Strawberry Jelly

Ingredients

• 1 pint of strawberries
• Juice of 2 lemons
• Rind of 1 lemon
• 1£ oz. gelatine
• 1 pint of water
• £ lb. sugar
• A few drops cochineal
• Whites and shells of 3 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Boil the water and sugar to a syrup and pour over the strawberries, allow this to stand half-an-hour; then rub through a fine hair sieve, put the syrup into a pan which should measure about one quart with the lemon juice; beat the eggs with a little of the syrup, and add all the above ingredients; whip gently until it comes to the boil, remove the whisk, cover the pan and allow it to stand 10 minutes; pass a quart of boiling water through the bag, then the jelly.

2. 2

   Pour about half an inch of jelly into a mould and decorate with strawberries; when set and the remainder of the jelly cold, fill up the mould.

3. 3

   When quite firm dip in warm water and turn out quickly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Choice cookery (1888) by H. M. Young, page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STRAWBERRY JELLY. 1 pint of strawberries Juice of 2 lemons Rind of 1 lemon 1£ oz. gelatine 1 pint of water £ lb. sugar A few drops cochineal Whites and shells of 3 eggs

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