Noisette Bomb

Strawberry Ice I

½ cup sugar

½ cup chopped blanched filberts

¾ cup hot caramel syrup

Yolks 4 eggs

1⅓ cups heavy cream

½ tablespoon vanilla

Few grains salt

Caramelize sugar, add nut meats, turn into a buttered pan, cool, then pound in mortar and put through a purée strainer. Beat egg yolks until thick, add gradually caramel syrup, and cook in double boiler until mixture thickens, then beat until cold. Fold in cream beaten until stiff. Then add prepared nut meats, vanilla, and salt. Line melon mould with ice, turn in mixture, pack in salt and ice, and let stand three hours.