The following post is not my own creation, however it has certainly sparked some interesting recipe ideas in my boyfriend.
I felt the need to re-blog it because it looks delicious, is a pretty unique dessert style drink and a great option for Summer! 🙂
Just so all my readers understand, in England ‘Jelly’ is what Americans call ‘Jello’, and what Americans refer to as ‘Jelly’ (like in a peanut butter & jelly sandwich) is what the British would call ‘Jam’.
The title of this post is ‘Jelly Sundaes’, however the original writer Hayley is in fact referring to the British sense of the word…I do hope that helps avoid any confusion!
British American
Jelly = Jello
Jam = Jelly
You will notice a number of British words like ‘a bit’ and ‘dollop’ in this post, which is one of the reasons I like it so much. Living in Los Angeles as a Brit can make me miss the little things sometimes. Check out the blog this post is taken from by clicking here.
Enjoy!
Pimms Jelly Sundaes
I realise that the past few recipes I’ve uploaded have been alcohol based. This is not because my diet consists of booze, honest! After making my Mailbu and pineapple jellies, my Pimms infused mind conjured up a creation in my head, and the Pimms Jelly Sundae was born!
These are refreshing, delicious, fat-free summer desserts, perfect for barbecues. They’re so different, and taste as gorgeous as they look. They’re also easy, and take minutes to make, so are great for dinner parties too. Have I said enough?! Okay, one more perk is the fact that it involves Pimms for crying out loud!
Serves 5
Ingredients
- 1 pack of lemon jelly
- 3/4 pt of lemonade
- Pimms
- 5 large strawberries, or 10 small ones
- 10 grapes
- a handful of blueberries
- 1 orange
- Mint
Make up your lemon jelly by using 1/4 pt of boiling water, and 3/4 pt of lemonade.
While the jelly is cooling, wash and prepare your fruit, and divide it between individual glasses.
Now it’s time for the main event…All hail Pimms!
Add a one cap and a drop more of Pimms to the fruit…
then add your fizzy jelly.
Now your jelly, Pimms, and fruit need to be acquainted with each other, so use the sprigs of mint to give it a stir, then leave the mint in the jelly for about 30 – 60 seconds.
Now they’re ready for the fridge. If your fridge is rubbish like my mum’s, you’ll need these to set for a good seven or eight hours, if it’s fierce like my one at uni was, five hours should do it.
Ta-Dah! Summer in a glass.
Garnish with mint, and serve.
If you fancy making this a bit naughty, serve with a dollop of creamy vanilla ice cream.
Now that’s more like it.
A perfect dessert to give to your in-laws/boss/anyone you want to like you, because once they’ve tasted this, they’ll be wanting to see you a lot more!
Feel free to use different fruit, but not kiwi, papaya or fresh pineapple (tinned is fine), as the water molecules in these fruits prevent the jelly from setting, and will result in wasting Pimms.
Summer is finally here, Britain (for now)!
