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Strawberry Jelly

A fruit jelly made from strawberries, sugar, water, and isinglass.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Strawberry Jelly

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare the fruit

  1. Bruise the strawberries in an earthen pan with a wooden spoon.

  2. Add cold water and finely-pounded sugar, then let it sit for 1-2 hours.

  3. Strain the mixture through a jelly bag.

Make the isinglass

  1. Dissolve the isinglass in ½ cup of water.

  2. Skim the isinglass solution.

  3. Strain the isinglass solution.

  4. Let the isinglass solution cool.

Set the jelly

  1. Mix the isinglass with the strawberry juice.

  2. Pour the mixture into an earthen mold.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Strawberries
Provide the juice that gives the jelly its flavor, aroma and color.
Sugar
Adds sweetness and balances the tartness of the strawberry juice.
Isinglass
Sets the liquid into a firm jelly as it dissolves and cools.

The step that matters

Dissolve, strain and cool the isinglass before mixing. Isinglass is a gelatin-like setting agent. It must be fully dissolved and clear, then cooled slightly, before it joins the juice. Lumps or undissolved bits leave an uneven set, and a very hot solution can disturb the juice.

“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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