Mrs. Beeton's Dictionary of Every-Day Cookery: The "All About It" Books

the apples, and a small quantity of strained lemon-juice may be put in the jelly just before it is done, when the flavour is liked. This jelly may be ornamented with preserved greengages, or any other preserved fruit, and will turn out very prettily for dessert. It should be stored away in small pots. _Time._—1 hour to boil the fruit and water; ¾ hour to boil the juice with the sugar. _Average cost_, for 6 lbs. of apples, with the other ingredients in proportion, 3_s._ _Sufficient_ for 6 small pots of jelly. _Seasonable._—Make this in September, October, or November. APPLE JELLY, Clear, for immediate Eating. _Ingredients._—2 dozen small apples, 1½ pint of spring-water; to every pint of juice allow ½ lb. of loaf sugar, ½ oz. of isinglass, the rind of ½ lemon. _Mode._—Pare, core, and cut the apples into quarters, and boil them, with the lemon-peel, until tender; then strain off the apples, and run the juice through a jelly-bag; put the strained juice, with the sugar and isinglass, which has been previously boiled in ½ pint of water, into a lined saucepan or preserving-pan; boil all together for about ½ hour, and put the jelly into moulds. When this jelly is clear, and turned out well, it makes a pretty addition to the supper-table, with a little custard or whipped cream round it: a little lemon-juice improves the flavour, but it is apt to render the jelly muddy and thick. If required to be kept any length of time, rather a larger proportion of sugar must be used. _Time._—About 1 hour to boil the apples; ½ hour the jelly. _Average cost_, 2_s._ _Sufficient_ for 1½-pint mould. _Seasonable_ from August to March. APPLE JELLY, Thick, or Marmalade, for Entremets or Dessert Dishes. _Ingredients._—Apples; to every lb. of pulp allow ¾ lb. of sugar, ½ teaspoonful of minced lemon-peel. _Mode._—Peel, core, and boil the apples with only sufficient water to prevent them from burning; beat them to a pulp, and to every lb. of pulp allow the above proportion of sugar in lumps. Dip the lumps into water; put these