Lemon Cream without Cream

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Ingredients (6)
Instructions (5)
  1. Squeeze three lemons, and put the parings into the juice; cover and let it remain three hours.
  2. Beat the yolks of two eggs and the whites of four.
  3. Sweeten this.
  4. Add a little orange-flower water, and put it to the lemon-juice.
  5. Set the whole over a slow fire till it becomes as thick as cream, and take particular care not to let it boil.
Original Text
Lemon Cream without Cream. Squeeze three lemons, and put the parings into the juice; cover and let it remain three hours; beat the yolks of two eggs and the whites of four; sweeten this; add a little orange-flower water, and put it to the lemon-juice. Set the whole over a slow fire till it becomes as thick as cream, and take particular care not to let it boil.
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