Grapefruit and Melon Jelly
Ingredients
- Ingredients
- 10 sheets white gelatin
- 250 grams Grapefruit (the whole skin and all the white membrane must be removed)
- 250 grams honeydew melon
- 80 grams sugar
- 3 Tbsps lemon juice
- 500 milliliters Grapefruit juice
Preparation steps
Peel the grapefruit, removing the skin and pith completely. Cut the flesh from the membranes, working over a bowl to catch the juices. Chop the grapefruit and honedew flesh and combine in a bowl with sugar and lemon juice for 1 hour. Soften the gelatin sheets in cold water. Strain the grapefruit-melon mixture through a sieve, catching the juice. Add enough additional grapefruit juice to make 500 ml (about 4 cups). Squeeze the gelatin dry and transfer to a small bowl over simmering water. Stir unil dissolved and stir in a little of the grapefruit-melon juice. Stir the gelatin mixture into the rest of the strained grapefruit-melon mixutre. Sweeten to taste if necessary or desired.
Cool the grapefruit gelatin mixture over and ice bath until it starts to gel. Transfer to a large decorative bowl or individual glasses or cups. Chill in the refrigerator for about 4 hours beore serving.
