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Pimm’s jellies
A cool glass of Pimm's on a summer's day – what could be finer? Except perhaps a cool glass of Pimm's jelly as conjured up by Sarah Randell, food director at Sainsbury's magazine
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Ready in 10 minutes, plus overnight setting
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Cooking time No time at all
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Prep time 10 minutes
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Makes 6
Ingredients
- 200 ml cloudy lemonade
- 100 ml ginger beer
- 200 ml Pimm’s No 1
- 100 ml freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 squeeze of lemon juice
- 100 g caster sugar
- 4 leaves gelatine
- ½ cucumber, peeled and diced
- 150 g strawberries, hulled and chopped
- 1 tbsp finely shredded mint
Method
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1
Mix the lemonade, ginger beer, Pimm's, orange juice, lemon juice and sugar in a pan. Bring to simmering point. Meanwhile, soak the gelatine leaves in a bowl of cold water for 10 minutes.
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2
Mix the diced cucumber, strawberries and mint into the jelly mixture and divide the jelly between six glasses. Transfer back to the fridge and leave to set overnight.
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3
Take the pan off the heat. Squeeze the excess water out of the gelatine and drop it into the hot Pimm's mixture. Stir to dissolve.
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4
Pour the liquid into a large jug and transfer to the fridge until barely set, this may take up to four hours.
