Liqueur Jelly
INGREDIENTS for quart mould. lb. of lump sugar, 1½ oz. of isinglass, or gelatine, 1½ pint of water, the juice of 2 lemons, 1/4 pint of liqueur. AVER- AGE COST, 2s.
Put the sugar, with 1 pint of the water, into a stewpan and boil them gently by the side of the fire until there is no scum remaining, which must be carefully removed as fast as it rises. Boil the isinglass with the other 1/2 pint of water and skim it carefully in the same manner. Strain the lemon-juice and add it, with the clarified isinglass, to the syrup; put in the liqueur and bring the whole to the boiling point.
Let the saucepan remain covered by the side of the fire for a few minutes; then pour and set the mould in ice until required for the jelly through a bag, put it into a mould the table. Dip the mould in hot water, wipe the outside, loosen the jelly by passing a knife round the edges and turn it out carefully on a dish. Noyeau, Maraschino, Curaçoa, brandy, or any kind of liqueur answers for this jelly; and, when made with isinglass, liqueur jellies are usually prepared as directed above.
TIME.-10 minutes to boil the sugar and water .
SEASONABLE at any time.