Jello Recipes
Romantic Jello Valentine’s Day Dessert
This wonderful heart shaped dessert is perfect for valentine’s day. If you gave your loved one champagne and roses for valentine’s day last year, why not use the champagne and roses to make a wonderful jello dessert this year instead?
This fantastic jello dessert recipe combines champagne, rosebuds, strawberry jello, and grapes in layers. It really does look amazing, especially when you serve it on a bed of fresh mint leaves. If you are a romantic at heart, this beautiful valentine’s day jello mold is sure to delight the one you love. A traditional valentine’s day dessert might be chocolate covered strawberries or something similar but this champagne rose jello heart is easy to make and looks incredible.
You can make this traditional valentines dessert in a big heart jello mold or in smaller, individual heart jello molds, depending what you have. Heart-shaped jello molds should not be difficult to find at the beginning of February, else you can order one online. If you are browsing dessert recipes for valentine’s day, this champagne rose jello heart should be at the top of your list because it is so beautiful and impressive. What a way to make a romantic statement.
Champagne Rose Jello Heart
Ingredients -
3 small packets strawberry or raspberry gelatin
1 cup hot water
3 ½ cups white seedless grapes
2 ¼ cups champagne or white wine
5 or 6 small rosebuds, rinsed and dry
1 cup fresh mint leaves (optional)
Preparation:
Refrigerate a heart shaped jello mold. Combine the gelatin with the hot water and add the champagne.
Chill until thickened to the consistency of egg yolk.
Pour half a cup of this mixture into the jello mold and arrange the rosebuds in the mold, face down (they will be face up when you unmold the jello later).
Chill until set.
Combine the grapes and 2 cups of the gelatin mixture.
Pour this carefully over the first mixture and the rosebuds.
Let it set for a few minutes, then add the rest of the gelatin mixture.
Chill until set, then unmold on to a bed of mint leaves or a chilled serving plate.
(Serves 2)
Photo Description:
You can get jello molds in all kinds of materials and shapes, as well as all different sizes. In this photo, the jello mold is made from copper and has patterns on it, so the resulting champagne jello mold recipe will have the imprint of the patterns on it too. Copper is a good material for jello molds because it lasts a long time and looks good displayed in your kitchen. Alternatively, a silicon jello mold is easy to use because the jello unmolds easily and it is easy to wash.
Traditional Valentine’s Day Dessert Ideas
Chocolates are associated with valentine’s day so anything rich and mouthwatering, like chocolate mousse, chocolate cake or chocolate pie, would make a good traditional valentine’s day dessert. You could dip strawberries or cherries in chocolate and feed them to your loved one or make a chocolate fondue and dip marshmallows and fruit pieces in the gooey, molten liquid.
Dessert Recipes for Valentines Day
Other traditional valentines day dessert ideas include cakes, cheesecakes, pies, and cookies. You might like to make heart-shaped cookies or use red serving plates. Fruit pies or cakes are a nice touch, to show your valentine how much you appreciate them. Remember kids are part of valentine’s day too and if you have kids, they will love homemade cookies (any excuse for cookies is fine with kids!)
Making Jello Recipes for Your Valentine
Jello is so versatile that there are lots of different romantic dessert ideas you could make with it. Champagne rose heart jello is only one idea and this delicious dessert blends jello, champagne, and rosebuds. You might prefer to make a heart-shaped jello mold and have the champagne in a glass and the roses in a vase on the table! Everybody has different ideas how to celebrate valentine’s day and which traditional valentine’s day dessert recipe will be enjoyed and appreciated the most. The important thing about valentine’s day is that it is all about your loved ones.
