Crema Montata alle Fragole (Strawberry Cream)

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Ingredients: Creamcastor sugarMaraschinostrawberries or strawberry jam Put a pint of cream on ice, and after two hours whip it up. Pass three tablespoonsful of strawberry jam through a sieve and add two tablespoonsful of Maraschino; mix this with the cream and build it up into a pyramid. Garnish with meringue biscuits and serve quickly. You {More...}

Cremona Cake

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Ingredients: Ground riceground maizesugarone orangeeggssaltcreamMaraschinoalmondspreserved cherries Weigh three eggs, and take equal quantities of castor sugar, butter, ground rice and maize (the last two together); make a light paste with them, but only use one whole egg and the yolks of thetwo others, add the scraped peel of an orange and a pinch of salt. {More...}

Amaretti leggieri (Almond Cakes)

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Ingredients: Almonds (sweet and bitter)eggscastor sugar Blanch equal quantities of sweet and bitter almonds, and dry them a little in the oven, then pound them in a mortar, and add nearly double their quantity of castor sugar. Mix with the white of an egg well beaten up into a snow, and shape into little balls {More...}

Crema tartara alla Caramella (Caramel Cream)

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Ingredients: Creameggscaramel sugarvanilla or lemon flavouring Boil a pint of cream and give it any flavour you like. When cold, add the yolks of eight eggs and two tablespoonsful of castor sugar, mix well and pass it through a sieve; then burn some sugar to a caramel, line a smooth mould with it and pour {More...}

Pan-forte di Siena (Sienese Hardbake)

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Ingredients: Honeyalmondsfilbertscandied lemon peelpeppercinnamonchocolatecorn flourlarge wafers Boil half a pound of honey in a copper vessel, and then add to it a few blanched almonds and filberts cut in halves or quarters and slightly browned, a little candied lemon peel, a dust of pepper and powdered cinnamon and a quarter pound of grated chocolate. Mix {More...}