Boston Cooking-School Cook Book/Chapter 24

Chapter XXIV. PUDDING SAUCES.

Make a syrup by boiling sugar and water five minutes; remove from fire; add butter and lemon juice.

Mix sugar and corn-starch, add water gradually, stirring constantly; boil five minutes, remove from fire, add butter, lemon juice, and nutmeg.

Cream butter, add sugar gradually, and yolks of eggs, slightly beaten; then add water, and cook over boiling water until mixture thickens. Remove from range, add lemon juice and rind. Serve with Apple Pudding or Popovers.

Make same as Lemon Sauce II, using one teaspoon vanilla in place of lemon juice and nutmeg.

Boil molasses and butter five minutes; remove from fire and add lemon juice.

Mix cream and milk, beat until stiff, using egg-beater; add sugar and vanilla.

Beat white of egg until stiff; add yolk of egg well beaten, and sugar gradually; dilute cream with milk, beat until stiff, combine mixtures, and flavor.

Beat eggs until very light, add sugar gradually and continue beating; then flavor.

Beat yolks of eggs until thick, add one-half the sugar gradually; beat whites of eggs until stiff, add gradually remaining sugar; combine mixtures, and add wine.

Beat whites until stiff, add sugar gradually, and continue beating; add rind and fruit juices.

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, egg beaten until stiff, and strawberries. Beat until fruit is mashed.

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and milk and wine drop by drop. If liquids are added too fast the sauce will have a curdled appearance.

Use same proportions as given in recipe I. If not careful in adding liquids, it will curdle; but this will make no difference, as the sauce is to be warmed over hot water. By careful watching and constant stirring, the ingredients will be perfectly blended; it should be creamy in consistency.

Cream the butter, add gradually sugar, egg well beaten, and wine; beat while heating over hot water.

Beat eggs until stiff, add sugar gradually, and continue beating; add milk and vanilla.

Scald one and three-fourths cups milk, add corn-starch diluted with remaining milk, and cook eight minutes in double boiler; melt chocolate over hot water, add four tablespoons sugar and hot water, stir until smooth, then add to cooked mixture; beat whites of eggs until stiff, add gradually powdered sugar and continue beating, then add unbeaten yolks, and stir into cooked mixture; cook one minute, add vanilla, and cool before serving.

Mix lemon, wine, sugar, and yolks of eggs; stir vigorously over fire until it thickens, using a wire whisk; pour on to whites of eggs beaten stiff.

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and flavoring.

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and milk and flavoring drop by drop to prevent separation.

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, and wine slowly; pile on glass dish, and sprinkle with grated nutmeg.

Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, then brandy very slowly, well beaten yolks, and milk or cream. Cook over hot water until it thickens as a custard, pour on to beaten whites.

Make same as Brandy Sauce, substituting brown sugar in place of powdered sugar.

Drain canned apricots from their syrup, and rub through a sieve. Beat cream until stiff, add to apricot pulp, and sweeten to taste. Serve with German toast.