Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | August 30, 2013

Should you Let it Boil

IMG_7348-001  Mr. Borella is verbose in his receipt (recipe) for Pistachio Nut Cream Ice on the potential of the heated composition turning to whey:  and should you let it boil, you would run the risk to make your cream turn into whey, on account of the yolks of eggs, which would do too much.  Take great care likewise your cream should be very fresh and sweet, for otherwise, as soon as it would feel the warmth it would all turn into curds and whey, therefore for all these considerations, you are to take care to stir it well and continually, from the moment you set it on the fire to that you take it off..

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | August 29, 2013

Till Willing to Boil

IMG_7346-001  For the receipt (recipe)  Pistachio Nut Cream Ice, after the pounded pistachios, eggs, sugar and cream are mixed properly together:  then set your pan over the fire and keep stirring with a wooden spoon till you see your composition is willing to boil, when you are to take it off immediately; for from the moment you set your composition over the fire till it offers to boil, it has sufficient time to incorporate well and thicken sufficiently without need of boiling,,,

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | August 28, 2013

Pound your Pistachio Nuts

IMG_7345-001  Pound your pistachio nuts very fine in a mortar, and put them in the pan where you dropped your yolks of eggs, mix the whole together add some pounded loaf sugar to it keeping stirring it constantly.  The pistachio nuts were ground fine in the darker marble mortar and pestle and the loaf sugar in the white marble for the 1772 receipt (recipe) for Pistachio Nut Cream Ice.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | August 27, 2013

Eggs for Every Pint

IMG_7342-001  The 1772 receipt (recipe) for Pistachio Nut Cream Ice describes 4 yolks of eggs for every pint of cream you are to employ.  For the two pints of cream used, it required eight egg yolks.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | August 26, 2013

Many Hands – Pistachios

IMG_7341-001  Many hands were involved in the preparation of the Pistachio Nut Cream Ice by assisting in the unshelling of the nuts.  Everyone wanted sufficient nuts infusing in the cream for a good pistachio taste.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | August 25, 2013

First the Pistachios

IMG_7340-001  To make the 1772 receipt (recipe) for Pistachio Nut Cream Ice, the first step is to prepare the nuts.  The unshelled pistachios are in the wood bowl in  just to the front left of the sabotiere.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | August 24, 2013

To Make Green Peas-Pottage

IMG_7331-001  Shell and cleanse your Peas, put them into a Sauce-pan of boiling Water: then having boil’d them tender, take out some of them, strain them, and thicken the rest, put in Salt and Butter, and a Bunch of sweet Herbs, when they are enough, dish them in a Dish, lay Salt and Sippets about them.  The white shown on the sippits  (see previous post) is salt.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | August 23, 2013

Sippets

IMG_7304-001  Sippets are pieces of bread toasted and are used to sop up liquids or as a garnish.  The toasting fork is being used to prepare sippets.  Note that the wood is separated so that the heat from the glowing embers gives an even toasting.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | August 22, 2013

Thicken the Rest

IMG_7327-001   When the peas have been boil’d tender, take some of them , strain them, and thicken  the rest.  Pictured are some of the peas for the receipt (recipe) To make green Peas-pottage being strained.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | August 21, 2013

A Bunch of Sweet Herbs

IMG_7306-001  The shelled peas were placed into a three-legged saucepan of boiling water with a Bunch of sweet Herbs tied, Salt and Butter for the receipt (recipe) To make green Peas-pottage.  The sauce-pan was placed on a burner of glowing red embers from the main fire.

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