FoodNetArchive

Practical gastronomy and culinary dictionary

1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
649. Gelee au Panch. — ^ lb. loaf sugar, 2 lemons, 1^ oz. best French gelatine, a wineglassful of Kirsch, a wineglassful of rum, a wineglassful of sherry, ^ inch cinnamon, 1 egg, 20 coriander seeds, 1 gill of cream, ^ oz. castor sugar. Put the sugar in a copper stewpan, add a pint of water, and boil to a syrup ; add the thinly peeled rind of the lemons, and the gelatine previously soaked ; when the latter is dissolved, put in the liqueur and wine, cinnamon and coriander seeds ; also the juice of the lemons. Bring it again to a boil, let it cool a little. Beat up the white and shell of one egg, stir in, bring slowly to a boil ; strain through a jelly-bag, and pour in a mould to set. When turned out, fill the centre of 626 EECHERCHE COOKERY. the jelly with whipped cream, sweeten with castor sugar, and serve. 650. Gelee aux Fraises. — Pick half a pound of small red strawberries, pulp them a little and put them in an earthen pan. Have ready a pint of syrup (made with half a pound of sugar and a pint of water), pour it over the fruit after the first heat is ofi', cover with strawberry leaves, and let it stand for an hour. Put two ounces of soaked gelatine into a stewpan ; add one pint of water, the juice of a lemon, and the strawberry syrup strained ; clarify with two whites of eggs, strain through a jelly-bag until transparent ; mask a mould with a little jelly on the ice, then ornament wdth large ripe strawberries, and fill the mould with jelly when the latter is cold enough to allow the strawberries used for ornamenting to set. 651. Gelee au Vin de Champagne. — 1 quart water, 2^ oz. gelatine (French leaf), 1 orange, 2 lemons, 12 oz. lump sugar, h pint sherry, 2 cloves, 1 inch cinnamon, 1 dessert-spoonful coriander seeds, ^ pint of champagne, 2 whites of eggs and shells. Dissolve the gelatine in the water, add the juice of orange and lemons, also half of the x^eel (cut very thin); put this, together with the other ingredients, in a stew- pan, whisk the whites of eggs, crush the shell and add also. Put upon a slow fire, stirring frequently. As soon as it boils move the pan on the side of the stove, pour in a tablespoonful of cold water, and let simmer very gently for about ten minutes. Strain through a wetted cloth or jelly bag, or through filtering paper. Pour into a mould and let it set on the ice. Immerse in lukewarm water. Wipe the mould, and turn out quickly on a dish. 652. Macedoine de Fruit a la Gelee. — IJ pint wine jelly, strawberries, apricots, peaches, gages, raisins or other kinds of fruit. Dissolve the jelly. Place a copper jelly-mould in a shallow pan of broken ice, pour in a little jelly; let it set. Arrange a layer of fi'uit neatly, cover with COLD SWEETS AND ICES. 627 jelly, and when this is set pour in some more jelly, more layers of fruit, alternating with different kinds. Continue this until the mould is full, but great care must be taken to see that each layer is quite set before another is put in. When fresh fruit cannot be obtained use bottled or tin fruits, but dry each piece on a cloth before it is set in the jelly. Keep the mould on ice until set, then immerse in tepid water, turn out on to a folded napkin or on a silver dish, and serve.