Strawberry Fruit Jelly

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 (85 g) packets strawberry jelly crystals, and
• quick set raspberry jelly crystal (see note)
• 3 cups boiling water
• 500 g strawberries, hulled, halved
• 1 cup cold water

Recipe

• 1 place jelly crystals in a large heatproof bowl. pour over boiling water. whisk until crystals have dissolved. stir in 1 cup cold water.
• 2 pour 1/2 cup jelly into a 7cm-deep, 10.5cm x 20cm (6-cup capacity) rectangular pyrex loaf dish. place in freezer for 5 to 10 minutes or until set.
• 3 place a single layer of strawberries, cut side down, onto set jelly. pour over another 1 cup jelly. return to jelly freezer for 10 minutes or until set. repeat layering twice more with remaining strawberries and jelly. refrigerate 30 minutes or until firm.
• 4 to serve dip base of dish into hot water for 30 seconds and invert onto a serving platter.
• 5 serve with cream or ice cream.
• 6 notes ~ quick set jelly is made from a vegetable gum which is extracted from red seaweed, instead of the usual gelatine, and sets in under an hour. quick set jelly has a firmer texture than regular jelly. regular and quick set jelly are interchangeable.