Common Black Currant Jelly
Source: Eliza Acton, 1845
Instructions
- Boil from three to six pounds of the juice rapidly for twenty minutes, stirring it well.
- Then mix with it off the fire, half a pound of sugar for each pound of juice, and continue the boiling for ten minutes.
- Proportions: Juice of black currants, 3 to 6 lbs.: 20 minutes. To each pound juice 1/2 lb. good sugar: 10 minutes.
- Note: This jelly may be made with Lisbon sugar, but will then require rather more boiling.