PHILADELPHIA ICE CREAMS
Reading edition
BURNT ALMOND ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 1/2 pound of sugar 4 ounces of sweet almonds 1 tablespoonful of caramel 1 teaspoonful of vanilla extract 4 tablespoonfuls of sherry
Shell, blanch and roast the almonds until they are a golden brown, then grate them. Put half the cream and all the sugar over the fire in a double boiler. Stir until the sugar is dissolved, take it from the fire, add the caramel and the almonds, and, when cold, add the remaining pint of cream, the vanilla and the sherry. Freeze as directed on page 7.
This quantity will serve eight persons.
APRICOT ICE CREAM
6 ounces of sugar 1 quart of cream 1 can of apricots or 1 quart of fresh apricots
If fresh apricots are used, take an extra quarter of a pound of sugar. Put half the cream and all the sugar over the fire in a double boiler and stir until the sugar is dissolved; take from the fire and, when cold, add the remaining cream. Turn the mixture into the freezer, and, when frozen fairly stiff, add the apricots after having been pressed through a colander. Return the lid, adjust the crank, and turn it slowly for five minutes, then remove the dasher and repack.
This quantity should serve ten persons.
BANANA ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 6 large bananas 1/2 pound of sugar 1 teaspoonful of vanilla
Put half the cream and all the sugar over the fire and stir until the sugar is dissolved; take from the fire, and, when perfectly cold, add the remaining half of the cream. Freeze the mixture, and add the bananas mashed or pressed through a colander. Put on the lid, adjust the crank, and turn until the mixture is frozen rather hard.
This quantity will serve ten persons.
BISCUIT ICE CREAM
6 wine biscuits 1 quart of cream 1/2 pound of sugar 1 teaspoonful of vanilla
Grate and sift the biscuits. Scald half the cream and the sugar; when cold, add the remaining cream and the vanilla, and freeze. When frozen, remove the dasher, stir in the powdered biscuits, and repack to ripen.
This quantity will serve six persons.
APPLE ICE CREAM
4 large tart apples 1 quart of cream 1/2 pound of sugar 1 tablespoonful of lemon juice
Put half the cream and all the sugar over the fire and stir until the sugar is dissolved. When the mixture is perfectly cold, freeze it and add the lemon juice and the apples, pared and grated. Finish the freezing, and repack to ripen.
The apples must be pared at the last minute and grated into the cream. If they are grated on a dish and allowed to remain in the air they will turn very dark and spoil the color of the cream.
BROWN BREAD ICE CREAM
3 half inch slices of Boston Brown Bread 1 quart of cream 1/2 pound of sugar 1 teaspoonful of vanilla or 1/4 of a vanilla bean or a teaspoonful of vanilla extract
Dry and toast the bread in the oven, grate or pound it, and put it through an ordinary sieve. Heat half the cream and all the sugar; take from the fire, add vanilla, and, when cold, add the remaining cream, and freeze. When frozen, remove the dasher, stir in the brown bread, repack and stand aside to ripen.
This quantity will serve six persons.
CARAMEL ICE CREAM, No. 1
1 quart of cream 1/2 pound of sugar 1 teaspoonful of vanilla
Put four tablespoonfuls of the sugar in an iron frying pan over a strong fire, shake until the sugar melts, turns brown, smokes and burns; add quickly a half cupful of water; let it boil a minute, take from the fire, and put it, with all the sugar and half the cream, in a double boiler over the fire. Stir until the sugar is dissolved, take from the fire, and, when cold, add the remaining cream and vanilla, and freeze.
This quantity will serve six persons.
CARAMEL ICE CREAM, No. 2
1 quart of cream 1 pint of milk 1/2 cupful of brown sugar 1/2 pound of granulated sugar 2 teaspoonfuls of vanilla
Put the brown sugar in a frying pan over the fire, shake it until it melts, burns and smokes. Take it from the fire and add two tablespoonfuls of water; heat until the sugar is again melted, put it in a double boiler with the milk and all the sugar, stir until the sugar is dissolved, and stand aside to cool. When cold, add half the cream and the vanilla, and freeze. When frozen sufficiently stiff to remove the dasher, stir in the remaining pint of cream whipped to a stiff froth, repack and stand aside for three hours.
This quantity will serve ten persons.
BISQUE ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 1/4 pound of almond macaroons 4 kisses 1/2 pound of sugar 1 slice of stale sponge cake or 2 stale lady fingers 1 teaspoonful of caramel 1 teaspoonful of vanilla If you use it, 4 tablespoonfuls of sherry
Pound the macaroons, kisses, lady fingers or sponge cake, and put them through a colander. Put half the cream and all the sugar over the fire in a double boiler; when the sugar is dissolved, stand the mixture aside to cool; when cold, add the remaining cream, the caramel, sherry and vanilla. Turn the mixture into the freezer, and, when frozen, add the pounded cakes; stir the mixture until it is perfectly smooth and well mixed, and repack. Bisque ice cream is better for a three hour stand.
This quantity will serve six persons.
CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 1 pint of milk 1/2 pound of sugar 4 ounces of chocolate 1 teaspoonful of vanilla or 1/4 of a vanilla bean 1/4 of a teaspoonful of cinnamon
Grate the chocolate, put it in a double boiler with the milk; stir until hot, and add the sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and one pint of the cream. When cold, freeze; when frozen, remove the dasher and stir in the remaining pint of the cream whipped to a stiff froth.
This will serve ten persons.
COFFEE ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 1/2 pound of pulverized sugar 4 ounces of so-called Mocha coffee
Grind the Mocha rather coarse, put it in the double boiler with one half the cream, and steep over the fire for at least ten minutes. Strain through a fine muslin or flannel bag, pressing it hard to get out all the strength of the coffee. Add the sugar and stir until dissolved; when cold, add the remaining pint of cream and freeze.
This will serve six persons.
CURAÇAO ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 1 wineglassful of curaçao 1/2 pound of sugar 2 tablespoonfuls of orange blossoms water Juice of two oranges
Put the sugar and half the cream over the fire in a double boiler. When the sugar is dissolved, take it from the fire, and, when cold, add the curaçao, orange juice and orange blossoms water; add the remaining cream, and freeze.
This will serve six persons.
GINGER ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 1/4 pound of preserved ginger 1/2 pound of sugar 1 tablespoonful of lemon juice
Put the ginger through an ordinary meat chopper. Heat the sugar, ginger and half the cream in a double boiler; when the sugar is dissolved, take it from the fire, and, when cold, add the lemon juice and remaining cream, and freeze.
MARASCHINO ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 1/2 pound of sugar 1 orange 2 wineglassfuls of maraschino 2 drops of Angostura Bitters, or 1/2 teaspoonful of extract of wild cherry
Put the sugar and half the cream in a double boiler, and stir until the sugar is dissolved. When cold, add the remaining cream, the juice of the orange, the bitters or wild cherry, and the maraschino, and freeze.
Serve in parfait glasses to six persons.
LEMON ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 9 ounces of powdered sugar 4 tablespoonfuls of lemon juice Juice of one orange Grated yellow rind of 3 lemons
Mix the sugar, the grated rind and juice of the lemons, and the orange juice together. Put half the cream in a double boiler over the fire; when scalding hot, stand it aside until perfectly cold; add the remaining half of the cream and freeze it rather hard. Remove the crank and the lid, add the sugar mixture, replace the lid and crank, and turn rapidly for five minutes; repack to ripen.
This will serve six people.
ORANGE ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 10 ounces of sugar Juice of 6 large oranges Grated rind of one orange
Put the sugar, grated yellow rind of the orange and half the cream in a double boiler over the fire; when the sugar is dissolved, take from the fire, and, when very cold, add the remaining cream, and freeze. When frozen rather hard, add the orange juice, refreeze, and pack to ripen.
PINEAPPLE ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 12 ounces of sugar 1 large ripe pineapple or 1 pint can of grated pineapple Juice of one lemon
Put half the cream and half the sugar in a double boiler over the fire; when the sugar is dissolved, stand it aside until cold. Pare and grate the pineapple, add the remaining half of the sugar and stand it aside. When the cream is cold, add the remaining cream, and partly freeze. Then add the lemon juice to the pineapple and add it to the frozen cream; turn the freezer five minutes longer, and repack.
This will serve eight or ten persons.
GREEN GAGE ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 4 ounces of sugar 1 pint of preserved green gages, free from syrup
Press the green gages through a sieve. Add the sugar to half the cream, stir it in a double boiler until the sugar is dissolved; when cold, add the remaining cream. When this is partly frozen, stir in the green gage pulp, and finish the freezing as directed on page 7.
If the green gages are colorless, add three or four drops of apple green coloring to the cream before freezing.
RASPBERRY ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 1 quart of raspberries 12 ounces of sugar Juice of one lemon
Mash the raspberries; add half the sugar and the lemon juice. Put the remaining sugar and half the cream in a double boiler; stir until the sugar is dissolved, and stand aside to cool; when cold, add the remaining cream, turn the mixture into the freezer, and stir until partly frozen. Remove the lid and add the mashed raspberries, and stir again for five or ten minutes until the mixture is sufficiently hard to repack.
This will serve eight or ten persons.
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
Make precisely the same as raspberry ice cream, substituting one quart of strawberries for the raspberries.
PISTACHIO ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 1/2 pound of sugar 1/2 pound of shelled pistachio nuts 1 teaspoonful of almond extract 10 drops of green coloring
Blanch and pound or grate the nuts. Put half the cream and all the sugar in a double boiler; stir until the sugar is dissolved and stand aside to cool; when cold, add the nuts, the flavoring and the remaining cream, mix, add the coloring, and turn into the freezer to freeze.
If green coloring matter is not at hand, a little spinach or parsley may be chopped and rubbed with a small quantity of alcohol.
This quantity will serve six persons,
VANILLA ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 1/2 pound of sugar 1 vanilla bean or two teaspoonfuls of vanilla extract
Put the sugar and half the cream in a double boiler over the fire. Split the vanilla bean, scrape out the seeds and add them to the hot cream, and add the bean broken into pieces. Stir until the sugar is dissolved, and strain through a colander. When this is cold, add the remaining cream and freeze. This should be repacked and given two hours to ripen. Four would be better.
This will serve six persons.
WALNUT ICE CREAM
1 quart of cream 1/2 pound of sugar 1 teaspoonful of vanilla 1 teaspoonful of caramel 1/2 pint of black walnut meats
Put the sugar and half the cream over the fire in a double boiler; when the sugar is dissolved, stand it aside to cool. When cold, add the remaining cream, the walnuts, chopped, and the flavoring, and freeze.
This will serve six persons.