Original Receipt in 'The Good Huswifes Handmaide for the Kitchin' 1594 by Thomas Dawson, (Huswife 1594)To make Snowe
TAKE a quart of thicke creame, and five or sixe whites of Egs, a sawcerfull of Sugar, and a sawcerfull of Rosewater, beate all together, and euer as it riseth take it out with a spoone: then take a loafe of bread, cut away the crust, and set it vpright in a platter. Then set a faire great Rosemarie bush in the middest of your bread: then lay your snow with a spoon vpon your Rosemary, & vpon your bread, & gilt it.
Original Receipt from 'Modern Domesic Cookery' by Elizabeth Hammond (Hammond 1819)Snow cream.
To a quart of cream add the whites of three eggs well beaten, a little sweet wine, and sugar to taste, whip it to a froth, and serve in a dish.