No. 274.
CRUSHED STRAWBERRY ICE-CREAM.
Three pints best cream, 12 ounces pulverized white sugar, 2 whole eggs, 2 tablespoonfuls extract of vanilla. Mix all together in a porcelain-lined basin; place on the fire; stir constantly to the boiling point. Remove and strain through a hair sieve. Place in a freezer and freeze. Take 1 quart ripe strawberries, select, hull and put in a bowl; add 6 ounces pulverized sugar, white, and crush all down to a pulp; add this pulp to the frozen cream and mix in well. Now give the freezer a few additional turns to harden.
No. 275.
PEACH ICE-CREAM.
One dozen best, ripest red-cheeked peaches; peel and stone; place in china basin and crush with 6 ounces pulverized sugar. Take 1 quart best cream, 8 ounces pulverized sugar, white, 2 whole eggs, 8 drops extract almond. Place all on the fire till it reaches the boiling point. Remove and strain. Place in freezer and freeze. When nearly frozen, stir in the peach pulp. Give the freezer a few more turns to harden.
No. 276.
FRENCH VANILLA ICE-CREAM.
One quart of rich, sweet cream, ½ pound of granulated sugar, yolks of 6 eggs. Place the cream and sugar in a porcelain kettle on the fire, and allow them to come to a boil; strain immediately through a hair sieve, and having the eggs well beaten add them slowly to the cream and sugar while hot, at the same time stirring rapidly. Place them on the fire again and stir for a few minutes, then pour it into the freezer and flavor with 1 tablespoonful of vanilla, and freeze.
No. 277.
LEMON ICE-CREAM.
One quart of best cream, 8 ounces of pulverized sugar, 3 whole eggs, and a tablespoonful of the extract of lemon; place it on the fire, then immediately remove and strain. When cold place in freezer and freeze.
No 278.
CHOCOLATE TRANSPARENT ICING.
Melt 3 ounces of fine chocolate with a small quantity of water in a pan over the fire, stirring constantly until it becomes soft. Dilute this with ½ gill of syrup and work till perfectly smooth, then add to the boiled sugar as above.