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To Make Almond Cream otherways.

To Make Almond Cream otherways. is a traditional Stuart recipe for a classic thick cream made from a thick almond milk base blended with vinegar, sugar and sack or white wine and served garnished with red-coloured biskets. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Stuart version of: To Make Almond Cream otherways.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

30 minutes

Total Time:

50 minutes

Serves:

8–10

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Vegetarian RecipesDessert RecipesBritish RecipesEnglish Recipes

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Original Recipe



To Make Almond Cream otherways. (from Robert May's Accomplisht Cook 1660)

To Make Almond Cream otherways.

        Take thick almond milk made with fair spring-water, and boil it a little then take it from the fire, and put to a little salt and vinegar, cast it into a clean strainer and hang it upon a pin over a dish, then being finely drained, take it down and put it in a dish, put to it some fine beaten sugar, and a little sack, muskedine, or white wine, dish it on a silver dish, and strow on red Biskets.


Modern Redaction



This recipe calls for 'sack'. There are two types of sack. English sack, mead flavoured with herbs [see recipes for English Sack and Saratoga Wine] or a sweetened fortified wine from Spain, similar to modern-day Madeira. Most Elizabethan recipes calling for 'sack' meant English sack, but the Stuart recipes typically meant the fortified wine. This is not directly available today, but it can be replaced by dry Madeira or sherry sweetened with a little honey and flavoured with a splash of Vermouth to give it a herby and aromatic note.

Method:

Pour the almond milk into a pan and bring just to a boil then take off the heat and mix in the salt, white wine vinegar, sugar and sack or wine.

Strain through a fine-meshed sieve into a serving dish then set aside to cool. Garnish with the red biskets and serve.

Find more Accomplisht Cook Recipes Here and more Traditional Stuart Recipes Here.