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Blanc-mange

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Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 10 ingredients

  1. Three ounces of almonds skinned
  2. a pint of cream
  3. White sugar
  4. a quart of milk together
  5. Vanilla
  6. a teaspoonful of salt
  7. Orange flower water
  8. Lemon
  9. Rose
  10. Water
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Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Lemon High in vitamin C · Source of protein

    High in vitamin C · 53 mg per 100 g, 66% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Source of protein · 1.1 g per 100 g, 15% of the energy from protein

    • Protein contributes to a growth in muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of muscle mass.
    • Protein contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Lemons, raw, without peel”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Boil a pint of cream and a quart of milk together ;
  2. clarify an ounce and a half of isinglass, and stir it into the cream ;
  3. make it sweet with white sugar, and flavor with lemon and rose, or with vanilla, or orange flower water, and a teaspoonful of salt.
  4. Let it boil up once, stirring it well.
  5. Have ready some earthen moulds dipped in cold water ;
  6. fill them with the blanc-mange.
  7. When perfectly cold turn them out, or when ready to serve.
  8. Red jelly or jam is served with blanc-mange.
  9. Three ounces of almonds skinned or blanched, and pounded to a smooth paste, stirred into the milk with the isinglass, may be considered au improvement.
  10. Strain it through a bit of coarse muslin into the moulds.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
  • Spatula
  • Sieve