dessert in a glass

summer party desserts / kids party desserts

INGREDIENTS (for about 6 portions, depending of the size of the glass):

· 1 fresh pineapple
· 300 g strawberries
· 2 handfuls seedless grapes
· piece of halva
· couple oatcakes
· handful hazelnuts
· 450 g greek yogurt
· 450 g coconut yogurt

Cut off the skin from pineapple, slice in quarters and cut off the hard inside and dice. Rinse the strawberries, cut off the stems and also dice in small pieces or slices. Rinse the grapes, keep some for decoration, the rest slice in half.

Finely chop hazelnuts or use a blender to grind them. Crumble couple oatcakes with your fingers, do the same with halva.

Prepare your dishes – glasses, cups or bowls – preferably something transparent in which the dessert will look nice. Make the layers, just like fantasy and taste tells you. In various combinations. Thus, we get several different desserts and flavors. Decorate the top with fruit. Eat immediately or put it in the fridge to chill. Have fun! And enjoy!

Today’s dessert is kind of similar to this one I’ve made couple of days ago. As I said, my partner loves it so much, that he keep on asking to make more and more. So instead of doing the same dessert on and on, I decided to try something else.

That’s how this Flummery (or Jelly Whip) appeared. I had fancy glasses, so I had to find a fancy name for this dessert. According to Wikipedia “flummery” is “a starch-based, sweet, soft dessert pudding known to have been popular in Britain and Ireland from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries (…) derived from the Welsh word for a similar dish made from sour oatmeal and husks, llymru, which is of unknown origin. It is also attested in variant forms such as thlummery or flamery in 17th and 18th century English. The word “flummery” later came to have generally pejorative connotations of a bland, empty, and unsatisfying food. From this use, “flummery” developed the meaning of empty compliments, unsubstantial talk or writing, and nonsense“.

I can assure you, that this dessert is definitely not bland and unsatisfying.

Again after Wikipedia: “In Australia, post World War II, flummery was the name given to a different foodstuff, a mousse dessert made with beaten evaporated milk, sugar, and gelatine. Also made using jelly crystals, mousse flummery became established as an inexpensive alternative to traditional cream-based mousse in Australia.” – and that’s where I have found the name “jelly whip” – on the Australian food blog.

Whatever you call it, it’s good. Keto friendly, low in sugar, so it can replace other less healthy guilty pleasures. You can also use other fruits to make it, I used blueberries because they are low carb fruits. Tropical fruits would work great with this kind of dessert, like mango or pineapple.

Also this time instead of adding already set jelly to whipped cream, I added cold liquid jelly. This way jelly whip is more smooth, with more even consistency, because it’s not so packed with air, like in strawberry dessert.

So if you’re looking for more healthy dessert option, but not boring, bland and unsatisfying – that’s a good choice.

flummery (jelly whip) with blueberries and chia

NOTE: I have only two of these fancy glasses, but with these ingredients you’ll get bigger amount of jelly whip. I used some to fill up the glasses, and the rest to make a dessert like this strawberry one. It was enough to fill up the small loaf pan. The amount of chia was enough for these two glasses. So if you would like to prepare more of half chia, half jelly whip desserts, you need to triple the amount of chia seeds and blueberries. Or if you would like to make only two portions in glasses, use one pack of whipping cream and 1 sachet of jelly. It also depends of the size of your glasses. The one I used are about 500ml each. I hope it’s not too confusing.

INGREDIENTS

2 sachets sugar free blackcurrant jelly (23g each sachet)
600 ml whipping cream (I used two 300ml packs)
3 tsp stevia powder
2 tbsp chia seeds
2 handfuls blueberries (I used frozen)

DIRECTIONS

First prepare jelly. Boil 285ml (1/2 pint) of water and pour to a bowl or jug (I’ve used my blender jug because it has measure). Always add jelly powder to boiling water, not opposite. Stir both jelly packs until dissolved and then make up to 570ml (1pint) with cold water. So it’s like two jellies in one. Cool down and put to fridge. This time we’re not going to wait until the jelly sets, like with strawberry dessert, adding liquid jelly to whipped cream we will get more smooth and creamy consistency.

In a small pot heat 3-4 tbsp of water and add blueberries and chia seeds. Bring to boil and simmer on a very low heat for 3-4 minutes. I used a fork to mash some of the blueberries. Switch off the heat and add about 4 tbsp of your jelly (if you are making bigger amount of chia add more jelly). Set aside to cool down.

Next whip the cream using handheld mixer, add 3 tsp of stevia powder. You can add more, but remember that jelly is very sweet already. Set aside some of the whipped cream for decoration. Add cold liquid jelly to the remaining cream and stir with a spoon, to get kind of marble effect, just don’t stir very neatly.

If you want you can place a layer on the bottom of the glass. To make this tilted kind of effect I used my muffin baking tray. I flipped it over, placed the leg of the glass in between the moulds of baking tray and stick with tape couple of times. So the glass was tilted with its leg taped to the baking tray.

OK, so now it’s time to fill up the glasses. I’ve started with jelly whip. Used a spoon to put it in, it’s quite fluffy, I tried to make as even surface as I could. When you fill up the glasses place them in the fridge for about an hour or so. Then fill up the rest of the glass with chia (if your chia became to thick, you can add a spoon of warm water). Again place in the fridge until it sets.

Take the remaining whipped cream and place on the top of each glass. If you have decorating set for cakes, it’s a good time to use it. If not just take a scoop and place the whipped cream on top. Arrange couple of blueberries and it’s ready.

Enjoy!