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Apple Jelly

A historical recipe from The Philadelphia Housewife, by Hodgson, Mary, active 1855 (1855).

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A historical recipe

The Philadelphia Housewife; or, Family Receipt Book, by Hodgson, Mary, active 1855 (1855). Project Gutenberg eBook #52815.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. a pint of juice

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Cut up some fine pippin apples;
  2. do not pare them;
  3. let them boil till quite tender: then strain the juice and put it down with sugar, allowing three quarters of a pound to a pint of juice;
  4. put in while boiling, some lemon peel: when the jelly is done, which will be as soon as it is thick, take out the lemon peel.
  5. Put the jelly in half-pint tumblers.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Mortar and pestle
  • Chef's knife
  • Vegetable peeler
  • Sieve
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From The Philadelphia Housewife, by Hodgson, Mary, active 1855 (1855). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #52815 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52815). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.