Name: Fruit Creams
Ingredients: 1 cup rich cream; 1 cup blanc mange; assorted fresh fruit

Fruit Creams

Ingredients

1 cup rich cream
1 cup blanc mange
assorted fresh fruit

Directions

Prepare

Whip the cream until it forms soft peaks.
Prepare the blanc mange according to package instructions.

Assemble and chill

Layer the fresh fruit in a serving dish.
Pour the blanc mange over the fruit.
Top with whipped cream.
Set the dish on ice to chill before serving.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Rich cream: Whipped into soft peaks, it adds a light, airy, rich topping.
Blanc mange: Sets into a delicate, creamy layer that holds the fruit together.
Fresh fruit: Adds natural sweetness, acidity and fresh aroma against the creamy layers.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.