Homemade Blackberry Gelatin & Chilled Blackberry Parfaits

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 cups fresh blackberries or 6 cups frozen blackberries
• 1 cup grape juice
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest
• 7 tablespoons grape juice
• 5 teaspoons unflavored gelatin
• 3 cups blackberries
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• sweetened vanilla whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 puree blackberries in processor. pour puree into fine strainer set over 4-cup measuring cup. press on solids to extract as much as possible. discard solids remaining in strainer. measure 3 cups puree (reserve any remaining puree for another use).
• 2 stir 1 cup grape juice, sugar and lemon zest into blackberry puree.
• 3 pour remaining 7 tablespoons grape juice into small saucepan. sprinkle gelatin over; let stand until gelatin softens, about 10 minutes. stir gelatin mixture over medium-low heatuntil gelatin dissolves, about 1 minute (do not boil).
• 4 gradually whisk warm gelatin mixture into puree mixture. transfer to 8x8x2-inch glass baking dish. cover and refrigerate overnight. (can be made 2 days ahead. keep chilled.
• 5 variation: blackberry parfaits.
• 6 mix 3 cup blackberries and 4 t sugar in medium bowl. let stand at room temperature at least 1 hour and up to 3 hours, tossing occasionally.
• 7 spoon generous 1/4 cup blackberry gelatin into each of 8 parfait glasses or wine glasses. top with a few sweetened blackberries. spoon about 1/3 cup sweetened vanilla whipped cream over. repeat layering. top with a few more berries. serve.