I had a jelly brainwave and it worked

black-saturn

I've had a can of evaporated milk and a jelly lurking in my cupboards for ages and I made a mousse out of them. Heres how:

Boil half pint of pasteurised milk in a saucepan and add to the jelly cubes,
Stir till dissolved,
Add half pint of evaporated milk and leave to set.

It makes a lovely creamy mousse type dessert and is a nice change from ordinary jelly.

comping_cat

Sounds lovely, think i might give it a go!!!!

Ticklemouse

We used to have this when we were kids - although I think we just whipped the evap milk into the jelly when it was cold, but not set and then put it back in the fridge. It was a party treat

Mmmm - you got me thinking - I have both of these in the cupboards. Wonder if my ever so fussy boys will eat it

twink

make up a jelly with a liitle less water and when cool mix in a pot of yoghurt, strawberry for a strawberry jelly eg.

thriftlady_2

My mum used to do something like this,she called it jelly whip and it involved beating the evap until fluffy first.Might make one for the kids.thanks for the reminder Black saturn

FunkyFairy

My mum makes this its really nice with pineapple jelly

halloweenqueen_2

Thanks black saturn, i'd forgot about this dessert! We used to do it the whisked way and leave the jelly until it was nearly set and then whisk the whole lot together.
I'm going to try your way and see hwat the others think, the pineapple jelly is a good one as I have a pineapple lurking around I could serve with it!

Prudent

I am a bit behind with the concept of use up month - but its time I started. I have both of these in the store cupboard.

black-saturn

You wont be disappointed. I just had 2 portions of it

thriftlady_2

halloweenqueen wrote:

I'm going to try your way and see hwat the others think, the pineapple jelly is a good one as I have a pineapple lurking around I could serve with it!

Aaaagh!! No don't use a fresh pineapple Halloweenqueen,the jelly won't set. :eek:

Pineapple has an enzyme in it that breaks down protein,this includes gelatine.You can safely use a tin of pineapple as it has been heat-treated and the enzyme destroyed.

thriftlady_2

sorry Halloweenqueen I've just read your post properly and realise you're going to serve the pineapple with it.Sorry!!

Still, info might be of use to someone