Chapter XXI · Ices and Sherbets · No. 2815
2815—Coupes Venus
Half-fill the bowls with vanilla ice-cream.
In the middle of each bowl set a small peach, poached in vanilla-flavoured syrup, with a very red, small cherry upon it.
Border the peaches with a thread of Chantilly cream.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 2815, p. 800. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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