Cheap Blanc-Mange

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Time
Total: 30 min
Yield
1.0 quart mould
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (5)
Instructions (5)
  1. Put all the ingredients into a lined saucepan, and boil gently until the isinglass is dissolved.
  2. Taste it occasionally, to ascertain when it is sufficiently flavoured with the laurel-leaves.
  3. Then take them out, and keep stirring the mixture over the fire for about 10 minutes.
  4. Strain it through a fine sieve into a jug, and, when nearly cold, pour it into a well-oiled mould, omitting the sediment at the bottom.
  5. Turn it out carefully on a dish, and garnish with preserves, bright jelly, or a compote of fruit.
Original Text
CHEAP BLANC-MANGE. 1409. INGREDIENTS.—1/4 lb. of sugar, 1 quart of milk, 1-1/2 oz. of isinglass, the rind of 1/2 lemon, 4 laurel-leaves. [Illustration: BLANC-MANGE.] Mode.—Put all the ingredients into a lined saucepan, and boil gently until the isinglass is dissolved; taste it occasionally, to ascertain when it is sufficiently flavoured with the laurel-leaves; then take them out, and keep stirring the mixture over the fire for about 10 minutes. Strain it through a fine sieve into a jug, and, when nearly cold, pour it into a well-oiled mould, omitting the sediment at the bottom. Turn it out carefully on a dish, and garnish with preserves, bright jelly, or a compote of fruit. Time.—Altogether, 1/2 hour. Average cost, 8d. Sufficient to fill a quart mould. Seasonable at any time.
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