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May. 15th, 2005 @ 02:19 pm IMBB #15: Has my blog jelled?
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As a newbie to the food blogging front, I'm a little anxious about posting for an event so soon after discovering this interesting community of people. But what've I got to lose?

This month's IMBB theme is "Has my blog jelled?" and is hosted by Elise of Simply Recipes.

Some of you may be aware of my aversion to gelatin in general. Alison, in particular, will recall that our mother fed us melted red jello when we were wee whenever we had upset stomachs. It didn't seem to help much, and now jello is indelibly associated in my mind with having an upset stomach. So! On that auspicious note, I was a little weirded out by the thought of finding a gelatin recipe for this event. But I did. And here it is, in all it's quivering glory.





This is the cream in a cup with the strawberries on the side.

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And here it is unmolded in a pool of strawberry juice. I love that little swirl on the side.

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The recipe is one I found online, since I didn't really have any recipes among my collection that interested me. In fact, I found it at about.com on a page devoted entirely to gelatin recipes. Who knew?

So without further ado, the recipe:

RUSSIAN CREAM

1 cup + 3 Tbsp. heavy cream
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 envelope plain gelatin
1 cup sour cream
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Mix together the cream, sugar, and gelatin in a small saucepan. Heat gently and stir until all the gelatin is thorougly dissolved.
Fold in the sour cream and vanilla. Whisk until quite smooth.
Pour mixture into serving bowl or mold or into 5 or 6 1/2 cup molds.
Cover and chill until set, at least 4 hours.
To unmold, dip container in hot water until edges just begin to liquefy. Invert onto a serving dish and surround liberally with Straberries Romanov.

STRAWBERRIES ROMANOV

4 cups fresh strawberries
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
1 1/2 oz. vodka
1 1/2 oz. triple sec
1 1/2 oz. rum

Wash and hull strawberries. Toss with confectioner's sugar. Pour over liquors. Chill. Serve around Russian Cream.


I sliced the strawberries before sugaring them because mine had a few blemishes that I had to cut off. But I would imagine that whole strawberries would be much prettier.

I also found that the liquors were quite strong (though tasty). All in all, with the richness of the cream, I preferred plain fresh strawberries with it to the Strawberries Romanov.

This is a very easy and quite elegant dessert. I loved the way it looked both in the cup and unmolded. I didn't try it, but I'm sure one large one unmolded and topped with strawberries would be a fabulous dish to present at the end of a nice dinner. Almost like a pudding.

I was also very happy to finally have a use for these little punch cups that I bought at a garage sale years ago. I love them, but they are too small to be useful for much other than tiny desserts.

Enjoy!


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The round-up of this IMBB event can be found at Simply Recipes.

Thanks to Elise for hosting this!
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From:[info]dawllyllama
Date: May 15th, 2005 05:56 pm (UTC)
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Mmmmm, looks very tasty. I also have a bit of an aversion towards gelatin. I've never been able to eat Jell-o on account of the wiggle factor. It freaks me out.
From:(Anonymous)
Date: May 21st, 2005 10:08 am (UTC)

Delicious

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With ingredients like heavy cream, sugar, vanilla, strawberries and rum, how can one go wrong? Very elegant.
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Date: May 21st, 2005 10:09 am (UTC)

Re: Delicious

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Oops, sorry I don't have a LJ user name. The last comment was from Elise.
From:(Anonymous)
Date: May 21st, 2005 07:05 pm (UTC)
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Welcome to IMBB. A great entry for your first try.
Barbara
www.winosandfoodies.typepad.com/
From:(Anonymous)
Date: May 22nd, 2005 07:06 am (UTC)

Cool..

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it was my first IMBB too, your recipie rocks.. I am adding you to my Food blog list on my side bar... :)
From:(Anonymous)
Date: May 22nd, 2005 09:05 am (UTC)

mmmm

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Sounds kind of like panna cotta but with sour cream. I may have to tweak my recipe, this one sounds great. Was it as delicious as it looks?

cheers,

Amy
Cooking with Amy (http://cookingwithamy.blogspot.com/)
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From:[info]medna
Date: May 23rd, 2005 07:12 am (UTC)

Re: mmmm

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It was pretty tasty. It was definitely better when it was unmolded, though I think that's because I dipped it in warm water, so it wasn't freezing cold from the fridge. That bit of warmth really helped the flavor. Maybe letting them come up to room temp or close to it before serving in a mold would help.
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Date: May 22nd, 2005 10:17 am (UTC)
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Great first go! Nice pictures too! KQ Tai

en welkom in de wondere wereld van het culinternet... ;)

somethingscooking.blogspot.com (The Kitchen Queens)
foodorama.20six.nl (Kitchen Queen Tai, solo én in NL)
From:(Anonymous)
Date: May 23rd, 2005 12:05 pm (UTC)

beautiful!

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i'm somewhat of a newbie to the food blogging (flog?) world, too...welcome to the flogosphere!

looks beautiful (and delicious)!

-sarah
www.thedeliciouslife.blogspot.com