French Flummery
From A modern system of domestic cookery, or, The housekeeper's guide (1823).
A historical recipe
A modern system of domestic cookery, or, The housekeeper's guide, by M Radcliffe and University of Leeds. Library (1823).
France
Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.
Ingredients 1 ingredient
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.
- Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.
Method
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- Beat half an ounce of isinglass as fine as possible ;
- boil it gently for about a quarter of an hour, in a pint of cream, carefully stirring it all the time ;
- and then, taking it off the fire, sweeten it with some fine powdered loaf-sugar, add a very little rose and orange-flower water, strain the whole through a sieve, stir it till half cold, and put it into a basin or mould.
- When quite cold, turn it into a dish, and garnish with currant jelly.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan
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Chef's knife
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Wooden spoon
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Spatula
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Sieve