Chapter XXI · Ices and Sherbets · No. 2747
Built upon: No. 2376Pâte à Génoise Fine
2747—Ice-cream Preparation (Generic Recipe)
Work two-thirds lb. of sugar and ten egg-yolks in a saucepan until the mixture reaches the No. 2376, Pâte à Génoise Fine-stage. Dilute it, little by little, with one quart of boiling milk, and stir over a moderate fire until the preparation veneers the withdrawn spoon. Avoid boiling, as it might decompose the custard.
Strain the whole into a basin and stir it from time to time until it is quite cold.
N.B.—For the various ice-cream preparations, the amount of sugar and number of egg-yolks, as also the procedure, do not change. They are only distinguishable by the particular flavour or infusion which may happen to characterise them.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 2747, p. 790. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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