Chapter XX · Entremets (Sweets) · No. 2628
2628—English Blanc-mange
Boil one quart of milk, containing four oz. of sugar, and pour it over a quarter of a lb. of corn-flour diluted with half a pint of cold milk; stirring briskly the while.
Smooth the preparation with the whisk, and cook it over an open fire for a few minutes, without ceasing to stir.
On taking it off the fire, flavour it according to taste; and pour it, very hot, into moulds previously moistened with syrup, that the mouldings may turn out glossy and smooth.
Let the contents of the moulds set; turn them out, and serve them very cold either plain or with an accompaniment of stewed fruit.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 2628, p. 760. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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