Get Your Jelly On! Day 14 - The Clear One (Elderflower, Strawberry and Mint Jelly)

If I don't work with jelly, I get little anxiety attacks.

While I can experiment with new fangled ideas, there's a niggling thought at the back of my brain that I should be championing jelly.


Hence this particular jelly that came about as a "throw together in the fridge" version.


I often find my good ideas unraveling after mid-week, hence the best intentions are never fulfilled.





Being short of a few items for the next planned jelly meant I needed an emergency one.


Hence I went through the fridge and emerged with this concoction - the base is elderflower jelly from an au naturel elderflower drink I love from O Gourmet (thanks to my friend CS who introduced me to it). Then as usual I raid my mini herb garden and emerged with lots of tiny mint leaves. Then there's some almost dying strawberries that I salvage to make this very pretty masterpiece of red and green.
 


Believe me, this can also be known as the Throw Together jelly since it's a mish-mash of everything.


In terms of taste, it's not fantastic but I do love the cold elderflower jelly, a great idea to enjoy my favourite drink.


Elderflower, Strawberry, Mint Jelly


450ml elderflower drink
2 tablespoons gelatine powder
mint leaves
strawberries, cleaned, stalk removed and halved


Place gelatine powder with some water to allow it to bloom. Heat elderflower drink; add gelatine powder and melt. Pour into a measuring jug. Place mint leaves and strawberries in mould. Pour a little elderflower jelly into mould. Fridge till set. Repeat with mint, strawberries and elderflower jelly until it reaches to the top. Chill for 4 to 5 hours. Unmould by dipping moulds into hot water. Place plate at the bottom. Tilt to unmould. serve chilled.


Reminder: Support the cause by buying a Royal Selangor Nick Munro pewter mould as all proceeds go to breast cancer welfare association. Also, do remember to submit your suggestions to booliciouskl@gmail.com or leave a comment for the mould to win the Olympus camera VG-110. For more pictures, see the Flickr set for all the whole Royal Selangor Jellyriffic challenge. To view, all the jellies, see this link to the Royal Selangor website.