Chapter XX · Entremets (Sweets) · No. 2651

Built upon: No. 273Blanchings

2651—Calf’s-foot Jelly

Take some fine soaked and No. 273, Blanchings calves’ feet, and set them to cook in one and three-quarters pints of water apiece. Skim as thoroughly as possible; cover, and then cook very gently for seven hours. This done, strain the cooking-liquor and clear it of all grease; test its strength, after having cooled a little of it on ice; rectify it if necessary with sufficient filtered water, and once more test it by means of ice.

Per quart of calf’s-foot jelly, add eight oz. of sugar, a mite of cinnamon, half the rind of an orange and lemon, and all their juice.

For the clarification, proceed as directed hereafter.

Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 2651, p. 766. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).