Strawberries and Cream

The pudding and pastry book · Douglas, Elizabeth · 1903
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The pudding and pastry book
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (12)
  1. Pick over a number of fine strawberries.
  2. Put a layer of them in a glass dish.
  3. Sprinkle sugar over them.
  4. Add one or two more layers and sprinkle each with sugar.
  5. Set aside for about an hour.
  6. Whip half a pint of cream with the white of two eggs and two ozs. powdered sugar until very frothy.
  7. Let it stand a few minutes.
  8. Remove all the froth to a sieve to drain.
  9. Whip up the liquid cream remaining.
  10. When that is frothy, drain it on a sieve as before.
  11. Keep the cream in a cold place till it is required.
  12. Piling it on the strawberries when ready to serve.
Original Text
Strawberries and Cream Pick over a number of fine strawberries. Put a layer of them in a glass dish. Sprinkle sugar over them. Add one or two more layers and sprinkle each with sugar. Set aside for about an hour. Whip half a pint of cream with the white of two eggs and two ozs. powdered sugar until very frothy. Let it stand a few minutes. Remove all the froth to a sieve to drain, and whip up the liquid cream remaining. When that is frothy, drain it on a sieve as before. Keep the cream in a cold place till it is required, piling it on the strawberries when ready to serve.
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