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Italy

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

Ingredients 8 ingredients

  1. Lump of sugar
  2. a pint of thick sweet cream
  3. Rub
  4. Pudding
  5. an ounce of dissolved isinglass
  6. three tablespoonfuls of good brandy
  7. Lemon
  8. Powdered sugar
Contains Milk Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

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).

Method

  1. Rub the rind of a lemon on a lump of sugar, and scrape it into a tolerably deep pan.
  2. Add the juice of two lemons, three tablespoonfuls of good brandy, and three quarters of a pint of thick sweet cream.
  3. Sweeten to taste with powdered sugar, and whisk the whole to a thick froth.
  4. Lastlj', stir in three quarters of an ounce of dissolved isinglass.
  5. Put all these ingre- The proof of the Pudding is in the Eating.
  6. dients into a cool mould, and it will turn out in an hour.
  7. Italian Cream.
  8. — Another receipt for this wlII be found at page 48.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Whisk
  • Wooden spoon