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Jelly, Cream

Put three pints of water into a saucepan with a quarter of a pound of hartshorn-shavings, and boil gently until the liquid will jelly. This may be easily ascertained by taking a little in a spoon, and letting it get cold. When sufficiently boiled, strain it, and add half a pint of cream, two table-spoonfuls of rose or orange-flower water, two table-spoonfuls of sherry, and two ounces of sifted sugar. Boil all together gently for five minutes, stirring all the time, to prevent the mixture curdling. When cool, pour it into a damp mould, turn it out as soon as it is stiff, and pour over it half a pint of cream, flavoured according to taste. Time, about three hours to simmer the shavings. Sufficient for a quart mould.