Original Receipt in the 'The Cook's Dictionary and House-keeper's Directory' (4th edition) by Richard Dolby, 1830Rose Jelly
Make a clear apple jelly colour it with cochineal infused in double distilled rose water and just before the last boiling put in half a glass of the best double distilled rose water
Original Receipt in 'Desserts And Salads' by Gesine Lemcke, 1892 (1920 edition)162. Rose Jelly.- Put 1 quart of freshly gathered rose leaves in a glass jar, squeeze the juice of 1 lemon over them, pour over the whole 1 cup boiling water, close the jar tightly and set aside till next day; then press out the juice (by putting the rose leaves in a coarse bag), let the liquid run through filtering paper (see Clarifying Fruit Juice), add 1 pint cold clarified sugar syrup, ½ pint white wine and 2 ounces clarified gelatine; next pour the jelly into a mould and set aside to cool.