1907 Sago Cream

Won first prize in The Sunday Times New Recipe Contest (reference)

Ingredients:

  • 1 pint (600ml) milk

  • 2 tablespoons sago

  • 2 tablespoons sugar

  • few drops of essence (to taste)

  • 3 eggs

Method:

  1. Put half the milk into a saucepan with the sago and heat. Stir until it thickens

  2. Separate the whites and yolks of eggs and mix the yolks, sugar and essence in the other half of the milk. Stir into boiling sago.

  3. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth.

  4. Pour the contents of the saucepan into the whites, stirring well.

  5. Set aside to cool. Suitable to serve with preserved or stewed fruits.

Submitted by Miss Lottie Peek,Dorothy-street, East Fremantle