Muscat Jelly

Preparation info
  • Makes

    400 ml

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Nigella Lawson

Published 1998

  • About

This is the easiest jelly in the world. And it is more than just easy: it’s pure, golden pleasure. In France, Sauternes jelly is often eaten with foie gras, and feel free to use this the same way (indeed it would make a good present to accompany some at Christmas), but I love it with most cold meats, especially ham.

Ingredients

  • 350 ml muscat
  • 350 g jam sugar
  • 2 teaspoon

Method

Put a saucer in the deep freeze.

Stir together all the ingredients in a medium-to-small saucepan, then put on the hob over a medium-to-high flame and stir no longer; any stirring now will make the jelly crystallize. Bring to the boil, boil for 10 minutes, then test a little on the cold saucer. When it’s reached setting point, remove it from the heat.

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