Name: To Make Orange-Jelly
Ingredients: ½ pound of hartshorn shavings; 2 quarts of spring water; ½ pint of spring water; rind of 3 oranges, pared very thin; juice of 6 oranges

To Make Orange-Jelly

Ingredients

½ pound of hartshorn shavings
2 quarts of spring water
½ pint of spring water
rind of 3 oranges, pared very thin
juice of 6 oranges

Directions

Prepare the hartshorn

Boil hartshorn shavings in 2 quarts of spring water until reduced to 1 quart.
Pour off the liquid and let it cool.

Make the orange liquid

Combine ½ pint of spring water, orange rind, and orange juice.
Let the mixture sit overnight.
Strain the mixture through a fine sieve.

Set the jelly

Melt the jelly.
Pour the melted jelly into the orange liquid.

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

Hartshorn shavings: Provides gelatin that sets the liquid into a firm jelly.
Orange juice: Supplies the main orange flavor and acidity.
Orange rind: Adds aroma and fragrant oils from the peel.

“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.