This morning I present to you the Gelatin with Mint Syrup, a fresh and fragrant spoon dessert, perfect all year round, easy to prepare. When we think of a Halloween Recipe what comes to mind? If you have two Twins and a Magic Potion to prepare, very likely you will think of the Gelatin with Mint Syrup!
An easy to prepare spoon dessert, quick with few steps and ingredients. You can prepare it with the little ones as I did, together with Rebecca and Melissa I made this dessert and we enjoyed it for snack. We had fun while making this intense green gelatin, with an unforgettable aroma. Dressed as witches, we made this colorful and delicious potion!
The Little Twins then enjoyed it with Mom Claudia and Dad Paolo, the newlyweds you saw in the social media stories on Saturday, October 12th. Not forgetting Grandma Laura, Uncle Andrea, and cousins Federico and Valerio who added some hazelnut cream as we did during the video recipe to make this mint dessert even more delicious.
If you have children, whether kids or grandchildren, make this dessert with them so you can play together having fun creating a perfect dessert for Halloween! You can purchase the Mint Syrup from Fabbri 1905 directly from their online store. You can use the 20% discount code by entering FABBRIRICETTEDIBEA20 before payment to obtain this special discount for my friends and followers!
If you buy the mint syrup you can also make Muffins with syrup, Panna cotta with mint, or the Mint Ciock Cake which is among the most read on the blog each year! Sweets I’ve made thanks to the Gifted package received from Fabbri 1905. We will also need some green tea bags, fresh mint leaves to decorate and further flavor the dessert, some acacia honey, and water. In short, a short and budget-friendly ingredient list!
Before moving on to the recipe for Mint Syrup Gelatin remember that I await you every morning in the group and on the Facebook fan page of Le Ricette di Bea with the Recipe of the Day!
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Rest time: 2 Hours 10 Minutes
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 5 People
- Cooking methods: Boiling
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons, Halloween
- Energy 45.46 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 10.30 (g) of which sugars 10.30 (g)
- Proteins 1.35 (g)
- Fat 0.01 (g) of which saturated 0.00 (g)of which unsaturated 0.00 (g)
- Fibers 0.02 (g)
- Sodium 6.22 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 75 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for 4 servings of Gelatin with Fabbri Mint Syrup
- 2 1/8 cups water
- 2 tablespoons acacia honey
- 2 tablespoons mint syrup (from Fabbri 1905)
- 2 bags green tea
- 0.53 oz gelatin sheets (or vegetarian gelatin for desserts)
- A few leaves mint
Please remember, consider the 10 minutes of resting for the gelatin sheets or vegetarian gelatin in a bowl with water, which should not be the water from the indicated dose that will instead be needed for boiling the green tea and fresh mint leaves.
Tools for Gelatin with Mint Syrup
- 1 Small pot
- 1 Strainer
- 1 Ladle
- 2 Spoons
- 1 Small bowl
- 1 Stove
- 1 Refrigerator
- 8 Glasses
If you want to make the dessert even more appealing, you can use bowls or molds instead of glasses. We were making 8 servings of mint gelatin and therefore chose glasses because they are more convenient and wide enough for the kids to pour the gelatin directly inside.
Steps for Fabbri 1905 Mint Syrup Gelatin Recipe
We start the preparation by placing the gelatin sheets in a small bowl with cold water, setting a 10-minute timer. Meanwhile, we focus on the rest of the recipe for gelatin with mint syrup.
Place a small pot on the stove containing the indicated 2 1/8 cups of water. Turn on the heat and wait for the first bubbles to form in the water. Turn off the heat and place the green tea bags and fresh mint leaves in the water. Let steep for about 10 minutes. After this time, we can strain the green tea with a strainer, then let it cool for another 10 minutes.
After this resting time, we can proceed. Add to the small pot with the strained green tea, the two tablespoons of acacia honey, and the two tablespoons of mint syrup. Squeeze the gelatin sheets well and insert them, sheet by sheet, into the small pot with the other ingredients, stirring with a spoon or a hand whisk. This ensures no residue of the gelatin sheets.
If you watch the video recipe below the first photo, you’ll see that I prepared two mint magic potions with Rebecca and Melissa, so they could both have fun and not fight over the bowl or ingredients. We thus obtained 8 glasses of Mint Syrup Gelatin from Fabbri Family.
We can now take the glasses, bowls, molds, or other containers chosen to serve the mint syrup gelatin being made today. Also take a ladle or a large spoon, which will be useful for gradually pouring our mixture into the glasses.
Distribute the liquid into the molds and let it rest in the refrigerator for at least two hours. Honestly, if you have more time, it’s recommended, because the longer the mint gelatin rests in the refrigerator, the more homogeneous and well-set the result will be.
After two hours we can remove the glasses from the refrigerator, obviously only the amount we’re going to consume. For example: if there are 4 of us, we’ll take only four glasses or molds from the refrigerator, leaving the others to rest without changing shelves or anything else.
If you like, you can then decorate with fresh mint leaves and add, which my whole family recommends doing, hazelnut cream. We went literally heavy on the jar and definitely overdid it! A true indulgent temptation!
I hope this recipe I propose today to play with kids having fun together in the kitchen for the Halloween Party was enjoyed!
I wish you bon appétit and remind you that I’m waiting for you every day in the group, on the page, and here on the cooking blog with lots of new recipes, extra content always live from my kitchen!
Tips and storage:
Some tips I already provided during the recipe text for the sweet mint gelatin but I highlight them again in this paragraph. Very important is the resting of the gelatin sheets in the bowl with cold water. Not a minute more or less.
Another very important step is the ambient temperature resting and relative green tea infusion. We must leave the bag for at least 10 minutes in water along with the fresh mint leaves. After straining the tea we must let it cool for another 10 minutes so that it’s not too hot to continue with the recipe.
Third and not least in importance is the refrigerator rest of the gelatin, which is the two hours indicated in the text. This is the minimum resting time for a good dessert result. However, I recommend if you’re not in a hurry, to leave the mint gelatin in the refrigerator even longer so that it can completely cool and gel well remaining smooth and with good consistency.
You can store the mint gelatin in the refrigerator for a couple of days, for this reason I recommend preparing it the same day you decide to serve it. Since it’s a really simple recipe that doesn’t require many steps, you can easily prepare it in the morning and enjoy it in the evening with your friends or family.
