Mint Jelly

Ingredients

• 14 ozs. COX’S INSTANT POWDERED GELATINE
• $ pint hot water
• 14 pints white vinegar
• 12 ozs. sugar
• Salt to taste
• A few drops green colouring
• 4 tablespoonfuls chopped mint

Method

1. 1

   Dissolve the sugar in the vinegar.

2. 2

   Bring to the boil, and boil for four minutes.

3. 3

   Have ready the Gelatine dissolved in the hot water and add it with the other ingredients to the vinegar.

4. 4

   Again bring just to the boil but do not now boil for more than a few seconds.

5. 5

   Stir occasionally till cool, and when almost setting put into scalded pots and seal with jam covers.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cox's manual of gelatine cookery (copyright) (1938) by J. & G. Cox Limited, page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

MINT JELLY 14 ozs. COX’S INSTANT POWDERED GELATINE $ pint hot water 14 pints white vinegar I2 ozs. sugar Salt to taste A few drops green colouring 4 tablespoonfuls chopped mint

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