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Jelly with Strawberries

A gelatinous dessert made with strawberry syrup and slices, set in a mold.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 6 ingredients
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Why it works: Strawberry and syrup work together. They rank in the top 19% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 332 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Jelly with Strawberries

Ingredients

Directions

Make the jelly

  1. Whisk together the gelatin and warm water in a pot.

  2. Bring the mixture to a boil while whisking continuously, then boil for 10 minutes.

  3. Remove from heat and let it stand for 5 minutes.

  4. Prepare a jelly bag.

  5. Hang the jelly bag over a clean basin.

  6. Pour 2 quarts of boiling water through the bag.

  7. Pour the jelly mixture through the bag until it is clear.

  8. Reserve 1/4 pint of the jelly to line the mould.

  9. Add strawberry syrup and carmine to the remaining jelly.

Set in the mould

  1. Line a jelly mould with the reserved jelly.

  2. Arrange strawberry slices in the mould, cut side facing out.

  3. Fix the strawberries with a little jelly before it sets.

  4. Fill the mould with pink jelly.

  5. Cool the mould in the refrigerator.

  6. To unmould, dip the mould in hot water.

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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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Strawberry + syruptop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together332 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Leaf gelatine
Forms the firm, wobbly structure that holds the jelly together when set.
Strawberry syrup
Adds sweetness and strawberry flavour to the jelly.
Strawberries
Provide fruit flavour and visible pieces set within the clear jelly.

The step that matters

Clarifying the jelly through the bag. Straining slowly until the liquid runs clear removes cloudy particles, so the finished jelly looks transparent. Pouring too fast or skipping the filtering leaves it cloudy.

“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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