Barley Jelly

Ingredients

• 1 tea-cup pearl barley
• 2 quarts cold water
• white sugar
• 1 lemon
• a little white wine
• 1/4 ounce isinglass

Instructions

1. Boil one tea-cup of pearl barley in an iron saucepan with one quart of cold water. When it comes to a boil, pour off that water and add a fresh quart.
2. Let the barley simmer very gently for three hours over or near a slow fire, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon.
3. Strain the barley through a sieve. Sweeten with white sugar to taste, then add the juice of a lemon and a little white wine.
4. Dissolve the isinglass in a little water, then stir it into the barley liquid. Pour into a mold and let set until firm.