(Orange jelly - Our recipe)

Time: preparation: 10 minutes ........ plus cooling time ........ cooking: 20 inutes About 6 oranges 500 ml (16 fl oz - 2C) sweet sparkling wine 5 g (1/5 oz) powdered vanilla Sugar Dose of aspic jelly for 700 ml easy recipe

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Squeeze the oranges; you have to obtain about 500 ml (16 fl oz - 2C) juice and pour it into a saucepan together with the sweet sparkling wine, vanilla and sugar in the quantity you prefer. Add only few tablespoons at the beginning, you can increase the quantity at the end of cooking. Let the mixture boil on a medium heat for 10-15 minutes or until it is retired for the third part. Meanwhile soak aspic jelly in cold water.
At the end of cooking, taste the juice and control the quantity of sugar; if you want, you can add other sugar in this moment, then stir well. Switch off the gas, wait for some minutes and then squeeze jelly and melt in the mixture. Let it cool, pour into the mould and chill overnight.
When you have to serve it, turn it out on a serving platter. If you can't remove from the mould, plunge the mould into hot water only for few seconds.

Note
You can serve orange jelly together with fruit salad or a chocolate cake. It is a do-ahead dessert.

What's the right wine?
Our suggestion is: don't drink any sweet wine with this cake. You can serve an orange or lemon-flavoured liqueur after.

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