Cranberry Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash and pick the cranberries.
Add the cranberries to a pot with boiling water and cook until tender.
Press the mixture through a sieve.
Set
Return the strained liquid to the pot, add sugar, and cook for 5 minutes until dissolved.
Pour into a mold and let it stand in a cold place overnight.
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
- Cranberries
- Provide the fruit flavour and tartness, and their pectin helps the jelly set.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jelly and helps it set firm as it cools.
The step that matters
Cooking the strained liquid with sugar. The sugar must fully dissolve and the mixture must be cooked enough for the pectin and sugar to set properly. Undercooking can leave the jelly loose, while overcooking can make it stiff or cloudy.
“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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