Chapter XX · Entremets (Sweets) · No. 2614
2614—Cream Bavarois
Preparation: Work one lb. of castor sugar with fourteen egg-yolks in a saucepan, dilute with a pint and a half of boiled milk, in which a stick of vanilla has previously been infused, and two-thirds of an oz. of gelatine dipped in cold water.
Put the preparation on a mild fire until it properly veneers the withdrawn spoon, and do not let it boil. Pass it through the strainer into an enamelled basin; let it cool, stirring it from time to time; and, when it begins to thicken, add one and a half pints of whipped cream, three oz. of powdered sugar, and two-thirds oz. of vanilla sugar.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 2614, p. 757. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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