Snow cream
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Snow cream, also known as Snow (obsolete spelling Snowe), can be one of two distinct desserts.
The common ingredients for early recipes is ,cream, rosewater
and sugar, whipped until stiff. Other flavouring agents, e.g. cloves or ginger, are also known from various recipes. It is the process of whipping cream until stiff that is often likened to snow as can be seen in passages such as "Beat your cream with a stick until the Snow rises ...". It was often draped over another item to give the appearance of snow having fallen over the item.
ingredients) into clean snow, the snow melts and congeals into a simple ice cream substitute.
added to the basic recipe, was popular served hot in the 17th century while a more modern version is eaten cold. Fruit juice content were also used in Lemon and Orange Snow. There is a Russia
n version that is called air pie, which is egg white, sugar, and fruit pureé, whipped and served hot.
Summer snow is known as a version with fruit content, egg whites and alcohol.
Snowballs can be a variety of desserts: they are usually not related to snow cream desserts. One of these, which is more commonly known as Slush
, is based on ice and fruit syrup can be seen as related to Snow cream.
A snow cone
or sno cone is a frozen dessert made of crushed or shaved ice, flavored with brightly colored syrup, usually fruit-flavored, served in a paper cone or cup.
- A cream based dessert with one or more flavoring agents added.
- A dessert in which you mix snowSnowSnow is a form of precipitation within the Earth's atmosphere in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. Since snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material. It has an open and therefore soft structure, unless packed by...
and a sweetened dairy-based liquid to make a simple ice creamIce creamIce cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners...
substitute.
The cream based dessert
The cream based variety of Snow Cream is of old lineage. It is known in continental Europe at least as early as the late 15th or early 16th century where it can be found in the Dutch recipe collection now known as KANTL Gent 15. It has been suggested that "Snow" may be even older than that.The common ingredients for early recipes is ,cream, rosewater
Rosewater
Rose water or rose syrup is the hydrosol portion of the distillate of rose petals. Rose water, itself a by-product of the production of rose oil for use in perfume, is used to flavour food, as a component in some cosmetic and medical preparations, and for religious purposes throughout Europe and...
and sugar, whipped until stiff. Other flavouring agents, e.g. cloves or ginger, are also known from various recipes. It is the process of whipping cream until stiff that is often likened to snow as can be seen in passages such as "Beat your cream with a stick until the Snow rises ...". It was often draped over another item to give the appearance of snow having fallen over the item.
The snow based dessert
The origins of the snow based dessert by this name are hard to verify, but the technique of using snow as a main ingredient in a dessert is very old. Common ingredients for this variety are a dairy based ingredient, sugar and a flavouring agent. In adding a small amount of dairy-based liquid and a flavouring agent (similar to ice creamIce cream
Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners...
ingredients) into clean snow, the snow melts and congeals into a simple ice cream substitute.
Other "Snow" recipes
Apple snow, with puréed appleApple
The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apple grow on small, deciduous trees that blossom in the spring...
added to the basic recipe, was popular served hot in the 17th century while a more modern version is eaten cold. Fruit juice content were also used in Lemon and Orange Snow. There is a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n version that is called air pie, which is egg white, sugar, and fruit pureé, whipped and served hot.
Summer snow is known as a version with fruit content, egg whites and alcohol.
Snowballs can be a variety of desserts: they are usually not related to snow cream desserts. One of these, which is more commonly known as Slush
Slush (beverage)
A slush is a flavored frozen drink.There are a number of different kinds of slush drinks:* Frozen carbonated beverages, typified by the Slurpee or ICEE, are made by freezing a carbonated drink. These machines are complicated and expensive, and notably require a carbon dioxide supply...
, is based on ice and fruit syrup can be seen as related to Snow cream.
A snow cone
Snow cone
Snow cones or snow balls are a variation of the shaved ice dessert commonly served throughout North America in paper cones or styrofoam cups...
or sno cone is a frozen dessert made of crushed or shaved ice, flavored with brightly colored syrup, usually fruit-flavored, served in a paper cone or cup.