The Art of German Cooking and Baking: Revised and Enlarged EditionMeier, Lina
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The Art of German Cooking and Baking: Revised and Enlarged Edition
Meier, Lina
Cooking, German
2 qts. of gooseberries
1 qt. of water
1 lb. of sugar
¾ cup of fine farina
Preparation: Gooseberries are best when still unripe. Cook them in
water for ½ hour, then press through a fine sieve and put in the sugar
and cook again with the farina for 10 minutes. Fill it into a dish
rinsed with cold water and set aside to stiffen, turn it out and serve
with cream or milk.
No. 103—CHERRY PUDDING.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
2 lbs. of sour cherries
1 pt. of water
¼ lb. of sugar
1 tbsp. of lemon juice
¼ lb. of corn starch
Preparation: Clean and stone the cherries, then crush about 20 stones
and cook them with the cherries in the water slowly for ½ hour, after
that strain them and add lemon juice and sugar. Then let it come to
boil again. Mix the corn starch with 1 cup of cold juice and stir it
into the boiling juice to cook 5 to 8 minutes more, stirring
constantly. Put into a dish rinsed with cold water and after
stiffening, turn it out and serve with cream or milk.
Remarks: If the pudding is too thin, add more corn starch.
No. 104—HILL CREAM.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
¾ qt. sweet cream
5 yolks of eggs
½ lemon peel
1 tbsp. of flour
¼ lb. of sugar
3 whites of eggs
1 glass of raspberry jelly
Preparation: Cream, yolks of eggs, grated lemon peel, flour and sugar
are mixed well and boiled to a cream. The 3 beaten whites of eggs and
the jelly are stirred 1 hour, then fill the cream into a glass dish
and set to cool. After cooling, fill the jelly on top of it. Serve cold.
Desserts That Are Frozen.
No. 105—VANILLA ICE CREAM.
Quantity for 10 Persons.
1 qt. of cream
1 pt. of milk
¾ tbsp. of flour
2 tbsps. of vanilla
Sugar to taste
3 eggs
Preparation: ½ pt. of milk 3 yolks of eggs and flour are boiled to a
cream, stirring constantly; mix the beaten whites of eggs with sugar
and add to the cream. To this add the rest of the milk, cream and
vanilla. Freeze the mass and pour a hot chocolate sauce over it when
serving. It is very fine.
No. 106—STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
3 qts. of fresh or 1 qt. preserved strawberries
1 qt. of cream
1 tsp. of vanilla
Sugar to taste
Preparation,: The strawberries, fresh or preserved, are rubbed through
a sieve, cream and vanilla, sugar to taste added, then frozen.
No. 107—RASPBERRY ICE CREAM.
Quantity for 6 Persons.
2 pts. of fresh or 1 pt. preserved raspberries
1 pt. of cream
1 tsp. of vanilla
Sugar to taste
The preparation is the same as given under No. 106, Strawberry Ice
Cream.
No. 108—PEACH ICE CREAM.
Quantity for 8–10 Persons.
2½ qts. of fresh or 1 qt. preserved peaches
1 qt. of cream
1 tsp. vanilla
Sugar to taste
Preparation: Fresh peaches are peeled, stoned and rubbed through a
sieve, mixed with cream, vanilla and sugar and frozen.
No. 109—APRICOT ICE CREAM.
Quantity for 8–10 Persons.
2½ qts. of fresh or 1 qt. of preserved apricots
1 qt. of cream
1 tsp. of vanilla
Sugar to taste
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