Fresh Orange Gelatins
- Vegetable oil, for the dessert glasses
- 4 oranges, peeled
- 3 2/3 cups fresh or bottled orange juice, as needed
- 2 envelopes plain powdered gelatin
- 1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt, preferably Greek
- 6 x 1 cup dessert glasses, ramekins, or gelatin molds
- Over a glass measuring cup, cut the oranges into segments, catching the juice in the cup.
- Lightly oil six 1-cup dessert glasses, ramekins, or gelatin molds.
- Divide three-fourths of the orange segments among the glasses, reserving the rest for garnish.
- Add enough orange juice to the measuring cup to reach 3 3/4 cups.
- Cover and refrigerate the reserved orange segments.
- Pour 1/2 cup of the orange juice in a small heatproof bowl.
- Sprinkle in the gelatin.
- Let stand for 5 minutes, until the juice has absorbed the gelatin.
- Place the bowl in a small frying pan of simmering water.
- Stir constantly until the gelatin is completely dissolved.
- Stir about 1/2 cup of the orange juice into the softened gelatin, then mix this back into the measuring cup of juice.
- Divide the gelatin mixture among the dessert cups.
- Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, or until set.
- Top each serving with yogurt and a few reserved orange segments, and serve chilled.
- Variation
- Grapefruit Gelatins
- Substitute 1 or 2 grapefruits, depending on size, for the oranges.
- Use grapefruit juice or a mixture of grapefruit and orange juice.
vegetable oil, oranges, orange juice, powdered gelatin, yogurt, dessert glasses
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/fresh-orange-gelatins (may not work)