Cranberry Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash and sort the cranberries.
Put them in a saucepan with boiling water and boil until soft, about 5-10 minutes.
Strain and sweeten
Rub the mixture through a sieve.
Add the sugar and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
Set
Pour the mixture into a mold.
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 tart flavor and the natural pectin that helps the jelly set.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jelly and helps it set firm as it cooks.
The step that matters
Cooking after adding the sugar. Sugar, acid and pectin only form a firm gel once the mixture reaches the right concentration. Cooking too briefly leaves the jelly runny, while cooking too long makes it stiff and dull.
“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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