Arrow-Root Jelly
Ingredients
Directions
Mix 1 tablespoon of arrow-root with enough cold water to make a thin paste.
Pour boiling water over the paste while stirring continuously until it thickens into a jelly.
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
- Arrow-root
- Thickens the liquid into a clear, smooth jelly as its starch swells when heated.
The step that matters
Stirring the boiling water into the paste. Starch must be fully dispersed before and while it heats, or lumps form. Constant stirring spreads the starch evenly so it swells uniformly and sets into a smooth 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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