Sago Mould with Fruit Juice

Ingredients

• a tea-cupful of sago
• a pint and a half of cold water
• half a pint of the fruit juice
• add sugar to taste

Method

1. 1

   Wash the sago and soak it for an hour in cold water.

2. 2

   Put it into a saucepan and stir until it boils.

3. 3

   Simmer gently, stirring frequently until clear and thick.

4. 4

   Add fruit juice and boil together for a few minutes.

5. 5

   Pour into a damp mould and leave in a cool place until set.

6. 6

   Serve with sugar and milk or cream.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A year's cookery (1880) by Phillis Browne, page 278. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Sago Mould , with Fruit Juice , for luncheon to-morrow. —Put the fruit into a brown jar, sprinkle a little moist sugar on it, 35 2 A YEAR'S COOKERY. and put it in a large stewpan half full of boiling water or into a cool oven till the juice flows freely. Wash a tea-cupful of sago (large sago is to be preferred), soak it for an hour in a pint and a half of cold water, then put it into a saucepan, and stir it till it boils. Draw it back and simmer it gently, stirring it frequently till it looks clear and is thick. Put half a pint of the fruit .juice with it, boil toge¬ ther for a few minutes, and add sugar to taste

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.