Cooking -- Early works to 1800; Formulas, recipes, etc. -- Early works to 1800
Pare and stone your Apricocks and lay them in your preserveing pan with
some Sugar strow’d over them then take the weight of them in Sugar and
wet it and boyle it to a candie hight and pour it to the apricocks and
let them boyle till they look clear then take them off and let them
stand till the next day then warm them and so do twice, and then lay
them on a Sieve that the Sirrop may run from them, then lay them on
glasses to dry in a Stove.
78. _To make very good Red Quince Marmalade._
Take 4 pound of raw quince 4 pounds of Sugar, 3 pints of water boyle
your sugar and water together and scumme it well then put in the quince
and let it boyle softly till its of a pretty good colour, then let it
boyle a pace uncover’d and then put into it a pint of strong jelly made
with the cores of the quinces and some pipens when you put in the jelly
put in half a pound more of Sugar and let it boyle a pace till it
jellys w^{ch} it will do in a little above a quarter of an hour.
79. _How to preserve Red Quince._
Pare your quinces and core them then take the weight of them in Sugar
and to every pound of Sugar you must put a pint of water and set your
quince sugar and water over a gentle fire and let it boyle very softly
and keep it close cover’d, and w^n it is 3 parts boyled you may put to
3 pound of quince and as much Sugar one pound of Sugar and a pint of
strong jelly then make it boyle a pretty pace till tis almost enough,
and when it is of a good colour tender and clear let it boyle as fast
as you can a little while uncover’d then put it into glasses, you must
make your jelly with the cores and pareings of your quince and some
pippins boyled in as much water as will cover them, you must keep 2 or
3 spoonfulls of your Sugar to Strew on your quince when it is almost
boyled to clear it.
80. _To preserve Ripe Plummes in Jelly White._
Take your plummes and weigh them take their weight in Sugar put your
Sugar into your preserveing pan and as you pare your plummes rowl them
in the Sugar and when they are all pared set them on the fire and let
them boyle stiring them often and when you find them tender take them
off and put them into glasses one by one; and for To make the jelly you
must take some plummes and pare them and put them into a tankard and
Set your tankard into a Skillet of water and let it boyle till they
are very soft then let the jelly run through a Strainer and take the
weight of it in Sugar put your Sugar into a preserveing pan, and put
as much fair water to it as will but melt it then set it on the fire
and when it boyles up put in your jelly and just let it boyle up then
take it off and fill up your glasses if you will have them red you must
pare them. The pulp of the plummes you make your jelly with will make
marmelade takeing the weight of it in Sugar put your Sugar into your
preserveing pan and melt it with fair water and set it on the fire and
when it boyles put in the pulp and let it boyle a little then put it in
your glasses.
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