¾ tablespoon granulated gelatine

3 tablespoons boiling water

¾ cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 quart cream

Melt chocolate, add powdered sugar, and gradually one cup cream. Stir over fire until boiling-point is reached, then add gelatine dissolved in boiling water, sugar, and vanilla. Strain mixture into a bowl, set in a pan of ice-water, stir constantly until mixture thickens, then fold in the whip from remaining cream. Mould, pack in salt and ice, and let stand four hours.

Maple Parfait

4 eggs

1 cup hot maple syrup

1 pint thick cream