Currant Jelly
A historical recipe from My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec, by Various.
A historical recipe
My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec, by Various. Project Gutenberg eBook #21826.
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Source and licence
From My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec, by Various. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #21826 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21826). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
- a spoon when exposed
Method
- Currants should not be over ripe.
- Equal parts of red and white currants or currants and raspberries make a delicately colored and flavored jelly.
- Pick over and remove the leaves and poor fruit, and if filthy wash and drain them but do not stem them.
- Mash them in a porcelain kettle, with wooden pestle without heating as that makes the jelly dark.
- Let them drain in a flannel bag over night.
- Do not squeeze them, or the jelly will be cloudy.
- In the morning measure a bowl of sugar for each bowl of juice, and heat the sugar carefully in an earthern dish in the oven.
- Stir it often to prevent burning: boil the juice twenty minutes and skim thoroughly.
- Add the hot sugar and boil from three to five minutes or till it thickens on a spoon when exposed to the air.
- Turn at once into glasses and let them remain in the sun several days then cover with paper dipped in brandy and paste paper over the tops of the glasses.
- One who is authority on this subject recommends covering with melted paraffine, or putting a lump of paraffine in the jelly while still hot.
- After draining the juice, the currants may be squeezed and a second quality of jelly made, it may not be clear but will answer for some purposes.