Strawberry Jelly

Ingredients

• a pint of cream
• fourteen ounces of coarsely-pounded loaf sugar
• for each pound of fruit

Method

1. 1

   Simmer fresh strawberries to extract juice, strain, then boil the juice for 20 minutes.

2. 2

   Gradually add sugar, dissolve, then boil until it stiffens.

3. 3

   Jar it.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1915. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Strawberry Jelly. — Take quite fresh fruit which has been gathered in dry weather. Pick the stalks from it, put it into a preserving- pan (an enamelled one is the best for the pur- pose), and place it by the side of a clear fire that the juice may be drawn gently from it. As soon as this flows freely, simmer it imtil the berries appear to collapse, but on no account allow the juice to remain on the fire till it thickens. Pour the fruit Tipon a well-scalded but drj- sieve, and let the juice ch-ain thoroughly from it ; strain it through three or four thick- nesses of mushn, and weigh it. Boil quickly for twenty minutes, and stir frequently. Take the pan from the fire, and then add very gradually fourteen ounces of coarsely-pounded loaf sugar for each pound of fruit. Let one portion be dissolved before another is added. When aU the sugar is dissolved, put the pan again on the fire, and boil the jelly until a little put upon a plate will stiffen. Pour the jelly into small jars, cover these in the usual way, and store in a cool dry place. Time to boil the jelly with the sugar, a quarter of an hour or more, according to the quality of the fruit. Probable cost, strawberries, from 4d. to 8d. per poimd ; less if bought by the pock. STU ( 933 ) STU Strawberry Salad.— Take equal portions of strawljurries and red and white currants. Pick them, place them in layers, and pile them on a dish. tSprinkle powdered sugar over them, and pour thick cream upon them. The cream and sugar should not bo poured on the fruit till the last moment. If liked, other fruits, such as gooseberries, chen;ies, raspberries, (Sec, may be introduced into the salad. Strawberry Solid. — Dissolve three quar- ters of an ounce of isinglass by boiling it in a quarter of a pint of water. Make a pint of cream

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