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Lemon Or Lime Gelatin

Lemon Or Lime Gelatin

Cuisine:World

Course:Dessert

15m prep 0s cook 4h ready

A refreshing gelatin dessert flavored with lemon or lime juice and zest, served with whipped cream or crème anglaise.

Ingredients

Servings:
  • 3 tablespoons cold water
  • 1 envelope (2 ¼ teaspoons) unflavored gelatin
  • 1 ⅓ cups boiling water
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅓ cup strained lemon or lime juice
  • (1 teaspoon grated lemon or lime zest)
  • 1
    • 1 cup cold heavy cream
    • (2 teaspoons to 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 to 4 tablespoons sifted powdered sugar, or 2 teaspoons honey, to taste)
    • (½ teaspoon vanilla)
    Sub-recipe steps
    1. Beat in a large bowl (chill the bowl if your kitchen is very warm) with a hand mixer or balloon whisk or in a stand mixer set at medium-high speed, until stiff and billowy but not grainy: 1 cup cold heavy cream; (2 teaspoons to 2 tablespoons sugar, 1 to 4 tablespoons sifted powdered sugar, or 2 teaspoons honey, to taste); (½ teaspoon vanilla)
    2. Use immediately.

Let's Cook

  1. Step 1.

    Pour into a medium bowl: 3 tablespoons cold water

  2. Step 2.

    Sprinkle over the top: 1 envelope (2 ¼ teaspoons) unflavored gelatin

  3. Step 3.

    Let stand for 5 minutes. Add and stir to dissolve the gelatin: 1 ⅓ cups boiling water

  4. Step 4.

    Add and stir until dissolved: ¾ cup sugar; ¼ teaspoon salt

  5. Step 5.

    Add: ⅓ cup strained lemon or lime juice

  6. Step 6.

    Pour the mixture into a wet 3- to 4-cup mold. Refrigerate until set, about 4 hours. If desired, when the mixture is set to the thickness of unbeaten egg whites, stir in: (1 teaspoon grated lemon or lime zest)

  7. Step 7.

    Unmold and serve with: Whipped Cream or Crème Anglaise

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