Tapioca Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Combine tapioca and water in a bowl and let it sit overnight.
Boil the mixture until it becomes clear.
Add flavoring to taste.
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
- Tapioca
- Thickens the water into a clear, gel-like jelly as it cooks.
- Water
- Hydrates the tapioca so its starch can swell and set.
The step that matters
Boil the mixture until it becomes clear. Tapioca starch swells and turns translucent only once it is fully cooked. Stopping early leaves grains that are cloudy and gritty, and the jelly will not set evenly.
“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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