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Astrakhan Jelly

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United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. Apples
  2. one pound of granulated sugar
  3. one tumbler of water

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. Take Astrakhan apples, wash them, quarter and core, but do not pare them.
  2. Cook until soft with one tumbler of water in a granite pan.
  3. Do this at evening;
  4. then put the apples in jelly bag and suspend over earthen dish, and let them drain all night;
  5. do not squeeze the bag if you want your jelly clear.
  6. To one pint of juice add one pound of granulated sugar;
  7. boil twenty minutes;
  8. then pour in jelly bowls or glasses.
  9. After a day or two pour melted parafiin over the top and seal.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Mixing bowl
  • Chef's knife
  • Colander