Italian Cl'eam
Italy
Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 5 ingredients
- Cream
- 10 oz. white powdered sugar
- 4 lemons
- Sweet wine
- Cinnamon
Possible health benefits
General information, not medical advice.
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Lemon
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).
Method
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- Whip together for nearly an hour 1 qt.
- very thick scalded cream, 1 qt.
- raw cream, the grated rind of 4 lemons and the strained juice, with 10 oz.
- white powdered sugar;
- then add ]■, pt.
- sweet wine, and continue to w hisk it until it becomes quite solid ;
- lay a piece of muslin in a sieve, and lade the cream upon it with a spoon ;
- in 20 hours turn it carefully out, but mind that it does not break;
- garnish with fruit-jelly or with flowers.
- Some finely powdered cinnamon should be dusted pretty thickly over it ;
- always serve cold.
- This receipt was obtained from the nuns of Santa Clara Convent at Palmas, in the iskmd of Grand Canary.
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Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Whisk
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Grater
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Spatula
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Sieve