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Grape Cream with Almonds/Crema d'Uva con Mandorle (made with grape jelly, cream and powdered sugar)
Originated from: Italy
Occasion: Any time
Contributed by: Taken from "The Complete Italian Cook Book: LA CUCINA" by Rose L. Sorce (Grosset & Dunlap, 1953)

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Ingredients

1/2 cup grape jelly
dash of salt
2 tablespoons almonds, blanched, toasted and chopped fine
1/2 pint cream, beaten stiff
1/4 cup powdered sugar
whole grapes

Frosted Grapes Recipe
1 cup water
Tokay or Malaga grapes
1 cup sugar



Directions

Rub grape jelly through a sieve, and add chopped almonds and salt.

Combine whipped cream with powdered sugar, and reserve 1/2 cup.

Line 6 or 8 individual molds with cream, and reserve 1/2 cup.

Line 6 or 8 individual molds with cream, and fold jelly mixture into remaining whipped cream carefully, then pour into center of molds; cover top with reserved whipped cream and freeze without stirring.

Garnish with [frosted] grapes.



Frosted Grapes Recipe

Boil water and sugar together 5 minutes.

Dip small bunches of grapes into syrup, sprinkle with sugar and place on rack until hardened; chill.

A wax paper may be placed under the rack to catch drippings.

Use as a garnish for desserts.




Notes

This recipe was taken from "The Complete Italian Cook Book: La Cucina" by Rose L. Sorce. It was published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1953. For the entire copyright-free cookbook see www.archive.org.... Photo: Mary Melfi.

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