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436. CREME AU CAFE.
As for No. 435, but use 4 tablespoonsful coffee for the cream and 2
tablespoonsful for the sauce.
437. CHARLOTTE RUSSE.
PROPORTIONS.--For five persons:
Cream..................1 quart.
Lady fingers...........1 lb.
Sugar..................1/4 lb.
PREPARATION.--1st. Line the bottom and the sides of a cake mould with lady
fingers. 2d. Whip 1 quart cream (thick cream), and when the cream is whipped
sprinkle the sugar over; mix carefully; pour in mould; let cool a little while
and knock out.
438. MACEDOINE DE FRUIT.
PROPORTIONS.--For five persons:
{Peaches........}
{Apricots.......}
Canned {Plums..........} 1/4 lb. of each.
{Cherries.......}
{Pineapples.....}
Sugar....................2 tablespoonsful.
Kirsch...................1 glassful.
1st. Take 1/4 lb. each of preserved peaches, apricots, plums, cherries,
pineapples; let drip separately; arrange the fruits in hollow dish so as to have
a pretty effect. 2d. Add some sugar to the juice of the fruits; let it simmer
down, and when the syrup is concentrated enough let it cool. 3d. When ready to
serve add 2 tablespoonsful of maraschino or kirschwasser, and pour the syrup on
the fruits.
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