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4 jelly dessert ideas for your menu
Transform McDougalls Jelly into cheesecake, a passion fruit cocktail dessert and more…
Tropical Pots
Our tropical pots recipe features orange, mango and coconut jellies with a zesty fruit salad.
Yogurt
Adding yogurt to jelly gives a creamy finish. Bring coconut yogurt and water to the boil. Using coconut yogurt makes it dairy-free, but dairy options also work.
Orange jelly
Dissolve orange jelly into the yogurt mixture. Divide into moulds or tumblers and chill until set.
Fruit
Toss pieces of mango, kiwi and pineapple in lime juice and arrange on the pots. Drizzle with mango coulis for an extra fruity flourish.
Raspberry & Rhubarb Domes
Got customers with dietary requirements? Omit the biscuits altogether or opt for gluten free to widen the appeal of this raspberry & rhubarb domes recipe.
Rhubarb
Gently cook rhubarb with sugar until just soft, then cool slightly.
Raspberry jelly
Dissolve raspberry jelly in boiling water. Whisk in mascarpone and ¾ of the rhubarb. Pour into dome moulds sprayed with non-stick spray, and chill until set.
Mascarpone
Turn jellies onto plates. Top with whipped mascarpone and vanilla, a crumb of crushed chocolate biscuits and the remaining rhubarb. Add freeze-dried raspberries for a special touch.
Passion Star Glasses
Our passion star glasses recipe is an eye-catching dessert take on the popular cocktail.
Cocktail
Mix vanilla vodka, passionfruit syrup and lime juice with ice. Strain and add to made-up orange jelly. Pour into martini glasses and chill.
Cheesecake
Add passionfruit puree to Bird’s Ready To Use Custard and set aside. Whisk cream cheese, vanilla pod seeds, double cream, milk and Bird’s Cheesecake Mix.
Decorate
Layer equal amounts of custard and cream cheese to the jellies. Top with crushed meringue, passionfruit and mint.
Strawberry Cheesecake
Our strawberry cheesecake recipe is perfect as a large cheesecake or as small individual portions.
Digestives
Mix crushed digestive biscuits with melted butter. Press into a lined tin and chill.
Cream filling
Whip together cream cheese, icing sugar, vanilla and double cream. Place halved strawberries around the edge of the tin. Smooth over the filling and chill.
Strawberry jelly
Arrange halved strawberries in a matching tin. Make the strawberry jelly, pour over and set. Once firm, layer on top of the cheesecake. Slice to serve.
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