Apple Cream Ice.—Peel, core, and slice down two
pounds of good apples, and cook them to a pulp with
a pint of water, the juice and half the finely
shred rind of one lemon, and 6oz. of sugar; let it cook
quickly, then rub it through a tammy or hair sieve,
and mix it lightly and quickly with a pint of cream
or custard to taste. The best plan is to slice the
apples straight into the water in which they are to
be cooked, having acidulated this beforehand with
lemon juice, as this preserves the colour of the
apples, which is rather important if they are to be
quite white; but this ice is sometimes coloured to a
delicate green, or a faint pink, according to the use
to which it is to be put. Some people again bake
the apples and use the pulp thus obtained. Baked
pears treated thus make a delicious and uncommon
ice.