18th Century: Jaune Mange

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Preparation info
  • Makes enough for a fancy

    400 ml

    mould
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Pride and Pudding: The History of British Puddings, Savoury and Sweet

By Regula Ysewijn

Published 2016

  • About

This recipe uses seville orange juice, while others recommend lemon and lemon peel. Later recipes by J.H. Walsh in The British Cookery Book (1864) instruct the cook to use sherry or ‘raisin-wine’. Because the eggs give this jaune mange a set already, you don’t need to use as much gelatine as you would for a blancmange.

Jaune Mange

Boil one ounce of isinglass three quarters of a pint of water, till melt