Bismarck Rhubarb
Rhubarbe à la Bismarck
Cut up two pounds of young ripe well-washed rhubarb into short lengths; put it into a stewpan with the finely-cut peel of four lemons, a split pod of vanilla, two pints of claret, ten ounces of Marshall’s Cane Sugar, and a strip of cinnamon about one inch long, crushed up finely; colour a deep red with Marshall’s Liquid Carmine, place the pan on the stove and cook the rhubarb till tender; then have it rubbed through a fine hair sieve, and when cold add to the purée the strained juice of four lemons; pour it into the charged freezer and freeze it dry; then, when ready to serve, dish it up in an ice-tray prepared as below, and