Strawberry Sponge

Ingredients

• 1 quart strawberries
• % box gelatine
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup sugar
• juice 1 lemon
• beaten whites of 4 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Soak gelatine in 1/2 cup water, mash berries, and add half the sugar.

2. 2

   Boil the remaining sugar and water for 20 minutes.

3. 3

   Rub berries through a sieve, add gelatine to syrup, then berry juice.

4. 4

   Beat until thick and pour into moulds to set on ice.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A bill of fare for every day in the year ... (1892) by Beatrice Wilde Bryant, page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Strawberry Sponge. Supper.— Scalloped Beef. Bread and Butter. Canned Peaches. Cake. Cocoa. Strawberry Sponge. — i quart strawberries, % box gelatine, ij^ cups water, i cup sugar, juice i lemon, beaten whites of 4 eggs. Soak gelatine in fi cup water, mash the berries and add half the sugar to them. Boil the remainder of sugar and the cup of water gently 20 minutes. Rub the berries through a fine sieve. Add gela- tine toboiling syrup, take from the fire and add berry juice. Place the bowl in pan of ice water and beat with egg beater five min- utes. Add beaten whites and beat till it begins to thicken. Pour into well wet moulds and set on ice. Serve with cream. SATURDAY, MAY 19 Breakfast.— Broiled Beef Steak. Warmed Potatoes. Bread and Butter. Hominy Griddle Cakes with Maple Syrup. Coffee. Dinner.— Roast Beef. Gravy. Browned Baked Potataes. Let tuce. Bread and Butter. Bananas. Supper.— Sliced Beef. Bread and Butter. Stewed Fruit. Cara- mel Cake. Tea. Caramel Cake. — Cake. — i cup sugar

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