Cranberry Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Pick over and wash the cranberries.
Cook them with the water until they burst from their skins.
Press the mixture through a strainer.
Make the jelly
Add the sugar and stir until dissolved.
Stop stirring and boil for 2 minutes, or until it jellies.
Pour into a mold that has been wet with cold water and set aside to cool.
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 fruit flavor and the pectin that helps the mixture set.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness and balances the cranberries' tartness.
The step that matters
Stop stirring and boil for 2 minutes, or until it jellies. Stirring once the sugar has dissolved keeps the mixture from crystallizing, and boiling concentrates the pectin and sugar so the liquid sets into a jelly as it cools.
“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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