Elizabeth Schneider

Clementine Gelatine

Preparation info

  • 4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables
Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables

By Elizabeth Schneider

Published 1986

  • About

I love fresh fruit gelatine, particularly when made with clementine. Petite segments are captured in cool wine jelly flavored with the rind and juice. A refreshing, light dessert with real fruit flavor.

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup water
  • 1 envelope gelatine
  • ⅓ cup sugar

Method

  1. Pour water into small nonaluminum saucepan; sprinkle in gelatine, then sugar. With a swivel peeler, remove colored rind from 3 clementines, avoiding white pith. Do same to ½ lemon. Add rinds to pot.
  2. Squeeze juice from remaining clementine; measure. Squeeze and add enough lemon juice to total ¼ cup. Add to pot; add wine. Cook over moderately low heat, stirring o