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Gold-Water Jelly

From The housekeeper's guide to preserved meats, fruits, vegetables, &c, 1880

Ensure jelly is bright for best appearance. The gold-leaf should be visible in the jelly.

Presented as published in 1880. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The housekeeper's guide to preserved meats, fruits, vegetables, &c (1880), page 95. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

GOLD-WATER, DANTZIC. — This liqueur is famed not only for its delicious flavour, but also for its elegant appear- ance. The little tiny pieces of gold-leaf floating in it always have a very pretty effect. Gold-water can of course be drunk as an ordinary liqueur, but it will also make a very pretty mould of jelly. In making a mould of jelly from gold- water, the cook must first have a small quantity of jelly

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