Strawberry Float

Ingredients

• a quart of milk
• one cup of sugar
• a pinch of salt
• one tablespoon of cornstarch
• the beaten yolks of three eggs
• a pint of sweet berries
• one-half cup of sugar
• two tablespoons powdered sugar
• the juice from the berries

Method

1. 1

   Heat milk with sugar and salt.

2. 2

   When boiling, add dissolved cornstarch.

3. 3

   Cook for three minutes, then add yolks and whip together.

4. 4

   Cool.

5. 5

   Mash berries with sugar, strain, whip egg whites with powdered sugar and berry juice, and place on top of custard when cold.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Fruit recipes (1907) by Berry, Riley Maria Fletcher Mrs., page 65. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STRAWBERRY FLOAT Heat a quart of milk with one cup of sugar and a pinch of salt. When at boiling point add one tablespoon of cornstarch which has been dissolved in a little of the milk (cold). Cook for three minutes, when add the beaten yolks of three eggs; whip together two minutes and remove from stove, letting cool. Meantime have ready a pint of sweet berries mashed with one-half cup of sugar. Let stand an hour then strain. Whip the whites of the eggs, and two tablespoons powdered sugar, then the juice from the berries

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