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Red Wine Strawberry Jelly with orange whipped cream … such a delicious way to end 2016, and ring in the new year! Have a great new year. HNY 2017.
Catch you on the other side. This one’s short & sweet!
Red Wine Strawberry Jelly with orange whipped cream
Light, fun, easy to make, and a visual delight, the Red Wine Strawberry Jelly with orange whipped cream is a great make ahead dessert. Visually exciting and flavours that pop, berries work really well in this recipe!
Servings 6 people
Ingredients
Jelly
- 650 ml cranberry juice {550ml+100ml}
- 100 ml red wine
- 50 g brown sugar
- 3-4 star anise
- 2 tsp gelatin
- 250 g strawberries chopped
Cream topping
- 200 ml whipping cream chilled
- 2-3 tbsp boora/powdered sugar
- Zest of 1 orange/keenu
- 1/2 tsp strawberry essence
Instructions
Jelly
- Warm 100ml juice and pour over the gelatin in a small bowl. Stand for 5 minutes for gelatin to soften.
- Put the remaining juice and star anise in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Take off heat, and stir in the wine, followed by the softened gelatin.
- Divide the strawberries between the serving glasses/bowls. Strain the jelly mixture and pour into the glasses over the strawberries. Refrigerate for 4-5 hours until set and chilled.
Cream topping
- Whip the cream, sugar and orange zest at high speed {with sugar if desired} until medium peaks form.
- Top the set jelly with piped whipped cream.
- Garnish with sliced strawberries and chill until ready to serve.