Red White and Blue Jellies Recipe

Summary

Preparation Time20 MinCooking Time20 Min
Ready In40 MinDifficulty LevelMedium
Health IndexJust EnjoyServings6
CuisineCourse
MethodSpeciality
VegetarianMain Ingredient
Interest Group

Ingredients

 400 g/14 oz strawberries, trimmed and hulled
 85 g/3 oz caster sugar
 Juice 1/2 lemon
 2 gelatine leaves
 50 ml/2 fl oz double cream
 Icing Sugar2 Teaspoon
 Handful blueberries, to serve

Directions

MAKING
1) In a pan with 100ml water, add the strawberries, caster sugar and lemon juice. Allow to boil, then turn off the heat and remove the scum.
2) Sieve the mixture into a large measuring jug, then level with boiling water to get 300ml of the strawberry juice.
3) Soak the gelatine in cold water for 5 minutes to soften. Remove the excess water and stir into the hot juice to dissolve.
4) Pour the jelly into serving glasses and refrigerate for minimum 3 hours to set.
5) When ready to serve, stiffly whip the cream with the icing sugar.

SERVING
6) Scoop the whipped cream over the jelly, put some blueberries and serve immediately.
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