Strawberry and vanilla jelly with sherbet
serves
12
Take your cue from Santa’s colour scheme and turn classic summer strawberries and cream into a vibrant make-ahead dessert that comes with fun pops of strawberry sherbet.
Ingredients (12)
- 1.5kg strawberries, hulled
- 1 1/2 cups (330g) caster sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 10 titanium-strength gelatine leaves
- 300ml thickened cream
- 100g pure icing sugar, sifted
- 250g creme fraiche
Strawberry sherbet
- 100g pure icing sugar, sifted
- 40g corn flour, sifted
- 2 tsp citric acid
- 1/2 tsp bicarb soda
- 50g freeze-dried strawberries, crumbled
Method
-
1.To make the jelly, place 4 punnets of the hulled strawberries in a blender with 3 cups (750ml) cold water, sugar, vanilla and whiz until smooth. Thinly slice remaining strawberries. Soak gelatine leaves in a bowl of cold water for 5 minutes or until softened. Place 1 1/2 cups (375ml) boiling water in a heatproof bowl and stir the gelatine leaves in to dissolve. Set aside to cool, then stir cooled gelatine liquid into the strawberry puree. Strain the strawberry mixture through a fine sieve into a large bowl, then pour into an 3L trifle or serving dish. Cool completely to room temperature then add the sliced strawberries. Refrigerate for 8 hours, or overnight, until set. When ready to serve, whisk cream and icing sugar together until stiff peaks. Whisk in the creme fraiche. Chill until ready to serve.
-
2.For the strawberry sherbet, combine all the ingredients in a bowl. Keep in an airtight container until ready to serve.
-
3.Whisk the cream and icing sugar together in a large bowl until stiff peaks. Whisk in the creme fraiche. Use immediately or store in the fridge until ready to serve and whisk again to firm up before serving.
-
4.Spoon the cream mixture over the jelly, then scatter with the strawberry sherbet, to serve.
Reviews
Join the conversation
Log in Register