Name: Caipirinha jelly
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 5 leaves leaf gelatine; 6 fat ones limes juiced to make about 200ml juice; 2 tbsp lime cordial; 4 tbsp caster sugar; 100ml cachaca; to serve lime wedges

A lime green Caipirinha Jelly on a glass cake stand

5 leaves leaf gelatine
6 fat ones limes
juiced to make about 200ml juice
2 tbsp lime cordial
4 tbsp caster sugar
100ml cachaca
to serve lime wedges

Method

step 1
Soak the gelatine in cold water until softened. Put the lime juice, cordial and sugar in a pan with 300ml water and heat until the sugar has dissolved. Add the cachaca then taste for sweetness – you might have to add a little extra sugar, depending on your limes.
step 2
Squeeze out the gelatine and stir into the pan until dissolved. Strain into a large jelly mould (about 700ml). Chill for about 4 hours or overnight until set.