The Cook Book by “Oscar” of the Waldorf

Three thousand recipes from the maitre d'hotel of the Waldorf — the hotel kitchen that taught Gilded Age America how to dine, from beef tea to watermelon with champagne.

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Chocolate Souffles

Put one and two-thirds of a cupful of milk in a double boiler, put on the fire and boil. Take a third of a cupful of milk, add two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch, and put it to the boiling milk. Dissolve an ounce and a half of chocolate and one teacupful of sugar with two tablespoonfuls of boiling water, and also add this to the milk. Beat the yolks of three eggs, add half a saltspoonful of salt, put this to the mixture. Put the boiler in ice water and beat until cold. Flavor with vanilla and pour into a dish. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, put in half a cupful more sugar, and heap it on the mixture in the dish.

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