Desserts & Ices: Pimm's™ and Lemonade Striped Jelly

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Making the jellies For the Pimm’s™ jelly, soak four leaves of gelatine in a bowl in 50ml (2fl oz) of the water for 5 minutes until softened. Heat the remaining water in a saucepan to just below the boil. Add the softened gelatine and water from the bowl and stir gently until the gelatine has melted.
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Making the jellies Stir in the sugar until it dissolves, remove from the heat and stir in the Pimm’s™, lemon juice and orange juice. Strain the mixture into a jug and leave to cool to room temperature.

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Making the jellies For the lemonade jelly, soak the remaining gelatine in 100ml (3½fl oz) of the lemonade for 5 minutes until softened. Heat the remaining lemonade and mint leaves in a saucepan to just below the boil. Add the softened gelatine and lemonade and stir gently until the gelatine has melted.

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Making the jellies Remove from the heat and leave to cool to room temperature. Strain the mixture into a jug and discard the mint leaves.

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Making the jellies Pour the Pimm’s™ jelly into the bottom third of two clean 200ml (7fl oz) glasses and the lemonade jelly into the bottom third of two more glasses. Chill in the fridge for 1 hour or until set. While the jellies are setting, leave the remaining jelly in the jugs at room temperature.

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Making the jellies When the jelly layers have set, pour the Pimm’s™ jelly on top of the lemonade layers and the lemonade jelly on top of the Pimm’s™ layers to fill the glasses by two-thirds. Return the jellies to the fridge to set.

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Making the jellies Pour the remaining lemonade jelly on top of the Pimm’s™ layers and the Pimm’s™ jelly on top of the lemonade layers. Chill for at least 3 hours in the fridge until firmly set.

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To decorate the jellies Top off each jelly with a dollop of whipped cream and some strawberry slices.

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To decorate the jellies Using a vegetable peeler, cut four thin strips down the length of the cucumber half. Fold each strip into a heart shape and tuck between the strawberry slices. Finish by adding small sprigs of mint.