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Tomato Jelly (2nd Method)
Red and white currant jelly gives this tomato preserve its garnet depth and firm set, while vanilla and sugar cooked to small crack prepare it for one brief, fierce boil to nappe.
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Tomato Jam
Five pounds of tomato become one pound of concentrated pulp, then vanilla and red-currant juice turn it into a glossy confiture with a clean set and the deep sweetness of ripe fruit.
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Mixed Stewed Fruit
Compote de Fruits Mélangés keeps pears, plums, apricots, two fruit purées, quince jelly, and candied fruit distinct on one generous platter. Poach each fruit alone, or the composition becomes one sweet blur.
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Red-currant Jelly (Method A)
Three fruits, one clear lesson: press the juice cleanly, dissolve the sugar completely, then boil without hesitation until the gelée reaches nappe, jewel-bright, tart, and ready for roast meat or breakfast bread.
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Plain Stewed Fruit
Compote de fruits keeps firm pears intact in a clear vanilla-lemon syrup, tender enough for a spoon but never collapsing, with the liquor reduced to a bright gloss and served hot or cold.
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Red-currant Jelly (Method B)
Gelée de groseilles takes the gentler road: equal red currants, white currants, and raspberries, briefly warmed and left to drain untouched, then boiled with sugar into a clear garnet jelly with a tender set.
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Cherry Jam
Confiture de cerises cooked over a fierce fire, with red-currant juice carrying the set and protecting the fruit's garnet colour. Skim early, stop at nappe, and the cherries stay bright and generous.
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Apple Jelly
Gelée de pommes teaches the preserve-maker's first law: clarity comes from restraint. Let tart apples surrender their pectin, never press the muslin, then set the lucid juice with sugar and vanilla.
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Apricot Jam
Very ripe apricots, sugar syrup, and a quick, watchful boil: this confiture d'abricots teaches the nappe, the exact moment a preserve coats the spoon, shines amber-gold, and must leave the fire.
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Orange Marmalade
Thick-rinded oranges parboiled, soaked until their bitterness softens, forced through a coarse sieve, then cooked with equal-weight sugar and apple juice to a clear, softly set preserve. The soak is the dish.
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Rhubarb Jam
Confiture de rhubarbe transforms a water-heavy stalk through discipline, not additions: soften the fibres under cover, then boil fiercely and stir without stopping until bright strands fall from the spoon at nappe.
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Black-currant Jelly
Gelée de cassis turns ripe black currants into a clear, wine-dark preserve by patient dripping, small-ball sugar, and a brisk final boil, while white-currant juice keeps its color alive.
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Orange Jelly
A clear, softly set gelée built on pressed orange juice and apple’s quiet pectin, finished after the boil with orange sugar so the rind’s perfume stays vivid in every spoonful.
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Jams
Confiture turns fruit and sugar into a clear, spoonable preserve by one governing rule: match tart fruit nearly pound for pound, then boil fast enough to keep its flavour alive.
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Quince Jelly
Gelée de coing turns quince and sugar into a clear rose-amber preserve, but clarity is won before the boil: let the cooked fruit drain by gravity, because one squeeze clouds the jar.
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Red-currant Jelly (Method C)
Currants and raspberries meet syrup already at small-ball, then release their juice gently before a fierce final boil: the classical path to a jewel-bright gelée with a firm, clean set.
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Plum Jam
Confiture de prunes protects the plum’s color by refusing a long maceration: stoned fruit enters a seven-minute sugar syrup, then cooks fast to a clear, bright, tender set.
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The Cooking, Potting, and Sealing of Jams
The nappe tells you when jam is done: it gathers at the skimmer’s centre and falls in slow, heavy drops. Keep the cooking quick, then pot hot and seal it safely for the pantry.
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White-currant Jelly
Gelée de groseilles blanches, clear and pale with just enough raspberry for perfume, made by the sugar-first Method C that preserves the fruit's delicate colour and gives the finest set.
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Strawberry Jam
Whole strawberries suspended in clear ruby syrup, made by cooking sugar to large ball, lifting the fruit while the syrup reaches nappe, then bringing both together for five exact minutes.
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Tomato Jelly (1st Method)
Gelée de Tomates turns drained tomato juice into a clear, ruby preserve, with apple jelly carrying the set, vanilla carrying the perfume, and one fierce boil ending precisely at nappe.
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Red-currant Jelly, Prepared Cold
Raw currant juice, icing sugar, dry air, and measured sunlight make a trembling garnet jelly without flame. Its delicacy is the point, and bone-dry tools are the discipline that keeps it sound.
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