How To Make Cathedral Window Jelly

Cathedral Window Jelly, Broken Glass Window Jelly, Stained Glass Jelly, Christmas Jelly – no matter what or how you call it, there’s no denying that this dessert is not just delicious, but it’s also attractive. The colorful translucent jelly dices complement well with the white creamy jelly, resembling the stained glass window of a cathedral. It is also called Christmas Jelly because the jelly dices uses the colors of Christmas. But even if it’s not a holiday season, we can still enjoy the beauty and lusciousness of Cathedral Window Jelly.

I’m happy and proud that this gelatin is a Filipino dessert. This shows that our fellows can also be creative when it comes to this kind of dishes.

 

1. Prepare all the ingredients needed. This includes four or more colors of gelatin powder, clear gelatin powder, water, evaporated milk and condensed milk.

 

2. Boil two cups of water.

 

3. Add the first color of gelatin powder into the boiling water. We had black. Stir until thick.

 

4. Pour into a container for cooling.

 

5. Boil another two cups of water.

 

6. Add the second color of gelatin powder into the boiling water. We had orange. Stir until thick.

 

7. Pour into another container for cooling.

 

8. Do the same thing for the third color. Start by boiling two cups of water.

 

9. Then, add the third color of gelatin powder. We had red. Stir until thick.

 

10. Pour into a separate container.

 

11. For the last color, boil two cups of water.

 

12. Add gelatin powder of the last color. We had green. Stir until thick.

 

13. Pour into a container.

 

14. Cool the four colors of gelatin until they solidify.

 

15. While cooling, boil another two cups of water.

 

16. Add the clear gelatin into it and start stirring.

 

17. Stir in evaporated milk.

 

18. Sweeten this mixture with condensed milk or sugar.

 

19. While cooking the clear gelatin which turned to white, cut the other colored gelatin into cubes and set them aside.

 

20. Pour the milk gelatin into a bigger container.

 

21. Drop in the gelatin cubes.

 

22. Let this cool for a while.

 

23. Refrigerate.

 

24. Your Cathedral Window Jelly is now done and ready to be eaten.