Brown Nesselrode Pudding
Pouding à la Nesselrode Brun
Put into a stewpan one and a half pints of single cream, a split pod of vanilla, and four ounces of castor sugar; bring to the boil, then put it in the bain-marie to infuse for about ten minutes; remove the pod and stir the cream on to ten raw yolks of eggs; return the mixture to the pan, and stir it over the fire till the custard thickens, but it must not boil; add one pint of chestnut crumbs (see recipe), then rub it through a tammy-cloth and mix with it one large wineglassful of brandy, one wineglassful of Marshall's Noyeau Syrup or liqueur, a dessertspoonful of vanilla essence, and a quarter pint of strong black coffee; pour the mixture into the charged freezing machine and freeze it till like a batter; then add four ounces of cut dried fruits, and put it into an ice mould containing a pipe, first lining the mould with coffee ice-cream ('Book of Ices,' p. 18); put the mould into the charged ice cave for about three and a half hours, then remove the cover with the pipe; fill up the space made by the latter with an iced macedoine of fruits (see recipe) and turn out the pudding in the usual way on to a dish. Serve for a dinner ice or for dessert.