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Barley Jelly

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United States

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

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. two tablespoonfuls of cream added
  2. six ounces of sweet milk
  3. Waters
  4. One ounce of barley jelly dissolved
  5. three tablespoonfuls of cream
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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.

Method

  1. Wash two tablespoonfuls of pearled barley through several cold waters, cover with boiling water, boil and drain, throwing the water away.
  2. Put it in a granite or porcelain kettle with a pint and a half of water, boil slowly for two hours, until the quantity is reduced to one pint;
  3. 'strain and stand aside until cold.
  4. When cold, this will be a clear, white jelly.
  5. Serve it in a small cereal plate, with two or three tablespoonfuls of cream.
  6. This is a nice "cereal" for children two or three years of age.
  7. One ounce of barley jelly dissolved in six ounces of sweet milk, with two tablespoonfuls of cream added, is recommended for a child, a year old, who is troubled with constipation ;
  8. it may be used twice a day, as long as necessary.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Sieve
  • Colander
  • Kettle