This section is from the book "Around-The-World Cook Book", by Mary Louise Barroll. Also available from Amazon: Around-the-world cook book.
Chestnuts, Orange-juice, Sugar, Whipped cream.
Boil, shell, and blanch the chestnuts and pound them in a mortar, moistening them from time to time with orange-juice.
To each pint of chestnut-pulp, add 4 tablespoons of whipped cream, and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Place them in sherbet cups, and garnish with split chestnut-meats.
 
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