Mark Hix

Easy fruit jelly

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
British Food
British Food

By Mark Hix

Published 2005

  • About

This fruit jelly is deceptively simple to make and you can prepare it a day ahead. To give your jelly a kick, add a generous dash of kirsch, cassis or an appropriate fruit liqueur.

Ingredients

  • 600 ml (1 pint) bought or freshly pressed raspberry or strawberry juice
  • juice of ½

Method

  1. Put the raspberry or strawberry juice and the lemon juice in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Add the caster sugar (you may need more or less depending on the sweetness of the fruit juice) and stir until dissolved. Bring to the boil, then remove from the heat.
  2. Soak the gelatine leaves in a shallow bowl of cold water for a minute or so until soft. Squeeze out t