The 1901 Cookbook Archive
No. 2007 — Coffee Blancmange
English historical translation of Molokhovets recipe No. 2007 from the 1901 Russian cookbook, retaining original methods and measures.
Boil two glasses milk with at most three quarters glass ground coffee and three quarters to one glass sugar, bringing to a boil twice.
Strain, add one and a half glasses unwhipped cream and boil once more. Remove and stir in a quarter glass dissolved gelatin.
Pour into a mould and chill on ice. Cocoa may be substituted for the coffee.
To provide
¾ glass ground coffee ¾–1 glass sugar and 2 glasses milk | 1½ glasses cream 10–11 zolotnik gelatin |
Original source: Read Russian recipe No. 2007. Historical quantities and terminology are retained. See the measurements guide. Period preparation and storage methods are not modern safety guidance.