jelly with raspberries

[dave_trigg]

My wife has problems when she makes a jelly as per the packet instructions, half a pint of boiling water poured over the broken up jelly cubes, still till disolved and add just under a half a pint of cold water. she then adds a few raspberiies to set with in the jelly. The problem is it never seems to set properly. with out adding the raspberries it sets perfectly. Would any person out there be able to advise on solution. Thanks in advance. Dave.

[ladyalex]

Use less water.

[ummmm]

Maybe less cold water.

[anneasquith]

the raspberries contain lots of water.

[daffy654]

The raspberries contain water so you would need to add less cold water than stated on the packet. Also do not add the fruit until the mixture has gone completely cold.

[Buenchico]

Perhaps the instructions on the Institute of Food Research's website will help?
http://www.ifr.ac.uk/...ision/jellyfacts.html

Chris

[dave_trigg]

Many thanks to you all for your answers. Dave.

[chris1957au]

Hi Dave, the problem is two fold

1.All fruit contains acid, the acid in the raspberries breaks down the gelatine that sets the Jelly.
2. by adding fruit you increase the volume to more than 1/2 pint.

You need to do 1 of two things and a few more cubes of jelly or add less water.

Also shop around and look for jelly crystles in stead of cubes it tends to be a better product.

Just a bit of trivia, geletine is generaly made from pigs troters and savoury jelly (like inside pork pies) is called aspic.

Hope that helps

Chris