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Strawberry Jelly

A jelly made from strawberries and currants boiled together.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Strawberry Jelly

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash and prepare the strawberries and currants.

Make the jelly

  1. Combine the strawberries and currants in a large pot.

  2. Boil the mixture for 15 minutes.

  3. Proceed with the jelly-making process as you would for currant jelly.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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

Strawberries
Provide the main fruit flavor, color, and bulk of the jelly.
Currants
Add natural pectin and tartness that help the jelly set.

“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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