Fruit Gelatin
15m prep 5m cook 4h ready
A simple fruit gelatin dessert made with fruit juice and fresh fruit, set in a mold or individual cups. Serve with cream if desired.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons cold water
- 1 envelope (2 ¼ teaspoons) unflavored gelatin
- 2 cups cranberry, grape, or apple juice
- (1 to 3 tablespoons sugar, to taste, depending on the tartness of the juice used)
- 1 to 1 ½ cups fruit, such as thinly sliced apples, sliced strawberries, or whole blueberries or raspberries
- 1 (Heavy cream or Whipped Cream) (opens in new tab)
Let's Cook
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Step 1.
Pour into a small bowl: 3 tablespoons cold water
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Step 2.
Sprinkle over the top: 1 envelope (2 ¼ teaspoons) unflavored gelatin
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Step 3.
Let stand for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, bring to a simmer in a medium saucepan: 2 cups cranberry, grape, or apple juice; (1 to 3 tablespoons sugar, to taste, depending on the tartness of the juice used)
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Step 4.
Remove from the heat, add the softened gelatin, and stir 1 minute to dissolve the gelatin thoroughly. Set the bottom of the saucepan in a bowl of cold water and let the gelatin cool to lukewarm. Meanwhile, prepare: 1 to 1 ½ cups fruit, such as thinly sliced apples, sliced strawberries, or whole blueberries or raspberries
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Step 5.
For a dessert with fruit on the top, divide the fruit among wet 6-ounce bowls or cups, or place it in a wet 4-cup mold, and ladle the gelatin over. If you want the fruit suspended in the dessert, chill the gelatin in a bowl until it is the thickness of unbeaten egg whites. Then stir in the fruit and pour the gelatin into the wet mold(s). Refrigerate until set, about 4 hours.
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Step 6.
Unmold. If desired, serve with: (Heavy cream or Whipped Cream)
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