Gelatine Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Dissolve the gelatine in 1 pint of cold water for 1 hour.
Add the rind and juice of 1 lemon.
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
- Gelatine
- Sets the liquid into a firm, wobbly jelly as it cools.
- Lemon juice
- Adds acidity and bright flavour that balances the sweetness.
- Lemon rind
- Adds aromatic lemon oils that scent the jelly.
“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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