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Rainbow foam

Rainbow Foam

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Rainbow foam is a dramatic and fun way to serve jelly (jell-o) as a dessert on special occasions.

Whether you’re celebrating a birthday, Christmas or relaxing on a balcony watching the mardi-gras parade go by, it’s a really fun dessert treat.

Ingredients

5 or more 3oz/85gm packets of flavoured gelatine (jell-o) in different colours and flavours

Method

Mix each of your jellies/jellos but use 1/4 cup less than the instructions call for.

Put them in the fridge until they are half set. You can mix all the jellies at once but leave the ones you don’t need straight away out of the fridge so they don’t completely set until you need them).

Take the first colour and whisk until frothy. Pour into a mould or glass and set completely in the fridge.

Add the other colours, one at a time in the same way.

Custard made without custard powder

Custard Made without Custard Powder

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A traditional stove-top custard made without the use of custard powder. Plus you get a little custard trivia in the video :)

Ingredients

All tablespoons are 15ml. Australians should adjust accordingly (depending on whether you have a standard Aussie 20ml tablespoon or a regular 15ml one)

2 US pints/950ml of milk

2tsp vanilla

3tbls of corn flour (US corn starch) for pouring custard or more for thicker custard

4tbls of sugar

2 eggs

Makes 4-12 servings, depending on how hungry you are and whether you’re just nomming custard or serving it with something else.

Method

Mix the cornflour with a little bit of the milk so that it forms a smooth paste.

Put your milk and vanilla in a double boiler (if you’re brave and ave very thick bottomed saucepans you can cook straight on the stove) and heat until almost boiling.

Stir in the cornflour mixture and keep stirring until it thickens.

Once it’s thickened, add the sugar and the beaten eggs and keep stirring until it’s the right consistency.