Sometimes recipes have a life of their own and are born like this, by their own will. Like the one I’m telling you about today, which on the suggestion of my daughter I called Radioactive Jelly. 🤭

Actually, it was supposed to be called something else, and it was supposed to turn out a completely different shade of green, because the recipe I wanted to replicate (the snot jelly from Roald Dahl’s Horrible Snacks booklet) used lemon jelly. Not having lemons at home, I decided to replace them with mint syrup.

But without considering, in the heat of personal experimentation, that I would get a color that had nothing to do with snot color! 😂

After cutting the jelly, the squares seen against the light reminded me of emeralds. Beautiful, beautiful color, beautiful reflections, I liked them, but…

I pondered for a while trying to make jelly emeralds fit with the Halloween theme, then just when I was about to give up, Flavia said: “it looks radioactive!”.

What would I do if I didn’t have Flavia to help me in such essential moments! 🥳

And so I have it, here’s my monstrously creepy proposal for Light and Tasty, the Monday column today dedicated to Halloween.

And now… my kids, what do you think, do you want to try this radioactive snack? 😄☠️👻

Difficulty: Very Easy
Cost: Affordable
Rest time: 30 Minutes
Preparation time: 10 Minutes
Portions: 2
Cooking methods: Stovetop
Cuisine: Creative
Seasonality: Halloween

Ingredients

7 oz water
1.75 oz mint syrup
1.5 g agar agar (powdered)
6 black grape berries
1 kiwi

Tools

Small Pot
Fork
Glasses

Steps

Pour the water and mint syrup into a small pot.
Add the powdered agar agar.
Boil for 3 minutes (or according to the time indicated on the agar agar package) stirring with a spoon or fork.
Turn off the heat and let the liquid cool (better if transferred to another container).
Place in the fridge for half an hour.
When gelled, turn the jelly onto a plate.
NB: I invite you to also read the basic agar agar jelly recipe (also known as kanten) –> HERE
Cut the jelly.
Beautiful, isn’t it? 😊
Dice the jelly and cut the grape and kiwi into irregular pieces.
Mash some of the jelly with a fork.
Mashed like this, the jelly will be useful as a binder and it will be easier to scoop this fruit-jelly mix with a spoon (if you want, you can blend it to get a finer puree).
Assemble the glasses: insert the jelly, both in cubes and mashed, the grape, and the kiwi irregularly.
Finish with jelly cubes on the surface.
It’s a fresh and pleasant fruit dessert that we liked very much and ate with gusto. 🎃
Some suggestions for using the Radioactive Jelly at a Halloween party:
🔹 Place the radioactive jelly in transparent containers.
🔸 If you have a large quantity, use a pitcher or punch bowl and serve with a ladle.
🔹 Place the container (transparent) near a light source so that the light reflections on the jelly can make it more… radioactive.
🔸 Using single-serving bowls, it can also be an original placeholder.
I will immediately add this Radioactive Jelly to the Halloween Recipe Collection. Be sure to check out the other recipes too!
Happy Halloween from me and the Light and Tasty Team, to whose recipes I refer you: 👇