Preissclhccr Gelee — Cranberry Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Wash and drain the cranberries.
Boil them until soft.
While hot, press and strain through a jelly bag.
Make the jelly
Put the juice in a pot and add 2 pounds of sugar.
Boil for 15 minutes in an earthen preserving pan.
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 fruit flavor and the pectin and acid that help the juice set into jelly.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the jelly and helps it set by binding water and concentrating the juice.
The step that matters
Boiling the juice with sugar for 15 minutes. Boiling long enough concentrates the sugar and pectin so the jelly sets when cool. Too little boiling leaves it runny, while too much can make it stiff or dull in flavor.
“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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