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Light Apple Jelly

From The church cook book (1908).

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A historical recipe

The church cook book (1908).

United States

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

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. 1 pound of sugar

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. Pare and quarter the apples, and nearly cover with water;
  2. cover, boil until perfectly soft.
  3. Drain through a coarse bag, and hang in a warm place to drip, and to each pint of juice allow 1 pound of sugar.
  4. Boil for 20 minutes.
  5. When red jelly is wanted do not pare the apples.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Colander
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Credit

From The church cook book (1908), printed page 161, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/churchcookbook00balt

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.