Vodka Jelly

Yes, I know it’s not baking but I made it last week and I’m not feeling well so this will have to do this week. The most exciting thing about this recipe is the fact that I got ID’d in Sainsbury’s while buying the ingredients. They have a ‘Think 25’ policy so I’ll happily take that. 

I made this for my work Christmas party and it went down very well. I do find that people’s only experience of making it was from younger days when it not setting wasn’t seen as an issue. As I was sober during my younger years I paid attention to making sure the jelly set and experimented with the best flavour to complement the vodka. I was always put in charge of the alcohol at house parties as I could be trusted not to drink it while I prepared punch and other such things. 

So below is my recipe and method which is guaranteed to give you a fairly solid jelly that can be served in cubes of shots. Easy. 

Ingredients

1 bottle 70cl vodka (this equates to 20 shots)

6 packs of strawberry jelly 

1.    Get a large roasting tray or plastic food storage box that can hold 2 litres of liquid. Put the kettle on.

2.    Cut up two of the packs of jelly into a measuring jug and fill up to the 500ml mark with hot water. Melt the jelly and pour the liquid into your mould.

3.    Then with the other four packs do them two at a time, as above, but use 400ml of hot water per two packs. Pour jelly into mould.

4.    Then pour all the vodka in, stir, and set in the fridge.

5.    Once set prise out of the mould – you can get a bit aggressive with it as its fairly stable jelly. I tend to release the jelly from the edges and then tip upside down. Cut into 20, or more, pieces. These will store in a plastic storage box in the fridge.