Veal Jelly

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (6)
Instructions (16)
  1. Take a leg of veal, strip off all the skin and fat, then take all the muscular or fleshy parts clean from the bones.
  2. Boil this flesh in three or four gallons of water, till it comes to a strong jelly, and that the meat is good for nothing.
  3. Keep the pot close covered, and do not do too fast.
  4. Take a little out in a spoon now and then, and when you find it is a good rich jelly, strain it through a sieve into a clean earthen pan.
  5. When it is cold, take off all the skim and fat from the top.
  6. Provide a large deep stew-pan with water boiling over a stove.
  7. Take some deep china cups, or well glazed earthen ware, and fill these cups with the jelly which you must take clear from the settling at the bottom, and let them in the stew-pan of water.
  8. Take great care that none of the water gets into the cups; if it does it will spoil it.
  9. Keep the water boiling gently all the time till the jelly becomes as thick as glue.
  10. Take them out and let them stand to cool, and then turn the glue out into some new coarse flannel, which draws out all the moisture.
  11. Turn them in six or eight hours on fresh flannel, and so do till they are quite dry.
  12. Keep it in a dry warm place, and in a little time it will be like a dry hard piece of glue, which you may carry in your pocket without getting any harm.
  13. The best way is to put it into little tin boxes.
  14. When you use it, boil about a pint of water, and pour upon a piece of glue about as big as a small walnut, stirring it till all the time till it is melted.
  15. Season with salt to your palate.
  16. If you choose any herbs or spice, boil them in the water first, and then pour the water over the glue.
Original Text
TAKE a leg of veal, ſtrip off all the ſkin and fat, then take all the muſcular or fleſhy parts clean from the bones. Boil this fleſh in three or four gallons of water, till it comes to a ſtrong jelly, and that the meat is good for nothing. Be ſure to keep the pot cloſe covered, and not do too faſt; take a little out in a ſpoon now and then, and when you find it is a good rich jelly, ſtrain it through a ſieve into a clean carthen-pan; when it is cold, take off all the ſkim and fat from the top, then provide a large deep ſtew-pan with water boiling over a ſtove; then take ſome deep china cups, or well glazed carthen ware, and fill theſe cups with the jelly which you muſt take clear from the ſettling at the bottom, and let them in the ſtew-pan of water. Take great care that none of the water gets into the cups; if it does it will ſpoil it. Keep the water boiling gently all the time till the jelly becomes as thick as glew, take them out and let them ſtand to cool, and then turn the glew out into ſome new coarſe flannel, which draws out all the moiſture, turn them is fix or eight hours on freſh flannel, and ſo do till they are quite dry. Keep it in a dry warm place, and in a little time it will be like a dry hard piece of glew, which you may carry in your pocket without getting any harm. The beſt way is to put it into little tin boxes. When you uſe it boil about a pint of water, and pour upon a piece of glew about as big as a ſmall walnut, ſtirring it till all the time till it is melted. Seaſon with ſalt to your palate; and if you chuſe any herbs or ſpice, boil them in the water firſt, and then pour the water over the glew.
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