Chapter XX · Entremets (Sweets) · No. 2724
2724—Milk Junket
Gently heat one quart of milk. When it has reached 95° F. take it off the fire; add two and one-half oz. of sugar to it; flavour it as fancy may suggest; put into it six drops of russet-apple essence (or two pastils of russet-apple essence, dissolved in six drops of water); pour it into a timbale, and serve it very cold.
N.B.—This very delicate and simple entremet is little else, indeed, than flavoured and sweetened milk, caused to set by the combined agencies of heat and russet-apple essence.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 2724, p. 783. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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