To preserve White Currants in Bunches

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (5)
for the currants
for the jelly
Instructions (14)
  1. Stone the currants, and tie them in bunches.
  2. Put the currants in a preserving-pan with their weight of double refined sugar, beat and sifted fine.
  3. Let them stand all night.
  4. Take some pippins, pare, core, and boil them, but do not stir the apples, only press them down with the back of your spoon.
  5. When the water is strong of the apples, add to it the juice of a lemon.
  6. Strain the liquid through a jelly bag till it runs quite clear.
  7. To every pint of your liquor, add a pound of double refined sugar.
  8. Boil the sugar and liquor up to a strong jelly.
  9. Add the jelly to the currants and boil them till they look clear.
  10. Cover the preserving-pan with paper until the contents are almost cold.
  11. Put a bunch of currants in your glasses and fill it up with jelly.
  12. When they are cold, wet paper in brandy and lay over them.
  13. Tie another piece of paper on top.
  14. Set them in a dry place.
Original Text
To preserve White Currants in Bunches. STONE your currants, and tie them in bunches as before, and put them in a preserving-pan, with their weight of double refined sugar, beat and sifted fine, let them stand all night, then take some pippins, pare, core, and boil them, but do not stir the apples, only press them down with the back of your spoon, when the water is strong of the apples, add to it the juice of a lemon, strain it through a jelly bag till it runs quite clear; to every pint of your liquor put a pound of double refined sugar, boil it up to a strong jelly, put it to your currants, and boil them till they look clear, cover them in the preserving-pan with paper till they are almost cold, then put a bunch of currants in your glasses, and fill it up with jelly; when they are cold, wet paper in brandy, and lay over them, tie another on, and set them in a dry place.
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