½ cup butter.
2½ cups sugar.
1 dessert spoonful corn-starch wet in a little cold milk.
1 lemon—juice and half the grated peel.
1 glass of wine.
1 cup boiling water.
Cream the butter and sugar well; pour the corn-starch into the boiling
water and stir over a clear fire until it is well thickened; put all
together in a bowl and beat five minutes before returning to the
saucepan. Heat once, almost to the boiling point, add the wine, and
serve.