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Spumoni

From Treasured Italian Recipes (1989).

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A historical recipe

Treasured Italian Recipes (1989).

Italy

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

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. 1/2 cup rum
  2. 2 vanilla
  3. 1 chocolate

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. (Layered Ice Cream Dessert) (Serves 20 People) 3 qt.
  2. ice cream (2 vanilla 1/2 jar maraschino cherries and 1 chocolate) 4 oz.
  3. citron fruit 4 oz.
  4. chocolate miniature 11/2 c.
  5. rum bits red and green food coloring 4 oz.
  6. chopped pecans Line 20-inch round or square plastic or cake pan (quite deep) with clear plastic so you can lift the mold out of the pan to be cut.
  7. 1st Layer: Mix chocolate ice cream with nuts, chocolate bits and 1/2 cup rum.
  8. 2nd Layer: Use vanilla ice cream with citron fruit and 1/2 cup rum;
  9. tint with a few drops of green food coloring.
  10. Pour over chocolate layer.
  11. 3rd Layer: Use vanilla ice cream with maraschino cherries, 1/2 cup rum and a few drops of red food-coloring.
  12. Freeze.
  13. Helpful Hints: You have to work very fast so ice cream won’t run.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Cake tin
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
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Credit

From Treasured Italian Recipes (1989), printed page 7, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/treasured-italian-recipes

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.