Blackberry Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the juice
Mash the blackberries thoroughly.
Squeeze and strain the juice from the berries.
Cook the jelly
Boil the juice with an equal amount of sugar for 30 minutes.
Pot and seal
Pour into jelly glasses.
Cover with a piece of paper dipped in brandy before sealing with a lid.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Blackberries
- Provide the juice and flavour that the jelly is made from.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the juice and helps it set into a firm gel while preserving it.
The step that matters
Boil the juice with the sugar for 30 minutes. The mixture must boil long enough to concentrate the sugar and let the juice's natural pectin set. Too short a boil leaves the jelly runny, and it may not keep well.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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