Cranberry Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Make the jelly
Combine cranberries, sugar, and water in a pot.
Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.
Strain the mixture through a fine sieve.
Serve
Allow to cool before serving.
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 main flavour and the fruit pectin that helps the mixture set as it cools.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the tart cranberries and helps the mixture thicken into a jelly.
- Water
- Helps the cranberries soften and break down during cooking.
The step that matters
Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes. Cooking long enough softens the berries and dissolves the sugar so the juice can gel. Overcooking can make the set too stiff, while undercooking leaves it runny.
“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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