Miscellaneous Desserts

Nut Charlotte

with wine 758 calories; without wine 745 calories
Two servings

½ cup 40% cream	8 pecan or walnut meats
2 tbs. sugar	¼ tsp. vanilla or 1 tbs. sherry wine

Dissolve sugar in the cream and beat solid, add flavoring or sherry and nuts.

Orange Charlotte

631 calories

½ cup of orange jelly mixture (see directions for making under jellies)

½ cup double cream

1 tbs. sugar (the above quantity will require about 2 tsp. of granulated gelatin)

Pour jelly mixture into a bowl and surround with cracked ice; when it begins to stiffen, fold in the stiffly beaten cream.

Pour into molds or ice cream glasses and set aside in the ice-box to become set.

Snow Pudding

428 calories for orange pudding

Orange, lemon, grape juice, or pineapple may be used in preparing this pudding.

½ cup fruit juice	¼ cup sugar
2 tsp. gelatin	1 egg white and
1 tbs. cold water	¼ cup soft custard

Make jelly mixture as already directed and place the bowl in a pan of cracked ice; when the mixture begins to stiffen, fold in the well-beaten egg white (beat it in with an egg beater). Pour the mixture into a mold or individual glasses and set aside on ice to become set. When ready to serve, unmold and pour on the soft cold custard.

Prune or Prune Fig Whip

184.4 or 244.9 calories

6 prunes or 4 prunes and 1 fig	1 egg white
2 tbs. sugar

Cook the prunes and figs in sufficient water to cover them until they are perfectly soft, press through a sieve, add sugar, chill thoroughly, and fold in the stiffly beaten egg white. The above mixture may be put in individual cups and baked in a slow oven (in a pan surrounded with hot water) until they are firm in the center and a light brown. Serve with or without whipped cream.