Italian Cream
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Italy
Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
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Ingredients 6 ingredients
- one teaspoonful of extract of bitter almond
- one gill of rose water
- six ounces of loaf sugar
- a pint of thick cream
- one pint of milk
- one ounce of soaked isinglass
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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
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- Put one ounce of soaked isinglass, six ounces of loaf sugar, and one pint of milk, into a sauce pan;
- boil slowly and stir all the time until the isinglass is dissolved;
- strain the mixture, and, when cool, mix it with a pint of thick cream;
- flavor with one teaspoonful of extract of bitter almond, and one gill of rose water.
- Beat thoroughly until it thickens;
- pour into a large or into individual molds and put into an ice box until wanted.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan
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Wooden spoon
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Sieve