Ice Cream recipe from 1885

This recipe is from Mrs Marshall’s ‘The Book of Ices’ published in 1885

The book is available to view in full on archive.org

The historic Recipe

Strawberry Cream Ice

Make this as raspberry cream

Take 1 pound of raspberries, 6 ounces of sugar, and the juice of a lemon; mix with one good pint of custard cream (nos. 1 to 5). Tammy, and colour with liquid carmine or cherry red (p. 63). Freeze and finish as for other ices.

‘The Book of Ices’ by Mrs Marshall (1885)

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups cream
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 pound strawberries

From our collection
The Dominion Cook Book, 1899. Collection of Minden Hills Museum & Heritage Village.

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