Bismarck Sauce. Stir
the yolk of 2 eggs with 1 cup of powdered sugar to
a cream, add slowly 1/2 cup of Rhine wine, beat the
white to a stiff froth, add the sauce slowly to the
white while beating constantly, add last 1/2 cupful
whipped cream. In place of Rhine wine sherry
wine may be taken.
Transparent Sauce. Mix
1 heaping teaspoonful cornstarch in a small saucepan
with 1/4 cup cold water, add 1 cupful boiling water
and the thin peel of 1/2 lemon; set the saucepan over
the fire, stir and boil a few minutes, then remove,
add 2 tablespoonfuls lemon juice and 3 or 4 tablespoonfuls
sugar, or sweeten to taste. To this sauce a few
spoonfuls of strawberry or raspberry syrup or juice
may be added.
Orange Sauce. Stir the
yolks of 3 eggs with 1 cupful powdered sugar to a
cream, add slowly 1 cupful orange juice and 3 tablespoonfuls
lemon juice; beat the whites to a stiff froth, add
slowly while beating constantly the orange mixture
to the whites; serve either with hot or cold puddings.
Cream Sauce. Stir the
yolks of 2 eggs with 1/2 cupful powdered sugar to
a cream, add 1/2 cupful orange juice and 1 tablespoonful
lemon juice; beat the whites to a stiff froth, add
the orange mixture slowly to the whites while beating
constantly; add last 1 cupful whipped cream.
In place of orange juice any kind of fruit juice may
be taken, or jelly may be dissolved in hot water and
used the same way.
Fruit Sauce. Mix 1 teaspoonful
cornstarch in a small saucepan with 1/2 gill of cold
water, add while stirring constantly 1 cupful boiling
water, the thin peel of 1/2 lemon; place the saucepan
over the fire and boil a few minutes; remove from
fire, add 3/4 cupful fruit syrup, either of raspberry,
strawberry, apricot, or cherries, and 1 tablespoonful
lemon juice; if handy, add 2 or 3 tablespoonfuls white
wine, and serve with souffle and light delicate puddings.
It may also be served cold with puddings. In
place of fruit syrup, strawberry or cherry marmalade
may be taken, or apple or currant jelly.
Raspberry Sauce. Mix
1 heaping teaspoonful cornstarch in a small saucepan
with a little cold water; add slowly while stirring
constantly 1 cupful boiling water, a small piece of
cinnamon, and the thin peel of 1/2 lemon; place the
saucepan over the fire, cook a few minutes, then remove,
add 1 cupful fresh raspberry juice, 1/2 cupful sugar,
and 1 tablespoonful lemon juice; if liked and handy,
a little Rhine wine or white wine may be added; serve
either hot or cold. If raspberry syrup is used,
omit the sugar.
Cream Cakes Glasse.
Boil 1/2 pint milk with 2 ounces butter, add 4 ounces
flour, stir until it forms into a smooth paste and
loosens itself from the bottom and sides of the saucepan,
transfer the paste to a dish, and when nearly cold
add the yolks of 4 eggs, and last the beaten whites;
drop this mixture (by tablespoonfuls) on to buttered
tins, not too close together, brush them over with
the beaten egg, and bake to a fine golden color and
well done. When done and cold, cut the cakes
open on the side and fill them with vanilla cream,
N; half the quantity of cream will be sufficient.
Place the cakes on a sieve, boil 1 cup of sugar with
1/2 cup water till the sugar begins to turn light
brown (caramel), instantly remove, and pour it over
the cakes.