To make CLOTTED CREAM

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784

Source: The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (5)

one tea-spoon of earning
a quart of good cream ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]
some good cream ↝ Cream, whipped [Cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream]
the juice of raspberries, damsons, or any kind of fruit ↝ Raspberries, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
strawberry leaves ↝ Strawberries, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Instructions (7)

Put one tea-spoon of earning into a quart of good cream.
When it comes to a curd break it very carefully with a silver spoon.
Lay it upon a sieve to drain a little.
Put it into a china soup plate.
Pour over it some good cream, with the juice of raspberries, damsons, or any kind of fruit to make it a fine pink colour.
Sweeten it to your taste.
Lay round it a few strawberry leaves.

Original Text

To make CLOTTED CREAM.
PUT one tea-spoon of earning into a quart
of good cream, when it comes to a curd break
it very carefully with a silver spoon, lay it upon
a sieve to drain a little, put it into a china soup
plate, pour over it some good cream, with the
juice of raspberries, damsons, or any kind of
fruit to make it a fine pink colour, sweeten it
to your taste, and lay round it a few strawberry
leaves.—It is proper for a middle at supper, or
a corner at dinner.

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