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Strawberry Ice Cream II

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

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Gather

Ingredients

  • 3 pints Thin Cream
  • 2 boxes Strawberries
  • 1¾ cups Sugar
  • 2 cups Milk
  • 1½ tablespoons Arrowroot

Make it

Method

  1. 1

    Wash and hull berries, sprinkle with sugar, let stand one hour, mash, and rub through strainer.

  2. 2

    Scald one and one-half cups milk; dilute arrowroot with remaining milk, add to hot milk, and cook ten minutes in double boiler; cool, add cream, freeze to a mush, add fruit, and finish freezing.

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Where this recipe comes from

Strawberry Ice Cream II, 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.