14/08/2025
LET’S MAKE JELLY! The perfect project on rainy weekends with Gigi and Shylie. Yes, I know I always promote healthy cooking and eating, but there is something sentimental about jelly, and finding the patience for it to set, for 2 yr old Shylie, is a real skill!
I recommend making jelly from scratch, with either agar agar or gelatin and natural fruit juices, or, buying jelly with natural colouring, neither which were in our pantry.
And here is our special jelly tip. If the recipe calls for 2 cups boiling water, we add only one cup of boiling water and stir the powder until dissolved. We then add one cup cold water, which reduces setting time dramatically.
We also placed the tubs in the freezer in the beginning for 30 minutes to cool the jelly quickly, then into the fridge to set.
We made a batch of custard, soaked some Savoiardi biscuits and layered jelly, custard and biscuits and created something from nothing, trifle.
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🪼 Jelly on rainy days
Aeroplane Jelly Co Melissa Don Port