Cranberry Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare and cook
Wash and sort the cranberries.
Place them in a saucepan with boiling water and boil until soft, about 5-10 minutes.
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 fruit body that the jelly is made from.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and helps the cooked mixture set into a firm jelly.
The step that matters
Add the sugar and cook for an additional 5 minutes.. Sugar helps the juice thicken and gel as it cooks and concentrates. Cooking long enough lets the mixture reach a set, but cooking too long can make the jelly stiff and sticky.
“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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