Cheap Blanc-Mange

Ingredients

• 1/4 lb sugar
• 1 quart milk
• 1-1/2 oz isinglass
• the rind of 1/2 lemon
• 4 laurel-leaves
• BLANC-MANGE.]

Instructions

1. Put all the ingredients into a lined saucepan, and boil gently until the isinglass is dissolved; taste it occasionally, to ascertain when it is sufficiently flavoured with the laurel-leaves;
2. then take them out, and keep stirring the mixture over the fire for about 10 minutes.
3. Strain it through a fine sieve into a jug, and, when nearly cold, pour it into a well-oiled mould, omitting the sediment at the bottom.
4. Turn it out carefully on a dish, and garnish with preserves, bright jelly, or a compote of fruit.