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Velvet Cream

From Cookery and housekeeping, 1882

Serves 6

Presented as published in 1882. 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 Cookery and housekeeping (1882) by Reeve, Henry Mrs., page 146. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Velvet Cream. Take a large teacupful of white wine, the juice of a fine lemon, \ oz. of isinglass, and sugar to taste. Let them simmer together till the isinglass is dissolved. Strain the mixture, add one pint of cream, and stir the whole till quite cold. Pour into a mould and let it stand till set. 364 BLANC MANGE. Blanc Mange. 2 pints of fresh milk ; 1 pint of cream

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