A delightful recipe for a hot summer's day, and one which is sure to go down a treat with the whole family!
Ingredients
(makes approximately 4 tea cup jellies)
Juice of 2-3 fresh mandarins (about 1/3 cup) plus extra mandarin to decorate (can be replaced with fresh orange juice)
1 tbsp powdered gelatine (can be replaced with agar)
1 tbsp sugar
400ml (approx 1 & 2/3 cups) boiling water
1 tsp jasmine tea leaves (Stir Jasmine Pearl Green Tea, or Earl Grey)
1 punnet fresh raspberries (can be replaced with other berries)
Method
Place boiling water and tea leaves in a bowl and leave to steep until it is strong enough to your liking, at least 10 mins. In a small saucepan, stir together gelatine, sugar and mandarin juice and leave for 1 minute while gelatine softens. Place over medium heat and stir until gelatine is completely dissolved, about 6-8 minutes.
Strain tea to remove leaves and stir in gelatine mixture. (Feel free to adjust the balance of flavours to taste at this point). Pour mixture into tea cup, add a few rasberries to each tea cup. Chill in the refrigerator until set, at least 2 hours or overnight. When ready to serve, remove from the fridge and top with extra mandarin slices and raspberries. Can be stored in the fridge for a couple days.
Recipe and image from http://www.raspberricupcakes.com/
