Mom´s best Milk Jell-O with Prune Sauce

My Mother has been doing this recipe since my grandmother taught it to her long time ago, it's a classic in the family, hope you like it too!

 you can always change the prune sauce for strawberry or any fruity sauce

MILK JELLO

3 cups of milk 

1 cup of sugar

4 eggs

1 Tbsp vanilla 

3 1/2 envelopes of unflavored gelatin

1 extra cup of milk

SAUCE

4 cups orange juice (natural is better)

1 cup of dried prunes

How to make it

FOR THE MILK JELL-O

Put milk in a sauce pan, with half of the sugar, under medium heat.

mix the unflavored gelatin with the extra cup of milk, mix perfectly.

mix the eggs with the other half of the sugar and vanilla.

Just before milk starts to boil turn the heat off and add the gelatin mixture, mix perfectly, turn the heat on again.

Add some of the milk mixture to the egg and sugar mixture,

mix perfectly and then add all the egg and sugar mixture to the milk (this is to temperate the eggs).

Mix in the heat for 3 minutes and turn the heat off, take away the milk jell-o and let cool.

Pour it in the mold of your preference.

PRUNE SAUCE

In a saucepan put the orange juice and the prunes under medium heat, this has to boil till the juice thickens.

Unmold the jell-o and serve with the cooled sauce

Café au Lait Jell-O Recipe

I love this jell-o, the combination between coffee and lait makes it delicious, great for any occasion, you can even add a third layer.

Keeping the jell-o´s inclined while setting is what makes this recipe interesting, you can use this technique with all kinds of flavors, transparent and milk based jell-o´s

CAFE JELL-O

1 can condensed milk 

2 cups milk 1/2 cup of water for the unflavored jello 2 1/2 Tbsp. unflavored jello 2 Tbsp instant coffee 

AU LAIT JELL-O

1 can condensed milk 

2 cups milk 

1/2 cup of water for the unflavored jello 2 1/2 Tbsp. unflavored jello 1 Tbsp. vanilla 

CAFE LAYER

In a heavy sauce pan bring milk to a boil, and add instant coffee and condensed milk, then put the unflavored jello with the water and put it to dissolve in the microwave for 45 sec.

and add as you mix perfectly.

 Then pour into the cups, put something under the cups to make them get set with the inclination.

wait till they set, about 1 or 2 hrs, in the fridge

AU LAIT JELL-0

Exaclty the same, only vanilla instead of coffee.

wait to pour this layer till the jello is almost cool.

refrigerate for 1 or 2 hours.

enjoy!

Transparent Fruit Jello

New year is here, and I don´t know about you, but after baking, eating and seeing lots of delicious treats due to the Christmas Season, I decided to dedicate this month of January to posting lighter desserts, and jello´s, to try to make a fresh start, I hope you like them.

This fruit jello is a crowd pleaser believe me, and you can keep it in the fridge for several days, you can even prepare it in advance like 2 or 3 days and unmold it when needed.

TRANSPARENT JELL-O

4 cups of water (divided in 3)

300 grs. sugar 

40 grs. unflavored jell-0

1 gr. citric acid

2 tsp. food flavoring, like orange, strawberry, pineapple or the one you prefer.

FRUITS

you can use the fruits you prefer, I used:

pineapple(it has to be canned)

pear(canned)

strawberries(natural)

grapes(natural)

walnuts (halved) 

peaches(canned) 

You can put the amount you want

MILK JELL-O

4 cups of milk

300 grs. sugar

30 grs. unflavored gelatin 

2 Tbsp. food flavoring( I used almond) vanilla works too

PREPARARE WATER JELL-O

Put one of the three parts of water to hidratate the unflavored gelatin..

The second part heat it in the stove with the sugar..

When the water begins to boil with the sugar, add the part of water in which you added the unflavored gelatin to hidratate..

Mix till the gelatin disolves..

Add the thirth part of water, then the citric acid and the flavoring..

with a paper napkin add a few drops of oil to the mold of your preference(this is to unmold easier the jell-o).

Pour 1 cup of this transparent jell-o in the mold and let it stand for 30 minutes or until ready in the refrigerator.

PREPARATION OF THE FRUIT

You have to prepare the fruit following the next steps so that it can mantain it's freshness and colors..

Dip the fruit in the rest of the transparent jell-o and put each dipped fruit in a silpat or just put it in a plate..

Arrange the fruit on top of the jell-o you kept in the refrigerator..

After you finish the arrangement with a spoon drop lines of the same transparent jello, this is to mantain the fruits on the same place, acts like a glue..

Wait a few minutes till the jell-o gets a little firm..

Add the rest of the transparent jell-o..

Refrigerate for 3 hours.

MILK JELL-O

Hidratate the unflavored gelatin by mixing it with 1/3 of the milk..

Put the other part of the milk to boil with the sugar, then add the milk with the unflavored gelatin, add the rest of the milk and finaly the almond falvoring..

Wait till this is almost cold and pour over the transparent jello...

 Refrigerate for another 3 hours, and unmold it carefully, now you´re set up! ready to enjoy it!!!