Coffee Jelly

Ingredients

• Half a pint strong coffee
• Half an ounce gelatine
• One dessertspoonful sugar
• A few drops vanilla essence
• Half a gill cream
• flavouring
• Cherries to decorate

Method

1. 1

   Make coffee and strain into a saucepan.

2. 2

   Add gelatine and stir until dissolved, then add sugar and flavouring.

3. 3

   Set aside until almost cold, then pour into a wet mould and leave until firm.

4. 4

   Whip cream, flavour, and pile in the centre of the mould.

5. 5

   Decorate with quartered cherries.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Plain cookery recipes (1908) by Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy, page 44. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Coffee Jelly* Half a pint strong coffee. Half an ounce gelatine. One dessertspoonful sugar. A few drops vanilla essence. Half a gill cream ; flavouring ; sugar. Cherries to decorate

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.