½ cupful of sugar,
2 whole eggs,
1 teaspoonful of vanilla.
Mix the eggs with the sugar, then scald the milk and turn it over them. Place the whole on the fire in a double boiler and cook for a few minutes to set the eggs, but not so long that the mixture thickens like a custard. Remove from the fire and add the cream and vanilla. When it is cold, freeze and mold it.
HOT CHOCOLATE SAUCE FOR ICE CREAM
Put four squares of unsweetened chocolate into a saucepan. Set the saucepan into a second one containing hot water, let the chocolate melt on the dry pan, then remove it and stir in first a cupful of sugar and then half a cupful of hot water. Return it to the fire and stir until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is smooth, then cook without stirring until a little dropped into cold water can be taken up and rolled into a ball between the fingers. Do not let it cook any farther, but keep the pan in hot water until ready to serve, then turn it into a hot sauce-dish. It will harden and form a crust when turned over the cream.
It is essential to prepare it exactly as directed. If the chocolate is not first melted on a dry pan it will be grainy, and if the water is added first it will harden.
HOT MAPLE SAUCE FOR ICE CREAM
Mix half a cupful of cream with two cupfuls of maple syrup and let it cook without stirring until it threads, or a little dropped into water can be taken up and rolled into a soft ball between the fingers. Do not let it cook any farther, but set the pan in hot water and keep it warm until the moment of serving.