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French Orange Jelly

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France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. 4 ounces gelatine
  2. 3 pounds of granulated sugar
  3. 2 quarts of lukewarm water
  4. Rum
  5. 2 teaspoonfuls of orange extract
  6. 2¾ quarts of 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

  1. Take 4 ounces gelatine, soak into 2 quarts of lukewarm water for one and one-half hours, then add 2¾ quarts of boiling water and 3 pounds of granulated sugar, 2 teaspoonfuls of orange extract.
  2. Put on stove and let boil five to ten minutes.
  3. When done put in wooden pails.
  4. Put thick paper soaked in rum over the jelly.
  5. Put away for future use.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan