Coffee Jelly
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United States
Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
Ingredients 7 ingredients
- one cup very strong coffee
- a cup of sugar can be used
- a cup of water
- one-half cup sugar
- two tablespoons of coffee
- Vanilla
- one cup boiling 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.
Method
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- One-fourth box gelatine, dissolved in one-half cup cold v/ater an hour, then one cup boiling water, one cup very strong coffee, one-half cup sugar, one-half teaspoon vanilla (or this may be left out).
- The coffee should be made with the proportion of two tablespoons of coffee to a cup of water, coffee should also be added boiling hot;
- after the boiling water then the sugar.
- When all is dissolved strain and set away to cool.
- Serve with sweet cream, and sugar if desired.
- Nelson's gelatine is the most delicate.
- The cup for boiling water and coffee should hold half a pint.
- The cold water measure in a teacup.
- If jelly is liked very sweet two-thirds of a cup of sugar can be used.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan
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Sieve