Collectors' Items: Fifty Superb Recipes from Spice Islands

by Spice Islands Company

1 cup light cream

½ cup sugar

4 egg yolks, beaten

¼ cup heavy cream

Split Vanilla Bean, scrape out pulp, add pulp and pod to milk and cream in top of double boiler, scald over direct heat. Remove Vanilla Pod. Stir in sugar. Beat egg yolks slightly. Beat milk into egg yolks. Return to top of double boiler. Place over hot water, cook until custard coats a metal spoon. Stir constantly. Strain, cool. Whip cream until stiff and fold into custard.

Orange Hard Sauce

½ cup butter

1 tablespoon SPICE ISLANDS Orange Peel

4 cups sifted powdered sugar

1 egg