Cranberry Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the fruit
Wash the cranberries.
Put them in a saucepan with the water.
Cover the saucepan and boil for 20 minutes.
Press the cranberries through a colander.
Make the jelly
Return the juice to the fire and boil for 10 minutes.
Add the sugar and stir until dissolved.
Boil for 5 minutes and pour 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 flavour and natural pectin that helps the jelly set.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jelly and helps it set firm and clear.
The step that matters
Stirring the sugar until fully dissolved. Undissolved sugar can crystallise or leave a grainy texture in the finished jelly. Dissolving it fully before the final boil keeps the set smooth and even.
“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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