Even without modern refrigeration, ice cream was a thing in the Regency Era. Don’t believe me? Read more about Regency Ice Creams !

What flavors should we explore today? I know! How about some orange and lemon ice cream to go with your lemonade and orangeade?

No. 142. Lemon Ice Cream.

RASP one lemon and squeeze three or four; add two gills of syrup and one pint of cream ; mix it all together, pass it through a sieve, and freeze it.

~Nutt, 1807

The orange ice creams required a little detectie work to make sense out of. The first calls for Seville Oranges, which are known for their sour and bitter flavor, so the first recipe would produced an ice cream with a sharp flavor.

The second recipe calls for China oranges which could have been kumquats, citron, or mandarin oranges. Since Nutt’s cookbook includes recipes for cenraty which is another name for citron, I’m inclined to believe this wasn’t a recipe for citron ice cream. And kumquats were introduced to the west in 1846, after Nutt’s cookbook was written, so I’m betting this was a recipe for mandarin orange ice cream which would have a sweet orange flavor, more like we associate with oranges today.

No. 141. Seville Orange Ice Cream.

RASP the rind of one Seville orange into a bason, and squeeze three, and two lemons; add two gills of syrup and one pint of cream; mix it well, pass it through a sieve, and freeze it.

~Nutt, 1807

No. 143. China Orange Ice Cream.

RASP one China orange, squeeze four, and one lemon and a half; put in two gills of syrup and one pint of cream ; pass it through a sieve and freeze it

~Nutt, 1807

References

Nutt,  Frederick. The Complete Confectioner ; Or, the Whole Art of Confectionary: … By a Person, Late an Apprentice to the Well-known Messrs. Negri and Witten ..London: Printed for the Author, 1807.

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