Orange Charlotte Russe
United States
Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 6 ingredients
- three chilled egg whites
- two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice
- one-third cupful of cold water twenty minutes
- six ounces of sugar
- one cupful of orange juice
- one-half cupful of water
Possible health benefits
General information, not medical advice.
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Lemon juice
High in vitamin C · 39 mg per 100 g, 48% 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
Nutrients per 100 g of “Lemon juice, raw”, 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).
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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- Soak two'thirds of an envelope of gelatine in one-third cupful of cold water twenty minutes.
- Boil one-half cupful of water with six ounces of sugar, until clear.
- Remove from the fire, dissolve in the gelatine, strain, add one cupful of orange juice, and two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, and cool.
- As soon as it begins to set, place in ice water and beat until light;
- then fold in three chilled egg whites beaten to a stiff dry froth.
- Arrange in a chilled mold lined with lady fingers, and chill.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan
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Spatula
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Sieve