Drink the Book: Pimm's No. 1 Cup Jelly Shots

Name: Drink the Book: Pimm's No. 1 Cup Jelly Shots
Prep time: 3 h
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 inch cucumber, coarsely chopped; 177 milliliters Pimms No. 1 cup; 2 large sprigs fresh mint; 2 envelopes Knox gelatin; 158 milliliters ginger ale; 237 milliliters granulated sugar; 6 ice cubes; 4 mediums lemons, each cut into 8 wedges; 1 orange slice (about 1 inch), coarsely chopped; 4 strawberries; 355 milliliters water

You can never have too many beverage recipes, so give Drink the Book: Pimm's No. 1 Cup Jelly Shots a try. This recipe serves 12. One serving contains 293 calories, 5g of protein, and 7g of fat. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 3 hours. If you have orange, knox gelatin, ginger ale, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly diet.

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan. Muddle the lemon wedges. Bring to a rolling boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes.

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Lemon Wedge

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Sauce Pan

Remove from the heat and strain immediately. Allow the syrup to cool to room temperature.Short cut: A 50-50 mix of frozen lemonade concentrate and water may be substituted for Lemon Syrup. Make sure to strain to remove any lemon pulp!

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Lemonade Concentrate

Lemon

Syrup

Water

Muddle fruit together the strawberries, orange, mint, and chopped cucumber in a large cocktail shaker.

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Strawberries

Cocktail

Cucumber

Orange

Fruit

Mint

Add Pimm’s and the ice cubes and shake vigorously. Strain liquid through fine mesh strainer and set aside (you should have approximately 2/3 cup of liquid).

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Ice Cubes

Shake

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Sieve

Combine ginger ale and lemon syrup in saucepan in a medium saucepan and sprinkle with gelatin. Allow gelatin to soak for a minute or two.

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Ginger Ale

Gelatin

Lemon

Syrup

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Sauce Pan

Heat over very low heat, stirring constantly, until gelatin is fully dissolved, about 5 minutes.

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Gelatin

Remove from heat and add the reserved Pimm’s liquid, stirring well to blend.

Pour into pan and chill until fully set, several hours or overnight.

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Frying Pan

To serve, cut into rectangles. To garnish, peel “ribbons” from cucumber using a vegetable peeler. The ribbons should be about 6 inches long for easy handling. Group the slivered fruit and mint as desired, and tie each bundle with a cucumber ribbon. Trim the ribbon ends to desired length.

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Vegetable