How to prepare jelly mould?

jackieglasgow

Grapeseed oil is the one with the least flavour, I have some in the cupboard for these types of things, also for Chocolate fountains it's great.

luxor4t

My mum used to rinse her glass jelly mould with cold water before pouring in the hot jelly....as I remember we rarely had a shaped jelly! Maybe that's why she gave it to me

I use it to keep the birthday candles etc in simply because I still equate jelly with birthdays:o

The highlight of any birthday tea table was a white blancmange rabbit surrounded by green jelly 'grass'. Shame I don't enjoy blancmange!

grunnie

When I used a glass jelly years ago I didn't grease the bowl I just dipped the jelly mould into hot water for a few seconds( not long enough to melt anything) and turned it upsides down and the jelly plopped out. Then I got a tuperware mould and they are easy to remove.

tanith

I too used to plunge into a bowl of hot water for a few seconds and it would come out clean... also the jelly holds it shape much better if you make the jelly less diluted .. either use less water or use 1 and half packets..

Mrs_Thrify

I would say but the bowl in hot water for a short wile but people have beat me to it again!

zippychick

Hi Luvvly jubbly:hello:

Now you have a few suggestions, I've added your thread to the existing one on using a jelly mould, so you can see what other users have previously suggested

thanks and good luck!
Zip

luvvlyjubbly

Ok thanks all....I'll try the rinsing with the cold water first, then standing in hot before servong method....if that fails try with a little oil

lisa26_2

If you can't get a normal jelly to come out of the mould properly, try a 'milk jelly'....add a small tin of condensed milk as part of the liquid but let it cool a bit first.

purplephoenix85

Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but I've searched and not found anything similar. I'm dying to know the secret if anyone knows...

When I make a bowl of jelly, as any jelly does, it sticks to the side of the bowl. But a little pot of Hartley's jelly is quite slippery and can be tipped out of the pot in one go as it has some watery juice in the pot which helps it slide out.

I made a mistake last time in adding a little bit more water, but of course this just made the jelly sloppy and didn't set as well. Hartley's jelly is quite firm, but still slides out of the pot.

Is it to do with the jelly pots being covered with a lid or not? Or is something else added to it?

I'm asking because I want to make little shots of jelly, but would rather have them slipping out of the pot than having to be spooned out lol.

LittleBrownFrog

A *tiny* bit of oil smeared around the inside of the mould works well - not too much though, or you end up with greasy jelly.
Also, my mum always says, rinse the mould in hot water before using & leave it just a tiny bit wet.