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Italy

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

Ingredients 8 ingredients

  1. Biscuits
  2. a pint of sweet wine
  3. Cinnamon
  4. a quart of very thick scalded cream
  5. ten ounces of white powdered sugar
  6. a quart of raw cream
  7. a pint of very rich cream
  8. Lemons
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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).

Method

  1. Whip together for nearly an hour a quart of very thick scalded cream, a quart of raw cream, the grated rind of four lemons and the strained juice, with ten ounces of white powdered sugar ;
  2. then add half a pint of sweet wine, and continue to whisk it until it becomes quite solid.
  3. Lay a piece of muslin in a sieve, and lay the cream upon it with a spoon.
  4. In twenty hours turn it carefully out, but mind that it does not break.
  5. Garnish it with fruit-jelly or with flowers.
  6. Another.
  7. — Whip up three-quarters of a pint of very rich cream to a strong froth, with some finely scraped lemonpeel, a squeze of the juice, half a glass Some finely powdered cinnamon should be dusted pretty thickly over it.
  8. This delicious dish is always served up cold.
  9. The receipt was obtained from the nuns of Santa Clara convent at Palmas, in the island of Grand Canary.
  10. of sweet wine, and sugar to make it pleasant, but not too sweet ;
  11. lay it on a sieve or in a form, and next day put it on a dish, and ornament it with very light puff-paste biscuits, made in tin shapes the length of a finger, and about two thick, over which sugar may be strewed, or a little glazed with isinglass.
  12. Or you may use macaroons to line the edges of the dish.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Whisk
  • Grater
  • Spatula
  • Sieve