Raspberry Tea Gelees With Watermelon Recipes

RASPBERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups water to a boil.
• Add sugar and tea bags; steep for 6 minutes.
• Discard tea bags.
• Add 4 cups water.
• In saucepan mix raspberries with remaining 1/2 cup water.
• Bring to a boil.
• Simmer for 3 minutes.
• Push berries through a strainer to remove seeds.
• Add berry mixture to tea mixture, serve over ice.

RASPBERRY ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring the water to a boil in a large pot, and stir in the tea bags, raspberries, and sugar until the sugar has dissolved. Allow the mixture to steep until the desired level of tea flavor is reached, 3 to 5 minutes; remove tea bags, and stir in the lemonade mix until dissolved. Pour tea into pitchers, and add ice to cool.

RASPBERRY TEA GELEES WITH WATERMELON

Steps:

• In a saucepan bring sugar with 2 cups water to a boil over moderately high heat and boil, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Add tea bags and remove pan from heat. Steep tea 5 minutes and remove tea bags, carefully squeezing any liquid in them into pan.
• In small bowl sprinkle gelatin over 1/4 cup ice water and let stand 1 minute to soften. Stir gelatin mixture into hot tea over low heat until gelatin is dissolved completely. Remove pan from heat and stir in remaining 3/4 cup ice water and lemon juice. Chill mixture 45 minutes, or until thickened to the consistency of raw egg white, and stir in watermelon and mint leaves. Rinse six 1-cup molds in cold water, shaking out excess water (do not dry). Spoon mixture into molds and chill until set, about 2 hours.
• Dip each mold into warm water to loosen and invert gelées onto dessert plate. Garnish gelées with mint sprigs.