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).
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