Strawberry Sponge

Ingredients

• One quart of strawberries
• half a package of gelatine
• one cupful and a half of water
• one cupful of sugar
• the juice of a lemon
• the whites of four eggs

Method

1. 1

   Soak the gelatine two hours in half a cupful of the water.

2. 2

   Mash the strawberries and add half the sugar to them.

3. 3

   Boil the remainder of the sugar and the cupful of water gently for twenty minutes.

4. 4

   Rub the strawberries through a sieve.

5. 5

   Add the gelatine to the boiling syrup and take from the fire immediately; then add the strawberries.

6. 6

   Place in a pan of ice water and beat five minutes.

7. 7

   Add the whites of eggs and beat until the mixture begins to thicken.

8. 8

   Pour into the moulds and set away to harden.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 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 Sponge. One quart of strawberries, half a package of gelatine, one cupful and a half of water, one cupful of sugar, the juice of a lemon, the whites of four eggs

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