ALMOND CUSTARDS

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
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The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (6)
Instructions (7)
  1. Put a quart of cream into a tossing-pan, a stick of cinnamon, a blade or two of mace, boil it and set it to cool.
  2. Blanch two ounces of almonds, beat them fine in a marble mortar with rose water, if you like a ratafia taste, put in a few apricot kernels or bitter almonds.
  3. Mix them with your cream.
  4. Sweeten it to your taste.
  5. Set it on a slow fire, keep stirring it till it is pretty thick.
  6. If you let it boil it will curdle.
  7. Pour it into cups, &c.
Original Text
ALMOND CUSTARDS. PUT a quart of cream into a tossing-pan, a stick of cinnamon, a blade or two of mace, boil it and set it to cool, blanch two ounces of al- monds, beat them fine in a marble mortar with rose water, if you like a ratafia taste, put in a few apricot kernels or bitter almonds, mix them with your cream, sweeten it to your taste, set it on a slow fire, keep stirring it till it is pretty thick, if you let it boil it will curdle, pour it into cups, &c.
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