Coffee Jelly

Ingredients

• ^ oz. Cox’s Gelatine
• 1 teaspoonful of Brandy
• I pint Water
• I Egg, white whisked and shell crushed
• I gill of Strong Coffee or half a gill of Coffee Essence with water to make up the gill
• 3 ozs. Sugar

Method

1. 1

   Soak the Gelatine in the cold water for ten minutes.

2. 2

   Then put all the ingredients together in a stewpan.

3. 3

   Stand it over the fire and whisk until it boils, then allow to simmer for twenty minutes.

4. 4

   Strain through a clean coarse cloth scalded, and add the brandy.

5. 5

   When it is beginning to set pour into a mould previously rinsed in cold water.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A manual of gelatine cookery (1904) by Bertha Roberts, page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

COFFEE JELLY. ^ oz. Cox’s Gelatine. 1 teaspoonful of Brandy. I pint Water. I Egg, white whisked and shell crushed. I gill of Strong Coffee or half a gill of Coffee Essence with water to make up the gill. 3 ozs. Sugar

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