Strawberry Bavarian Cream

Ingredients

• One quart of strawberries
• one pint of cream
• one large cupful of sugar
• half a cupful of boiling water
• half a cupful of cold water

Method

1. 1

   Soak the gelatine two hours in the cold water.

2. 2

   Mash the berries and sugar together, and let them stand one hour.

3. 3

   Whip the cream to a froth.

4. 4

   Strain the juice from the berries, pressing through as much as possible without the seeds.

5. 5

   Pour the hot water on the gelatine, and when dissolved, strain it into the strawberry juice.

6. 6

   Place the basin in a pan of ice water and beat until the cream begins to thicken.

7. 7

   When as thick as soft custard, stir in the whipped cream; and when this is well mixed, turn into the mould and set away to harden.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's new cook book and marketing guide (1880) by Maria Parloa, page 141. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Strawberry Bavarian Cream. One quart of strawberries, one pint of cream, one large cupful of sugar, half a cupful of boiling water, half a cupful 288 MISS PARLOA'S NEW COOK BOOR. of cold water. Soak the gelatine two hours in the cold water. Mash the berries and sugar together, and let them stand one hour. Whip the cream to a froth. Strain the juice from the berries, pressing through as much as possible without the seeds. Pour the hot water on the gelatine, and when dissolved, strain it into the strawberry juice. Place the basin (which should be tin) in a pan of ice water and beat until the cream begins to thicken. When as thick as soft custard, stir in the whipped cream ; and when this is well mixed, turn into the mould (it will make nearly two quarts), and set away to harden. Serve with whipped cream heaped around it, or, if the border mould is used, have the cream xn the centre. Raspberry and blackberry Bavarian creams are made the same as the strawberry. Orange Bavarian Cream. A pint and a half of cream, the juice of five oranges and grated rind of two, one large cupful of sugar, the yolks of six eggs, half a package of gelatine, half a cupful of cold water

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