Last weekend was a hot day and I made some iced lemon tea for my family. I normally brew a pot of Jasmine Tea and use New Zealand Rewarewa honey as sweetener for my iced lemon tea. For extra flavour I added in the lemon rind and a few leaves of mint.
Ahhh, it is very refreshing to drink this cool tangy iced lemon tea on a hot afternoon!
Then, I suddenly got an idea to make jelly from the lemon tea. I have some leftover gelatine powder and this can help me turn the sweet lemon tea into jelly.
So, I used 3 cups of lemon tea and added 3 tablespoons of sugar to it. Then I put in around 2 teaspoons of gelatine into the mixture before heating them up to melt the gelatine. I made a mistake of using too little gelatine and the mixture did not turn into jelly when it cooled down. To save the situation, I put them in the freezer for around 1 hour. The liquid turned into a jelly and ice lolly like texture. I can taste a little jelly and also a little of small pieces of ice in it. Actually, my iced honey lemon tea jelly lolly turned out quite nice and it also has a unique texture. LOL!
22 comments:
i love jellies..esp the springy type, nice to bite ....
the jelly from lemon tea..good idea pete.
looks delicious the jelly and the tea
Ice lolly sounds fantastic for a hot summer afternoon.
Such a perfect recipe for a summer day :-)
The tea sounds so good!!
waaaaaaaaaaaa so kinky u hahahahaaahha........ohh i mean creative
Wow, that's so innovative! Hehehe...
Honey Lemon Tea Jelly yummm! :)
Ya...so very hot here!!! What about over there? I wouldn't mind one of your lollies!!!
I don't mind iced lolly and jelly combo! :) Mistakes can turn out to be a creative invention.
sounds great, love anything with ice in it. I love the way you can improvise, very creative and no waste!
Very creative bro. I am poor at creative cooking, baking or preparing drinks. Hahah
It's one of my favourite drink...
wow....'ai yue peng' with iced.
at least everything turned out yummy like you said =)
Jolly good jelly lolly..tQ
Wah... Have you ever consider to open a restaurant?! I reckon it's definitely a waste of talents if you didn't do so!!! Seriously!!
Have a nice day!
p/s: Not necessary to get a taste of your drink, it's cooling even with a glance!
Claire : I like springy ones too!
Pranis : I was surprised that it turned out nice.
Angie : Agree
Gulmohar : Agree
Cheryl : Jasmine is my favourite
manglish : Ha ha, I don't wear stokings while cooking lah...ha ha ha!
Love2cook : Try it, really nice
STP : Here very hot too, but hot showers almost every evening.
Mei Teng : Agree with you
Christine : Ya, no waste...LOL!
Willie : this one quite simple.
Sharon : Good for health also
mhhl : LOL!
Ayie : Agree
Bananaz : New tongue twister
Alice Law : I wanted to to share my cooking with the public but takut the long hours in F&B business....LOL!
Hey, NZ honey is the best. I don't think you can fault yourself there. (ahahah truly biased of course)
PFX : Agree, I like to buy NZ honey!
two in on...not bad wor...love honey lemon tea. Hard to get "original" one from shop. Home make is the best
nice healthy sorbet you made.
My PRC, China friends tell me for medicinal value, you should only use warm water for honey. There are a lot of good culture in the honey. Too hot or too cold will kill them,
I drink a warm manuka honey with apple cider every morning.
Thank you for buying NZ
smallkucing : Agree, homemade is the best
Ann : I think it turned into Sorbet like dessert...LOL!
Thks for the tips about honey. I have some NZ manuka too. Good for health!
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