Mexican Jelly

Ingredients

• Peel 4 large cucumbers
• Put in saucepan with 1 cup cold water
• Add 2^^ tablespoons granulated gelatin
• dissolved in 54 cup boiling water
• a few drops onion juice
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• a few grains cayenne
• and salt and pepper to taste
• Color with leaf green
• fill space with tomato mayonnaise
• thin slices of cucumber shaped with a small round fluted cutter
• circular piece of truffle
• small tomatoes, peeled, and cut in halves crosswise

Method

1. 1

   Peel 4 large cucumbers and cut in thin slices.

2. 2

   Put in saucepan with 1 cup cold water, bring to boiling point, and cook slowly until soft; then force through a puree strainer.

3. 3

   Add 2.5 tablespoons granulated gelatin, dissolved in 0.5 cup boiling water, a few drops onion juice, 1 tablespoon vinegar, a few grains cayenne, and salt and pepper to taste.

4. 4

   Color with leaf green, strain through cheesecloth, and mould.

5. 5

   After removing from mould, fill space with tomato mayonnaise.

6. 6

   Garnish sides of mould with thin slices of cucumber shaped with a small round fluted cutter, and on the center of each slice place a circular piece of truffle.

7. 7

   Garnish around base of mould with small tomatoes, peeled, chilled, and cut in halves crosswise.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 322. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MEXICAN JELLY. — Peel 4 large cucumbers and cut in thin slices. Put in saucepan with 1 cup cold water, bring to boiling point, and cook slowly until soft; then force through a puree strainer. Add 2^^ tablespoons granulated gelatin, dissolved in 54 cup boiling water, a few drops onion juice, 1 tablespoon vinegar, a few grains cayenne, and salt and pepper to taste. Color with leaf green, strain through cheesecloth, and mould. After removing from mould, fill space with tomato mayonnaise. Garnish sides of mould with thin slices of cucumber shaped with a small round fluted cutter, and on the center of each slice place a circular piece of truffle

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