Required: Six large apples. The whites of six eggs. Four ounces of castor sugar. One lemon.

Peel, core, and slice the apples. Put them in a saucepan with a little water, and cook them until tender, then rub them through a sieve. Leave this pulp until it is cool, then add the sugar and strained lemon-juice. Whip the whites to a very stiff froth, then add it lightly to the apple pulp, a spoonful at a time, beating it all the while.

Heap this "snow" in custard glasses, decorating each with a little chopped pistachio, or a glace cherry, or a few strips of angelica. Serve at once.