Campari Jelly

Total Time
20 minutes, plus 4 hours’ chilling time
Rating
4(8)
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Shimmering, brightly colored gelatin is the chosen medium of Sam Bompas and Harry Parr, who have built painstakingly correct models of London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral and Millennium Bridge, and a Madrid airport terminal complete with tiny airplane out of the stuff. The Campari jelly used here was part of the duo’s first job in the United States, a dessert for a dinner in New York in 2009. This jelly was an outer layer, molded over a jelly made with orange juice, and the result was something like a Campari and soda, but in jelly form. —Florence Fabricant

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Ingredients

Yield:4 to 6 servings
  • ½cup sugar
  • ½cup Campari, at room temperature
  • 1packet unflavored gelatin
  • ¾cup sparkling water
  • 1teaspoon silver mini dragées, optional
  • Orange jellies (see recipe)
Ingredient Substitution Guide

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Make simple syrup: Place sugar in a saucepan, add ⅔ cup water, bring to a simmer and cook just until sugar dissolves. Allow to cool to room temperature.

  2. Step 2

    In a bowl, mix Campari and simple syrup. Place gelatin in a small metal bowl or 1-cup metal measuring cup and pour ¼ cup Campari mixture over it to soften it. When gelatin is soft, place bowl or cup in a shallow pan with simmering water below rim of bowl or cup. Simmer until gelatin mixture liquefies. Slowly whisk liquid gelatin into rest of Campari mixture. Stir in sparkling water.

  3. Step 3

    If using candies, divide them among 4 4-ounce or 6 3-ounce metal or silicon molds. Strain Campari mixture into molds. Refrigerate until firm, at least 4 hours. Unmold onto dessert plates by first dipping molds in hot water for count of 20. Return plates to refrigerator for at least 1 hour before serving. Serve with orange jellies.

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Adapted from Bompas & Parr

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