[BROWN BREAD PUDDING.]
Put in a bowl the yolks of four eggs and three whole eggs and six and a half ounces of sugar; beat together for fifteen minutes, then add six and a half ounces of almonds blanched and chopped fine, a dash of cinnamon, a tablespoonful of chocolate and four even tablespoonfuls of citron cut very fine; then add eight ounces and a half of brown bread grated and soaked in a few spoonfuls of claret or milk. Butter a mould, sprinkle with bread crumbs, pour the pudding into it and set it in a pan of hot water in a moderate oven. Bake three-quarters of an hour and serve with a sauce.
Ices.
[VANILLA ICE CREAM.]
A quart of rich milk, three-quarters of a pound of sugar, eight egg yolks and a small vanilla bean. Put the milk in a double boiler with the vanilla bean split into halves; beat the sugar and eggs to a cream, stir into the hot milk and beat briskly until thick, remove from the fire, strain; when cold, freeze.
[COFFEE ICE CREAM.]
A quart of rich milk, three-quarters of a pound of sugar, five ounces of coffee, eight egg yolks. Grind the coffee and stir it into half a pint of boiling milk, set it one side; put the rest of the milk in a double boiler, beat the eggs and sugar together until light, stir into the hot milk, stir briskly until it thickens, add the milk and coffee, turn it into a bowl and let it stand until the last moment; strain and freeze.