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Anne Bayne booke [of recipes] circa 1700

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(39) To make clearecake of Goosberries Take your goosberrys when they are large but not ripe & pickle them take what quantity you please & put them into a cleane brasse pan. & as much water as will cover them & when they are boiled very well & Jelly then take them of the fire & stir them very well & then power them into your Jelly bag & let all the Jelly run out into a pankin. then weigh your Jelly & put it into your pan & heat it very well & to every pound of Jelly you must put a pound of double refined sugar [bett?] & put thro your wier seive & when your Jelly is hot then put in all your sugar & stir it well in then take it up into your pots & glasses but fill them but about halfe full & set them into your stove to dry but your stove must not be overhot for feare it will melt the Candy at the top. wither let it be without fire. & when the top is dried turne them on your glasses & cut them in halfes or quarters or lesse peices you need not cut them that are in little round glasses. & if you have a mind to have them rid you must colour them with a little Carmine. when you take of your pan you must mix your Carmine with a little water & put it thro a Cloath & then dip in your cloath to your cleare cake & squeeze out all the Coloar thin. give them a heat then fill your glasses. you must make them very pale coloured for they dry much deeper.
 
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