Jellied Champagne Flutes Recipe for New Year's Eve | Easy and Elegant Dessert
Looking for a show-stopping dessert for your New Year's Eve dinner? Look no further! This jellied champagne flutes recipe is not only easy to make but also incredibly elegant and perfect for any special occasion. Made with champagne or sparkling wine, grapes, gelatin, fruit juice, and cream, this dessert is both visually stunning and delicious. The recipe involves chilling the champagne flutes, dissolving gelatin in cold water, mixing it with fruit juice and sparkling wine, and setting it in the fridge. Once partially set, grapes are added to the glasses before topping them with a frothy cream mixture. After a few more hours in the fridge, you'll have a dessert that is firm, fruity, and full of bubbly goodness. It's a sophisticated treat that will leave your guests impressed. You can even make a non-alcoholic version for the kids using grapefruit juice. Try this recipe and make your New Year's Eve celebration truly memorable. Cheers to a happy and healthy new year!
Ingredients:
- Champagne or sparkling wine
- Grapes
- 1 package of gelatin
- 1/4 cup fruit juice (such as rhubarb)
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon cream or half and half
- 4 champagne flutes
- Bowl
- Whisk
Cooking steps:
- Chill the champagne flutes in the freezer for about 10 minutes.
- Mix the gelatin with cold water and let it set for 2 minutes to create a jelly.
- Fill a bowl with ice and water, and place a 4-cup measuring cup in the ice bath to cool.
- Heat the fruit juice in the microwave for about 30 seconds.
- Add the hot liquid to the gelatin and stir until dissolved.
- Transfer the mixture to the measuring cup and add 2 cups of sparkling wine.
- Mix the solution in the ice bath until cooled.
- Pour the mixture equally into the chilled champagne flutes, reserving about half a cup.
- Refrigerate the flutes for 30 minutes.
- Refrigerate the reserved gelatin for 30 minutes.
- Add grapes to each flute and leave room for the foam.
- Whisk cream or half and half with the set gelatin to create a frothy mixture.
- Pour a little bit of the mixture on top of each flute.
- Gently return the flutes to the fridge and let them sit for 2 to 3 hours.
- Enjoy this elegant and delicious jellied champagne flutes dessert on New Year's Eve or any special occasion!
