Cranberry Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Make the jelly
Boil cranberries in cold water until soft.
Mash the hot cranberries into a bowl with sugar until dissolved.
Set and serve
Pour the mixture into a mold and set it on ice for 24 hours.
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 flavor and the pectin-rich body that sets the jelly.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jelly and helps give it a firm, glossy set.
The step that matters
Mashing the hot cranberries with sugar until dissolved. Sugar must fully dissolve into the hot fruit so the jelly sets evenly and does not turn grainy or weepy 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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