eggs
• The whites of 3 Eggs
• 1 pint Jelly
• 1 gill Apricot Pulp

Method

1. 1

   Soak the Gelatine in the water for about ten minutes, and dissolve gently over the fire.

2. 2

   Make a custard of the yolks of eggs and the milk, then add the apricot pulp, sugar, lemon juice, dissolved Gelatine and carmine.

3. 3

   Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth and stir lightly into the mixture.

4. 4

   Pour into a basin and stir occasionally until nearly cold.

5. 5

   Set in a mould previously masked with bright pale jelly and decorated with angelica and fancifully cut pieces of glace fruit.

6. 6

   Put the mould in a cool place.

7. 7

   Turn out when cold and quite set.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A manual of gelatine cookery (1904) by Bertha Roberts, page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PRINCE’S PUDDING or COLD SOUFFLE. 2 ozs. Castor Sugar. The juice of i small Lemon. I gill of Water. Few drops Cox’s Carmine Cochineal. or J oz. Cox’s Gel.\tine. I gill Milk. The yolks of 2 Eggs. The whites of 3 Eggs. I pint Jelly (Recipe i or 3). I gill Apricot Pulp (from fresh fruit or tinned). Soak the Gelatine in the water tor about ten minutes, and dis- solve gently over the fire. Make a custard of the yolks of eggs and the milk, then add the apricot pulp, sugar, lemon juice, dissolved Gelatine and carmine. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth and stir lightly, but thoroughly, into the mixture. Pour into a basin and stir occasionally until nearly cold. Set in a mould pre- viously masked with bright pale jelly (for method see Recipe 25) and decorated with angelica and fancifully cut pieces of glace fruit. Put the mould in a cool place. Turn out wheu cold and quite set, and serve as a dinner or luncheon sweet. (87) VICTORIA PUDDING. i oz. Cox’s Gelatine. 2 or 3 Sponge Cakes. A pint Custard. A little Raspberry Jam. I gill Cream. A few drops Cox’s Cochineal. 1 gill Milk

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