Watermelon cooler

Watermelon cooler

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Prep: 10 mins

Easy

Serves 6
A simple fruity jelly that makes a gorgeous and bright red pud for dinner parties, or children's parties

Nutrition and extra info

  • Freezable

Nutrition:

  • kcal139
  • fat1g
  • saturates0g
  • carbs29g
  • sugars18g
  • fibre0g
  • protein6g
  • salt0.06g
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Ingredients

  • 1 watermelon, half chopped, half cut into bite-sized chunks, to serve
    Watermelon

    Watermelon

    wort-er-mel-on

    Thought to have originated in Africa, watermelons are distinct from musk melons such as…

  • juice of 2 limes
    Lime

    Lime

    ly-m

    The same shape, but smaller than…

  • 100g white caster sugar
  • up to 3 gelatine leaves
    Gelatine

    Gelatine

    jell-ah-teen

    A colourless, tasteless and odourless setting agent made from the boiled bones, skins and…

  • chopped fresh mint, to serve
    Mint

    Mint

    mi-nt

    There are several types of mint, each with its own subtle difference in flavour and appearance.…

  • honey to drizzle
    Honey

    Honey

    huh-nee

    Honey is made by bees from the nectar they collect from flowers. Viscous and fragrant, it's…

Method

  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.

  • Recipe Tip

    Make it boozy

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

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rachelhighsted
30th Jun, 2008
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.
e_leachums
1st Nov, 2007
4.05
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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