Decorated Strawberry Jelly

Ingredients

• 2 ozs. Cox’s Gelatine
• 1 pint Syrup made with i lb. sugar and i pint water
• i pint Cold Water
• f lb. Ripe Red Strawberries
• Juice of I Lemon
• The whisked white of an Egg

Method

1. 1

   Pick half a pound of strawberries, crush them and place in a basin; whilst warm (but not hot) pour the syrup over the fruit, cover, and let stand for an hour.

2. 2

   Soak the Gelatine in the water for about ten minutes and then dissolve gently over the fire.

3. 3

   Add the juice of the lemon, the strained strawberry syrup, and the whisked white of an egg.

4. 4

   Whisk the preparation until it boils up, allow to boil up well without stirring for about ten minutes, and then simmer for another ten minutes or more.

5. 5

   Strain through a clean scalded cloth until clear.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A manual of gelatine cookery (1904) by Bertha Roberts, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DECORATED STRAWBERRY JELLY. 2 ozs. Cox’s Gelatine. The whisked white of an Egg. 1 pint Syrup made with i lb. f lb. Ripe Red Strawberries. sugar and i pint water). i pint Cold Water. Juice of I Lemon

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