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The Court and Country Confectioner
- Year
- 1770
- Era
- 18th century
- Origin
- England · Europe
- Language
- English
- Category
- Drinks/Confectionery
The Court and Country Confectioner is an English-language manual of confectionery, ices, and elegant drinks compiled by Borella, identified on the title page as head confectioner to an aristocratic London household. Drawing on Italian and French practice, it brought continental techniques in sugar work, fruit preserving, and iced desserts to a British readership, reflecting the cosmopolitan tastes of Georgian high society and the growing professionalisation of the confectioner's craft.
Cooking from this book
Italian Ice Cream
Signature dishThis eighteenth century manual is best remembered for its elegant Italian ices and creams, frozen confections that Borella, a confectioner working in aristocratic London kitchens, helped popularise among English readers. Flavoured with fruits, nuts or fragrant waters and shaped in pewter moulds, these ices brought a touch of continental refinement to Georgian dessert tables and reflect the author's role in transmitting Italian sugar craft to a fashionable British audience.
An editorial note on a dish associated with this book, written for The Coquinist. It is not a reproduction of the book's recipe.
