Strawberry Charlotte
From Original White House Cookbook, 1887
Serves 2
Raspberry charlotte can be made similarly.
Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 231. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
STRAWBERRY CHARLOTTE. Make a boiled custard of one quart of milk, the yolks of six eggs and three-quarters of a cupful of sugar; flavor to taste. Line a glass fruit- dish with slices of sponge cake dipped in sweet cream ; lay upon this ripe strawberries sweetened to taste
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