Friday, November 12, 2010

Jelled champagne dessert


Are you looking for something unique to serve this coming holiday season? Well, I discovered an unusual dessert that would be perfect for a festive brunch, a light ending to a heavy meal, or an addition to a gala buffet.

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin
2 cups cold white grape juice, divided
2 tablespoons sugar
2 cups champagne or club soda
8 fresh strawberries, hulled

Directions:
1. In a small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin, over 1 cup cold grape juice; let stand for 1 minute. Heat over low heat, stirring until gelatin is completely dissolved. Stir in sugar. Remove from the heat; stir in remaining grape juice. Cool to room temperature.

2. Transfer gelatin mixture to a large bowl. Slowly stir in champagne or soda. Pour half of the mixture into eight champagne or parfait glasses. Add one strawberry to each glass. Chill glasses and remaining gelatin mixture until almost set, about 1 hour.

3. Place the reserved gelatin mixture in a blender; cover and process until foamy. Pour into glasses. Chill for 3 hours or until set.

Recipe from Taste of Home Entertaining.

1 comment:

Yolanda said...

Oooooooooooo!!! how pretty and elegant! Thank you for this. And thanks for the alternative of using sparkling water, as we don't use any alcoholic beverages. I wish all recipes that include wine, etc. would also give an alternative.