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Strawberry or Raspberry Jelly

A fruit jelly made from strawberries or raspberries and sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Strawberry or Raspberry Jelly

Ingredients

Directions

Extract the juice

  1. Place the fresh fruit on low heat until the juice flows slowly, about 20 minutes.

  2. Once the juice is clear, strain it through a jelly bag without pressing.

  3. If the juice is cloudy, strain it again through muslin into a pan.

Make the jelly

  1. Simmer the juice for 30 minutes.

  2. Add 1 lb of sugar for each pint of juice and boil for an additional 10 minutes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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

Strawberries or raspberries
Provides the juice and fruit flavor that the jelly is made from.
Sugar
Sweetens the juice and, once boiled, helps the jelly set and keep.

The step that matters

Strain the juice without pressing. Pressing the bag pushes fine pulp and solids through with the juice, which makes the finished jelly cloudy. Letting it drip on its own keeps the jelly clear.

“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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