Wine Jelly

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Ingredients (8)
Instructions (5)
  1. On two ounces of isinglass and one ounce of hartshorn shavings pour one pint of boiling water; let it stand a quarter of an hour covered close;
  2. then add two quarts of water, and boil it well till the isinglass is dissolved;
  3. add a pint of dry wine, sugar to your taste, four lemons, and the whites of seven eggs well beaten.
  4. Boil it quick, and keep it stirring all the time;
  5. then pour it through a jelly-bag, and strain it two or three times till quite clear.
Original Text
Wine Jelly. On two ounces of isinglass and one ounce of hartshorn shavings pour one pint of boiling water; let it stand a quarter of an hour covered close; then add two quarts of water, and[282] boil it well till the isinglass is dissolved; add a pint of dry wine, sugar to your taste, four lemons, and the whites of seven eggs well beaten. Boil it quick, and keep it stirring all the time; then pour it through a jelly-bag, and strain it two or three times till quite clear.
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