based on the unexpected popularity of the strawberry margarita jello shot post, I’ve decided to do some more research and really give my readers what they want. you want jello shots…oh! i’ll give you jello shots!
blackberry liqueur and gin sour
Brilliant idea via nytimes.com
BRAMBLE JELLY SHOTS (with apologies to Dick Bradsell)
For the float:
6 ounces crème de mûre (blackberry liqueur)
7 grams (1 packet) Knox unflavored gelatin
1 package (3 ounces) grape-flavored Jell-O gelatin
1 cup hot water
In a small mixing bowl, sprinkle the Knox and the Jell-O into the hot water and stir until completely dissolved, 5 to 7 minutes. Let sit for 5 minutes, then stir in the crème de mûre. In a small, nonreactive baking dish or loaf pan, pour a few drops of cooking oil (grapeseed works well) and wipe out with a paper towel, coating the entire vessel with the barest layer. Pour blackberry float mixture in and set to chill in refrigerator for at least 2 hours and up to overnight, making certain it is level.
For the gin sour:
1 cup gin (lemon infused)
2/3 cup fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
28 grams (4 packets) Knox unflavored gelatin
1 cup hot water.
Juice enough lemons to give you 2/3 cup juice, keeping the hulls as you squeeze. Roughly chop the squeezed hulls and put them in a coverable container along with the gin and the lemon juice. Leave at room temperature for at least 2 hours. It’s a good idea to do this before starting the float, so that by the time that has firmed up, your infusion is ready to go. When the float layer is firm, bloom the gelatin in the hot water by sprinkling it slowly while stirring, and continuing stirring until fully dissolved. Add the sugar and stir until that is also fully dissolved. Strain the gin mixture off from the lemon hulls through a fine sieve or chinoise and add it into the gelatin mixture, stirring well. Over a spoon, so as not to gouge a divot in the float layer, pour the lemon sour mix onto the float layer and return to refrigerator, again checking for levelness. Chill overnight. When ready to serve, cut into squares, or use a cookie cutter for shapes, and pull up carefully, using a cake spatula to get under the float layer. Garnish with a blackberry and/or a thin wedge of candied lemon. Or simply slurp.
cosmo jello shot for the sex and the city woman in all of us
this next beauty was found on thefunkybear blogs, however in my search for the recipe i stumbled upon a jello shooters heaven…. the jello shot test kitchen
Ingredients:
Cranberry juice
Orange flavored vodka
Grand Marnier or Cointreau Roses Lime
Wine jello shots, does it get better than this?
thanks martha!
Ingredients
- 5 tablespoons cold water
- 3 packages unflavored gelatin (about 3 tablespoons total)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup orange muscat dessert wine
- 1 1/4 cups Sauternes or similar sweet wine
- 1 each grapefruit, blood orange, navel orange, tangerine, and Meyer lemon, or another combination
Directions
- Combine 5 tablespoons cold water and gelatin in a bowl. Let stand 5 minutes.
- Combine sugar, 1/2 cup water, and wines in a saucepan over medium heat. Simmer until sugar has dissolved. Add gelatin mixture, and whisk until melted. Cook 1 minute. Remove from heat, and pour through a fine sieve into a 9-by-13-inch glass baking dish. Let cool completely.
- Cut peel and pith from citrus. Cut each segment from membranes, then cut horizontally into 1/8- to 1/4-inch-thick slices (you will need 1 cup). Arrange in a single layer over gelatin mixture. Refrigerate, uncovered, overnight.
- To unmold, run a knife around edge of dish. Using an offset spatula, gently coax gelatin from sides. Invert and turn out onto a cutting board. Trim edges, and cut into 1 1/4-inch squares. Serve immediately, or refrigerate, uncovered, up to 1 day.
