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Strawberry Ice Cream I

A historical dessert recipe from Fannie Merritt Farmer's 1910 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.

Public domain source

Gather

Ingredients

  • 3 pints Thin Cream
  • 2 boxes Berries
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • Few grains Salt

Make it

Method

  1. 1

    Wash and hull berries, sprinkle with sugar, cover, and let stand two hours. Mash, and squeeze through cheese-cloth; then add salt. Freeze cream to the consistency of a mush, add gradually fruit juice, and finish freezing.

  2. 2

    Rich Jersey milk may be substituted for cream.

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Source & rights

Where this recipe comes from

Strawberry Ice Cream I, from The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1910).

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Historical measurements, equipment, temperatures and terminology may differ from modern kitchen practice.