Clear Lemon Jelly Filling Recipes

LEMON FILLING

Steps:

• In 1 1/2-quart saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch and salt. Gradually stir in water. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute longer; remove from heat.
• Stir in butter and lemon peel until butter is melted. Gradually stir in lemon juice and food color. Press plastic wrap on filling to prevent a tough layer from forming on top. Refrigerate about 2 hours or until set.
• Leftover filling can be tightly covered and refrigerated up to 5 days; do not freeze. Let stand 30 minutes at room temperature to soften; stir before using. Store cakes or pastries filled with Lemon Filling covered in refrigerator.

TART LEMON JELLY ROLL

Steps:

• To Make Clear Lemon Jelly Filling: Mix sugar, cornstarch and salt in saucepan.
• Stir in water gradually. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils.
• Boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat. Add lemon peel and butter.
• Stir in lemon juice and food color; cool. If filling is too soft, refrigerate until set. Saliva can break down the filling; avoid tasting and douple dipping the spoon.
• For the Cake: Preheat over to 375 degrees. Line a10-x-15-inch jelly roll pan with parchment paper, then grease and dust the parchment with flour, tapping our any excess.
• Beat the eggs with a rotary beater until thick, about 4 minutes. Gradually beat in 1 cup sugar. Beat in all at once water and vanilla.
• Sift together and beat in all at once flour, baking powder and salt. Beat just until smooth. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes.
• Immediately turn upside down on a towel sprinkled with confectioners' sugar and remove parchment paper.
• Spread cake at once with clear lemon jelly filling and roll up beginning at short end.