Crown Jewels
- 4 (3 ounce) packages Jello gelatin, different flavors
- 0.25 (1 ounce) package unflavored gelatin
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup heavy cream, whipped
- 1 cup pineapple juice
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ladyfinger, as needed (sponge cakes)
- 1 (8 ounce) jar lemon curd
- Make up the flavored jello's, following the directions on each box, but using only 1 1/2 cups water for each flavor.
- Pour each flavor into a different flat container (such as an 8 inch square cake pan).
- Put all of the containers into the fridge to chill until firm.
- Take a knife and cut the jello into small cubes, but do not remove the jello from their pans yet.
- Dissolve the unflavored gelatin in 1/2 cup hot water.
- Add the vanilla, juice and sugar.
- Cool until thickened.
- Fold in the whipped cream.
- Add the jello cubes to the whipped cream mixture and gently stir to mix, until everything is well combined.
- Chill while working on the crown.
- Once the jello mixture is ready, take an 8 inch spring form pan and lightly butter it, and then put lady fingers together vertically around the edge of the pan, "glueing" them together with the lemon curd.
- Put additional lady fingers down horizontally to form a bottom, cutting to fit.
- Place the jello mixture into the "crown.
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- Chill in the fridge until serving time.
- Unmold just before serving.
- Variations: Instead of using lady fingers and making up a crown, mix together 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and 8 Table.
- of melted butter.
- Pat the mixture in the bottom of a 9" x 13 " pan and place the jello mixture on top of the crumb crust.
- Chill until serving time.
- Another variation is to just make up the jello and whipped topping mixture without the lady fingers or the crumb crust and put into a clear container until serving time.
- This last variation would be more of a salad, rather than a dessert.
- Sometimes this recipe is also called broken glass jello or Tiffany glass jello.
jello gelatin, unflavored gelatin, vanilla, heavy cream, pineapple juice, powdered sugar, ladyfinger, lemon curd
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/crown-jewels-319723 (may not work)