Jello is usually made by combining gelatin powder with water, but you can also use other liquids to make these recipes. Fruit juice, soda, and ginger ale are all possibilities but some sophisticated recipes call for wine or champagne. These will give a nice flavor to the dish and alcohol-based gelatin desserts are nice if you are having a dinner party in the spring or summer.
Alcohol is used in a lot of dessert recipes, such as rum babas, sherry trifle and fruit flambees. Many extracts, such as vanilla extract, are alcohol-based and these give lots of flavor to dessert recipes. When using jello to make desserts, you usually have to use a liquid to dissolve the powder, unless you are making something like a gelatin salad recipe and only adding the powder to give color and flavor to the dish.
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Which Type of Wine to Use
If a recipe calls for champagne, you can use any sparkling white, since the flavor will be very similar and the sweetness of the jello means you do not have to use an expensive champagne unless you happen to have one open and the recipe only calls for a small amount of it.
For recipes with red wine, the recipe should tell you whether to use something dry or something light and fruity. If not, feel free to use any kind, since it is just to give some flavor to the dessert and also add some color.
If you are making a savory dish like beef with red wine, for example, it is a good idea to use a good one, since the flavor will be apparent in the finished dish. For dessert recipes, you have more leeway when it comes to the alcohol.
Recipe for Port Flavored Gelatin
What you will need:
- 2 cups boiling water
- 6 oz package raspberry gelatin
- 1/3 cup port
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- 15 oz cranberry sauce (whole berry is best)
- 20 oz can crushed pineapple, drained
How to make it:
Dissolve the gelatin in the boiling water and let the mixture cool. Pour it into a serving bowl and add all the other ingredients. Chill the mixture until it has set. This recipe makes enough to serve twelve people.
Recipe for Jello with White Wine
What you will need:
- 1/2 cup sweet white wine
- 6 oz package cherry gelatin
- 1 can black cherries, drained
- 1 package Cool Whip
How to make it:
Soak the cherries in the wine for about an hour. Make the jello as directed on the package, but by substituting wine for some of the cold water. Stir the gelatin. Add the cherries to the jello when it is partially set. Adding them too early will cause them to sink. Keep one cup of jello separately in a bowl, then mix the Cool Whip into it. Whip well, and then use this mixture to top the set jello.
Elegant Jello Recipes - Using Wine and Champagne For Decadent Desserts
You can make all kinds of desserts with jello from mousses to cheesecakes and even pie recipes. What about making an elegant jello dessert with champagne or something fun and patriotic like a jello flag cake for your 4th of July party?
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