Jelly Recipes
Jelly always seems to make everyone smile when it makes an appearance. It's easy to make but just give it time to set. Top tip: Measure the volume of your container before you begin. Mine could take 1 litre of liquid. You can use the skins of the oranges to make candied peel.
Equipment
- Jelly moulds glass or plastic
Ingredients
Sugar Syrup
- 100 grams sugar caster or granulated
- 100 millilitres water
Orange Jelly
- 300 millilitres Orange juice (approximately 4 large oranges)
- 100 millilitres sugar syrup
- 1 lemon juiced
- 7 grams Leaf gelatin approx 5 sheets
Blackcurrant Jelly
- 150 millilitres blackcurrant syrup or cordial Belvoir make a lovely blueberry and blackcurrant cordial
- 350 millilitres water
- 7 grams Leaf gelatin approx 5 sheets
Instructions
Sugar Syrup
- Place the water and sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Stir until all the sugar has dissolved. Set aside until needed.
Orange Jelly
- Cut the leaves of gelatin up into 2 cm strips. Place in 2 tablespoons of the water to let it soften.
- Put the orange juice, lemon juice, sugar syrup in a jug. Top up to 500 ml with water.
- Bring about 100 ml of the juice mixture to the boil. Add the gelatin and stir to dissolve. When it has dissolved pour the rest of the juice mixture in and stir. When it has cooled pour into a mould using a sieve to capture any bits.
- Once cool place in the fridge to set (this will depend on how cold your fridge is. I'd allow 3 hours minimum)
Blackcurrant Jelly
- This is made in the same way as the orange jelly. Mix the cordial and water together in a bowl, then follow instructions above. Leave the jelly mixture out of the fridge until the orange jelly has set. Pour on top of the orange jelly when the first has set and return to the fridge.
- Leave the jelly mixture out of the fridge until the orange jelly has set. Pour on top of the orange jelly when the first has set and return to the fridge.
Serving
- To demould, pop the jelly mould into a larger container filled with warm water. Leave no more than 30 seconds and turn out. For Hallowe'en you can pop in scary sweets or add some on top, it's up to you!
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