American
Cuisine
Ingredients:
- 1 cup fresh
mint leaves.
- ½ cup sugar.
- 1 ½ cup cold
water.
- 2 tbsp (2
envelopes) of unflavored gelatin powder.
- 1 cup tonic.
- ¾ cup rum.
- 1 tbsp lime
juice.
- 4 or 5 fresh
mint leaves for garnish.
Directions:
- In a
saucepan, bring mint leaves, sugar, and 1cup of the water to a boil.
- Simmer for 2
minutes, stirring occasionally. Strain out mint leaves.
- Meanwhile, in
a bowl, sprinkle gelatin evenly over ½ cup of the cold water and allow the
gelatin to absorb the water for 2 minutes.
- Stir in
boiling water and sugar mixture until gelatin is fully dissolved.
- Allow to cool
and stir in tonic, rum, and lime juice.
- Refrigerate
until thickened.
- Stir
thickened gelatin to create bubbles.
- Spoon a small
amount into a 3 cup mold.
- Arrange the
mint leaves for garnish in a pattern over the gelatin in the mold and gently
spoon the remaining gelatin into the mold.
- Refrigerate
until firm. Unmold and serve.