Jelly from oranges: recipes and ideas

Jelly from oranges is a very popular delicacy, which can become a decoration of the table at any time of the year. Many simply do not imagine a new year's feast without citrus fruits, and such a dessert will be very welcome to an ordinary tea party. In the summer heat the cooled jelly with citrus aroma is perfectly refreshing. If you have not cooked such a dish, our tips will help you understand the nuances and prompt some unusual ideas.

Simpler: a jelly from a pack

This recipe can not be called the most delicious and useful, but on the speed of cooking, it's just a record holder. You do not even have to look into the cookbook to make such an orange jelly. The recipe is indicated on the package. Dilute the contents of the package in the recommended amount of water and pour over a serving bowl. It remains only to wait for the jelly to freeze.

If you want the dessert to look more beautiful, add orange slices, cleaned from the tapes, to the serving rosettes.

Jelly from juice or fresh

You can cook much more tasty and healthy orange jelly. A recipe with gelatin is a great idea for those who have a citrus juicer.

Squeeze the juice from two fresh oranges. Add the volume of the resulting liquid to 500 ml by adding water. In a small amount of water, soak 25 g of gelatin and allow it to swell well. Preheat the juice, add gelatin and mix well. Pour out the resulting jelly from oranges on beautiful kremankami.

For this, dessert will be enough 4-5 hours to freeze. Before serving, jelly can be decorated with citrus slices, mint leaves, whipped cream or berries.

Dessert «Jelly slices»

This version of the design has recently gained immense popularity. If you want to impress and please the guests, be sure to prepare for the next holiday such jelly from oranges. Its recipe does not differ from the classical, but the amount of liquid should be reduced.

This dish looks especially impressive, if you prepare it from citrus fruits of different colors, for example, combine ordinary orange and bright red Sicilian oranges.

4 large oranges thoroughly rinse, dry. Cut in half and use a tablespoon to remove the flesh, trying not to damage the skin. Received cups while you are away and get busy making jelly from oranges. The juice can be squeezed out with a juicer or simply carefully stretch the flesh with a fork and squeeze it through the cheesecloth. Measure the resulting liquid - this determines the amount of gelatin. We need 30 grams of powder gelatin per half-liter of juice. If necessary, you can dilute the juice with water.

Prepare the jelly the same way. Soak gelatin, heat the liquid, dissolve and mix. It remains to pour on half an orange. To work it was more convenient, it is possible to use a mold for baking muffins. Fold in it bowls from the halves of the orange and they will not turn over during the jelly setting.

Clean the form in the refrigerator. When the jelly is completely solidified, cut each hemisphere into 2-3 parts.

Original ideas for a themed party

Trying to make jelly from oranges at least once, you will see that there is nothing complicated in this matter. Why not experiment with forms?

For a party, an excellent idea may be the preparation of orange jelly in the form of bottles of "Phantom". You will need an empty plastic container from this drink with a capacity of 0.5 liters, along with labels. Pour the prepared juice with gelatin bottles to the top. Remove the labels and lay them aside for now. Send it to the refrigerator and let it freeze. With a stationery knife, make a vertical incision on the bottle and a few horizontal ones. Carefully remove the plastic. Label labels on gelatinous blanks, and decorate the tops with original lids. After serving, jelly "bottles" can simply be cut into slices.

And this idea is suitable for Halloween or any other party on horror stories. Here again, you can beat the contrast, using the usual and Sicilian oranges.

Make the jelly in a separate container, cut into cubes and serve in bowls made of peel. Funny funny faces can first be drawn with a conventional pen, and then cut with a sharp blade or a clerical knife.