1 pint milk
3 table-spoons powdered sugar
3 whites of eggs
¹⁄₂ tea-spoon vanilla
2 heaping table-spoons cornflour
Mix the cornflour to a smooth paste with a little of the milk. Put the rest with the sugar in a double boiler. When boiling add the cornflour. Stir till perfectly smooth and thick. Then leave to cook gently for about twenty minutes. Beat the whites to a stiff froth. Stir them in and continue stirring for two or three minutes. Take off the fire. Add the vanilla. If not perfectly smooth, strain. Pour into a mould.
*Cream Whip
1 pint cream
1 cup sherry
1 lemon
¹⁄₂ cup sugar
2 whites of eggs
Whip the cream lightly. Add the sherry, rind and juice of the lemon, sugar and the whites beaten to a stiff froth. Stir until the sugar is melted. Skim off the froth and set it on a sieve. Fill custard glasses with the cream. Put the froth on the top of each glass.
Danish Pudding
³⁄₄ cup pearl tapioca
1¹⁄₂ pints boiling water
¹⁄₄ cup sugar
¹⁄₂ cup currant jelly
Or fresh fruit juice
Soak the tapioca all night. Boil in the water till tender and transparent. Stir frequently. Add the sugar, a little salt and the jelly or fruit. Stir together till melted. Pour into a dish and set on ice or in a cold place. Serve with cream.
*Ginger Pudding
¹⁄₂ oz. isinglass
¹⁄₂ pint milk
3 ozs. butter
2 ozs. powdered sugar
4 eggs
1 lemon
1 small tea-spoon powdered ginger
Preserved ginger and syrup