Nobody eats junket any more. I wonder why? This is from the Woman's Own Book of the Home, 19321/2 pint milk
1 tsp rennet
2 tsps brandy
2 tsps sugar
a little cream
nutmeg and cinnamon
Warm the milk, add the sugar, brandy and pinch of cinnamon, mix in the rennet and pour into a glass dish or into custard cups. Leave until cold, pour a little cream on top and grate with nutmeg.
It turns into a kind of milk jelly. It was a standard dessert that would get dished up every so often. But familiarity never made people like it. (Actually it is rather delicious.) You can buy rennet at Tesco's and Sainsbury's.
It is vile which is why no one eats it any more .
ReplyDeleteMy parents used to give us strawberry junket when I was a child (way back in the early 80's). It is basically a curds and whey affair. Imagine really soft curds in cottage cheese with lots of watery whey, flavoured with sweeteners and something that has never seen a strawberry.
I love desserts but I refused this one every time.
It is vile which is why no one eats it any more .
ReplyDeleteMy parents used to give us strawberry junket when I was a child (way back in the early 80's). It is basically a curds and whey affair. Imagine really soft curds in cottage cheese with lots of watery whey, flavoured with sweeteners and something that has never seen a strawberry.
I love desserts but I refused this one every time.