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Tapioca Jelly

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

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. a cup of cold water
  2. a pint of boiling water
  3. two jelly
  4. two teaspoonfuls of lemon juice
  5. a tablespoonful of granulated sugar
  6. a half cup of tapioca over night

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Lemon juice High in vitamin C

    High in vitamin C · 39 mg per 100 g, 48% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Lemon juice, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

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. Soak a half cup of tapioca over night in a cup of cold water.
  2. Put into a double boiler a pint of boiling water and dissolve in this a tablespoonful of granulated sugar.
  3. Now turn in the soaked tapioca and cook until clear.
  4. Remove from the fire and add two teaspoonfuls of lemon juice.
  5. Have ready two jelly glasses wet with cold water and turn the liquid jelly into these.
  6. Set in a cold place to form.
  7. Serve very cold with sweetened cream.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Spatula