Watermelon cooler

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1. Blitz together the watermelon with the juice of the limes and caster sugar until completely juiced. Push the juice through a sieve into a measuring jug. Measure the amount of juice you have and soak as many leaves of gelatine as you need, using the ratio of 1 leaf of gelatine per 200ml. Dissolve the soaked gelatine in a little hot water from the kettle and add to the watermelon juice. Pour the juice into small moulds and leave to set overnight. Unmould the jellies and serve alongside bite-sized chunks of watermelon scattered with chopped mint and drizzled with honey.

Make it boozy

Add a 25ml shot of tequila to each 300ml of watermelon juice.

139 kcalories, protein 6g, carbohydrate 29g, fat 1 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 0g, salt 0.06 g

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• MsVanDeKamp

  01 November 2007

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  I had to add extra gelatine when I made this as it wouldn't set, but once it did it was lovely and refreshing after our heavy meal!

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• yummythings

  30 June 2008

  yummythings commented on this recipe

  I followed the geletine packet instructions for quantity as i've been caught out before by not adding enough. I figured they should know how much of their product would be needed and I added another couple of sheets for good measure but it still didn't set. I ended up using 7. I've since read in a cookbook (Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall) that melon sometimes contain an enzyme that stops it setting jelly. Obviously it can be done as MsVanDeKamp has managed it (and photo above) but I failed. Hope everyone else has better luck.

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Ingredients

• 1 watermelon , half chopped, half cut into bite-sized chunks, to serve
• juice of 2 limes
• 100g white caster sugar
• up to 3 gelatine leaves
• chopped fresh mint , to serve
• honey to drizzle

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Serves 6

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Prep 10 mins

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Ingredients

• 1 watermelon , half chopped, half cut into bite-sized chunks, to serve
• juice of 2 limes
• 100g white caster sugar
• up to 3 gelatine leaves
• chopped fresh mint , to serve
• honey to drizzle

139 kcalories, protein 6g, carbohydrate 29g, fat 1 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 0g, salt 0.06 g

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