ITALIAN CREAM

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Yield
1.5 pint mould
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (6)
Instructions (6)
  1. Put the cream and milk into a saucepan, with sugar to sweeten, and the lemon-rind.
  2. Boil until the milk is well flavoured then strain it into a basin, and add the beaten yolks of eggs.
  3. Put this mixture into a jug; place the jug in a saucepan of boiling water over the fire, and stir the contents until they thicken, but do not allow them to boil.
  4. Take the cream off the fire, stir in the lemon-juice and isinglass, which should be melted, and whip well.
  5. Fill a mould, place it in ice if at hand, and, when set, turn it out on a dish, and garnish as taste may dictate.
  6. The mixture may be whipped and drained, and then put into small glasses, when this mode of serving is preferred.
Original Text
ITALIAN CREAM. 1437. INGREDIENTS.—1 pint of milk, 4 pint of cream, sugar to taste, 1 oz. of isinglass, 1 lemon, the yolks of 4 eggs. Mode.—Put the cream and milk into a saucepan, with sugar to sweeten, and the lemon-rind. Boil until the milk is well flavoured then strain it into a basin, and add the beaten yolks of eggs. Put this mixture into a jug; place the jug in a saucepan of boiling water over the fire, and stir the contents until they thicken, but do not allow them to boil. Take the cream off the fire, stir in the lemon-juice and isinglass, which should be melted, and whip well; fill a mould, place it in ice if at hand, and, when set, turn it out on a dish, and garnish as taste may dictate. The mixture may be whipped and drained, and then put into small glasses, when this mode of serving is preferred. Time.—From 5 to 8 minutes to stir the mixture in the jug. Average cost, with the best isinglass, 2s. 6d. Sufficient to fill 1-1/2-pint mould. Seasonable at any time.
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