Merry Christmas!

聖誕節快樂

Today I'm making a Nesselrode cream

今天我要製作尼斯羅德奶油布丁

and I need to choose a good mould.

我要選一個適合的模具

I'm going to choose one with a pattern on it.

我要選一個有造型的

Ah! Pineapples are very fashionable.

啊！現在非常流行鳳梨

For this recipe you will need:

製作此甜點，您將需要：

water

水

caster sugar

細砂糖

chestnuts

栗子

gelatine

吉利丁

cream

鮮奶油

vanilla

香草精

Lemon

檸檬皮

cherries

櫻桃乾

and candied peel

和果皮蜜餞

This dish is mostly made up of cream and chestnuts.

這道甜點主要由鮮奶油和栗子組成。

Annie Chase, the scullery maid, and Sylvia have been helping me prepare the chestnuts

女僕安妮和希薇雅已經幫我處理好栗子了

Firstly, Annie boiled the chestnuts to remove the hard outer shell

安妮先將栗子下鍋煮然後去除其堅硬的外殼

- it's very messy and very hard on the fingernails. Silvia then reboiled the

這很麻煩也很傷指甲

chestnuts again in a syrup of water and sugar to soften them. And now I'm going

接著希薇雅將去殼的栗子連同水和糖漿一同煮軟

to push them through a sieve.

而我現在要將它們壓碎並過篩

Chestnuts have a lovely flavour, even if they are

栗子有一種高雅的味道

a trial to prepare.

即便處理起來就像是苦行

You can buy them in tins.

您可以用罐頭代替

They won't be as nice.

但我不是很推薦

There are lots of different recipes for Nesselrode pudding. Some of them are iced puddings

尼斯羅德布丁的食譜有很多種

but this one is a blancmange, or a 'set cream', and altogether more suitable for

其中一些是冰布丁

this family at Christmas.

而這一種是「法式奶凍」

Now I've warmed half the cream, I'm going to sweeten it

對這個家來說

and infuse it with some lemon

是一道再適合不過的聖誕節應景菜式

and a little vanilla essence.

我已經把一半的鮮奶油加熱，現在要加入糖

Now the cream is warm enough to melt my gelatine, which I've been soaking.

一點檸檬皮

This recipe is from one of my favourite authors, Eliza Action.

和些許香草精

I've even noted it in my own book, because I like it so much.

現在鮮奶油已經夠熱，可以加入我預先浸泡的吉力丁

I'm now going to mix the rest of my cream with my chestnuts.

這個食譜來自我最喜歡的作家之一

The sweet needs to be light and airy so we need to mix it well.

伊莉莎·阿克頓

This is a seasonal dish.

我甚至在我自己的書中提到過

We serve fruit and vegetables out of season - strawberries in December show a family is

因為我真的非常喜歡

wealthy and can afford a good gardener.

我現在要將剩餘的鮮奶油和壓碎栗子混合

But sometimes it's nice to revel in things when they're at their best.

這道甜點必須是輕盈且蓬鬆

I'm now going to combine my two mixtures together.

所以混合的這個步驟格外重要

You must wait until your mix is really thick

這是一道時令菜

before you add your dried fruit

我們提供非當季盛產的水果和蔬菜

otherwise it will sink to the bottom

能在12月吃到草莓

and we wouldn't want that.

表示這一家富裕到能聘請一位優秀的園丁

So now I can add my candied peel

不過有時沉溺在事物最美好的狀態下依舊是挺好的

and my dried cherries.

我現在要將兩種混合物攪拌在一起

And now it's ready to go into my mould, which I've already lined with a little oil.

在添加水果乾之前

And once it's full, it then needs putting aside so it can set.

您必須將其攪拌至一定的濃稠程度

Now that it's set, it's time to turn it out, so just work the edges a little away from the mould

否則水果乾會沉到底部

and then let gravity do the rest.

而那並不是我們要的

This dish doesn't need any decoration. It looks splendid enough on its own.

接著可以加入果皮蜜餞

But I am going to garnish it a little with candied peel and angelica.

還有櫻桃乾

And there you are - Nesselrode cream.

現在可以將混合好的材料倒進我事先上好油的模具裡