This will serve twelve persons.
BISCUIT TORTONI
1 quart of cream
1/2 pound of sugar
1 gill of maraschino
2 tablespoonfuls of sherry
1 teaspoonful of vanilla
Yolks of six eggs
Put half the cream in a double boiler over the fire. Beat the sugar and yolks together until very, very light, add them to the hot cream and stir over the fire until the mixture begins to thicken. Take from the fire, and, when very cold, add the vanilla, maraschino and sherry, and freeze. When frozen, stir in the remaining cream, whipped to a stiff froth. Fill individual dishes or paper cases, stand at once in the freezing kettle or ice cave; pack and freeze from three to four hours.
This will fill twelve cases.
CABINET PUDDING, ICED
1 quart of milk
6 eggs
1/4 pound of powdered sugar
1 tablespoonful of powdered gelatin
1/4 pound of macaroons and lady fingers, mixed
1/2 pound of conserved cherries or pineapple
1/2 pound of stale sponge cake
Grate the macaroons and lady fingers, and rub them through a coarse sieve. Cut the sponge cake into slices and then into strips. Put the milk over the fire in a double boiler and add the eggs and sugar beaten together until light; stir and cook until the mixture is sufficiently thick to coat a knife blade. Take from the fire, add the gelatin, strain, and stand it aside to cool. Garnish the bottom of a two quart melon mold with the cherries or pineapple, put in a layer of the sponge cake, then a sprinkling of the macaroons and lady fingers, another layer of the cherries, then the sponge cake, and so continue until you have all the ingredients used. Add a teaspoonful of vanilla to the custard, pour it in the mold, cover the mold with the lid, bind the seam with muslin dipped in paraffin or suet, pack in salt and ice, and stand aside for three hours.
At serving time, dip the mold quickly into hot water, wipe it off, remove the lid and turn the pudding on to a cold platter. Pour around a well-made Montrose Sauce, and send to the table.
This will serve ten or twelve persons.