Martinelli's Jello "Shots"

Hello everyone!

I hope that you had a fabulous Christmas and New Year!

I want to share with you one of my favorite New Years Eve recipes.

It is called Cava Gelatin.

I saw Dave Lieberman make it on the Food Network.

The episode is called Elegant Dinner Party.

I have made it three times now.

It is very easy and super fancy!

This is what you will need:

Here is the recipe.

•  1/2 cup ultrafine sugar
• You can find it in your baking section of the grocery store
• 1 1/2 cup boiling water
• 2 packages unflavored gelatin (Knox brand is recommended)
• You can find it in your jello section at the grocery store.
• 2 bottles of Martinelli's Spraking Cider
• 1 package of raspberries (optional)

Directions:

1. Place sugar in a bowl.
2. Cover with boiling water and whisk until sugar has dissolved.

     -This is why you use ultrafine sugar. It has smaller granules and will dissolve quickly.

 

 3. Sprinkle gelatin over the solution and whisk lightly to incorporate.

 You can see the different color.

There was already gelatin sticking to my wisk and settling at the bottom of the bowl.

4. Let gelatin mixture cool to room temperature.

    -It took 30 minutes for my mixture to cool to room temp.

5. Pour gelatin mixture into a large pitcher.

6. Pour 2 cups of Martinelli's into a glass.

   -This will not be used in the recipe. So drink it while you're making this. :)

7. Pour the rest of the Martinelli's, on an angle, into the pitcher.

  -You want to hold the pitcher at an angle while you pour the Martinelli's slowly into pitcher.

  -This will minimize the amount of foam that you will have at the top of your mixture.

  - You will still have some foam, but you want to save the carbonation for your jello.

8. Stir gently with the whisk.

   -If you stir too vigorously, it will reduce the amount of carbonation. Stir gently!

9. At an angle, pour into wine glasses or plastic cups.

   -I poured my mixture into 10 - 9 oz. clear plastic cups.

   -You can see in the picture that I wasn't able to fill them to the top.

 

10. Put into refrigerator immediately.

11. Refrigerate until set.

   -The recipe says for at least 2 hours. It took 3 hours for mine to set.

12. Garnish with raspberries.

   -They were out of season so I did not do that.

13. Grab a spoon and enjoy!

 

When this sets in the fridge, bubbles form in the jello, it looks really cool.

When you take a bite out of this, you will be surprised!

It still tastes carbonated and it is fabulous!

If you try it out, let me know.

I'd love to hear how it worked out for you.

Happy 2013!!