This section is from the book "The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book", by Fannie Merritt Farmer. Also available from Amazon: Original 1896 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.
1 quart cream
1 egg
1 tablespoon flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla
Prepare same as Vanilla Ice Cream II, using one-half sugar in custard; remaining half caramelize, and add slowly to hot custard. See Caramelization of Sugar, page 586.
It is made same as Caramel Ice Cream, with the addition of one cup finely chopped blanched almonds.
3 pints cream 1 1/4 cups dried brown bread crumbs
7/8 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt
Soak crumbs in one quart cream, let stand fifteen minutes, rub through sieve, add sugar, salt, and remaining cream; then freeze.
Make custard as for Vanillla Ice Cream II, add one quart cream, one tablespoon vanilla, and one cup hickory nut or English walnut meats finely chopped.
2 cups scalded milk Yolks 3 eggs 1 cup sugar
2/3 cup chopped walnut meats 1 cup heavy cream 3/4 tablespoon vanilla
Few grains salt
Make custard of milk, eggs, one-third of the sugar, and salt. Caramelize remaining sugar, add nut meats, and turn into a slightly buttered pan. Cool, pound, and pass through a puree strainer. Add to custard, cool, then add one cup heavy cream, beaten until stiff, and vanilla. Freeze and mould.
3 pints cream 1 1/3 cups sugar
1 cup Jordan almonds 1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla
Blanch almonds cut in pieces crosswise, and bake in a shallow pan until well browned, shaking pan frequently; then finely chop. Caramelize one-half of the sugar, and add slowly to two cups of the cream scalded. As soon as sugar is melted, add nuts, remaining sugar, and salt. Cool, add remaining cream, and freeze. A few grains salt is always an improvement to any ice cream mixture.
1 quart cream 1 cup macaroons
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
Dry, pound, and measure macaroons; add to cream, sugar, and vanilla, then freeze.
1 quart cream 4 bananas
1 1/3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 cup sugar
A few grains salt
Remove skins and scrape bananas, then force through a sieve; add remaining ingredients; then freeze.
To recipe for Vanilla Ice Cream II, using one-half quantity vanilla, add one-half cup Canton ginger cut in small pieces, three tablespoons ginger syrup, and two tablespoons Sherry wine; then freeze.
Prepare same as Vanilla Ice Cream II, using for flavoring one tablespoon vanilla and one teaspoon almond extract; color with Burnett's Leaf Green.
To Pistachio Ice Cream add one-half cup each of pounded macaroons, chopped almonds, and peanuts. Mould, and serve with or without Claret Sauce.
 
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