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French Frozen Milk Punch

From Mrs. Norton's cook-book (1917).

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A historical recipe

Mrs. Norton's cook-book, by Jeanette Young Norton and Herndon, James B., Jr. fmo (1917).

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 6 ingredients

  1. one quart of milk
  2. two cups of sugar
  3. three cups of whipped cream
  4. a teaspoon of vanilla
  5. a half cup of rum
  6. a half cup of French brandy

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. Take one quart of milk and add to it two cups of sugar, let boil up, add a grating of nutmeg, and let cool.
  2. When cold put into the freezer, adding three cups of whipped cream, a teaspoon of vanilla, and, a half cup of rum.
  3. Freeze and when almost frozen open again and add a half cup of French brandy;
  4. Let stand an hour to ripen before using.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Whisk
  • Grater
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Credit

From Mrs. Norton's cook-book (1917), printed page 485, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cu31924073878799

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.