STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
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2.0 persons
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Ingredients (2)
Instructions (6)
  1. Pick the stalks from the fruit.
  2. Place it on a glass dish.
  3. Sprinkle over it pounded sugar.
  4. Slightly stir the strawberries, that they may all be equally sweetened.
  5. Pour the cream over the top, and serve.
  6. Devonshire cream, when it can be obtained, is exceedingly delicious for this dish; and, if very thick indeed, may be diluted with a little thin cream or milk.
Original Text
STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM. 1593. INGREDIENTS.—To every pint of picked strawberries allow 1/3 pint of cream, 2 oz. of finely-pounded sugar. Mode.—Pick the stalks from the fruit, place it on a glass dish, sprinkle over it pounded sugar, and slightly stir the strawberries, that they may all be equally sweetened; pour the cream over the top, and serve. Devonshire cream, when it can be obtained, is exceedingly delicious for this dish; and, if very thick indeed, may be diluted with a little thin cream or milk. Average cost for this quantity, with cream at 1s. per pint, 1s. Sufficient for 2 persons. Seasonable in June and July.
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