(3570). Basket Filled With Oranges (Panier Garni D'Oranges)

The basket is of wicker furnished with an inside case; one of the handles must be trimmed with a ribbon. Fill the inside case with Andalusian ice cream (No. 3446) into which incorporate as much whipped cream (No. 50). Pare some oranges to the pulp, remove the white skin adhering to each section and marinate them in a little maraschino, sugar and kirsch; with these pieces of orange decorate the top of the cream and serve.

Fig. 701.

(3571). Posilipo Oranges (Oranges Posilipo)

Cut some three-inch in diameter oranges straight through the center; empty the insides entirely, scallop the edge of the peel with a machine (Fig. 654) and cut some uniform slits half an inch below this edge: run a ribbon through, tying it in a bow on one side. Have a spherical mold two and three-quarters inches in diameter and divided in three even hinged parts; fill one of these parts with strawberry ice cream (No. 3451), the other with vanilla ice cream (No. 3458) and the third with pistachio ice cream (No. 3454); equalize all these parts so that when the mold is closed there will be no more than just sufficient to fill them. Pack in ice and freeze for one hour; unmold and lay the pistachio side in the half orange; stick a piece of angelica in the top, it being run through a preserved cherry.

Fig. 702.

(3572). Seville Oranges, And Orange Macedoine Baskets (Oranges A La Seville Et Paniers D'Oranges Macedoine)

Prepare some Seville oranges or mandarins the same as for orange Russian punch (No. 3613); after they have been emptied and are well wiped inwardly, freeze, then till with vanilla ice cream (No. 3458) into which has been added some candied orange and citron peel cut in very thin shreds and macerated in a little maraschino, Curacoa and kirsch. .Serve, surrounding each one with green smilax. The baskets are prepared the same as the Andalusian (No. 3522), filling them with a cooked almond or hazel-nut cream (No. 3464), into which mix a macedoine of fruits; here and there on top scatter some halved pistachios and cherries.