Tropical dream jelly shot

1. Pour juice into a small saucepan. Sprinkle with gelatin and allow to soak for a minute or two. Heat over very low heat, stirring constantly, until the gelatin is dissolved (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat. Pour into a standard 1 lb glass or non-reactive metal loaf pan and refrigerate until fully set (an hour or two).

2. Pour juice into a small saucepan. Sprinkle with gelatin and allow to soak for a minute or two. Heat over very low heat, stirring constantly, until the gelatin is dissolved (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat. Stir in the blue curacao. Pour into a standard 1 lb glass or non-reactive metal loaf pan and refrigerate until fully set (an hour or two). Prepare Red layer.

3. Pour the juice into a small saucepan. Sprinkle with gelatin and allow to soak for a minute or two. Heat over very low heat, stirring constantly, until the gelatin is dissolved (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat. Stir in the rum and grenadine, and pour mixture into a 9” x 9” glass or non-reactive metal pan. Allow to cool to room temperature.

4. Remove the pans with the set blue and yellow layers from the refrigerator. Cut out desired shapes with small cookie cutters. (I used a small flower shape, and cut the centers out with a clover – both the flowers and the clovers were used for the design.) Gently float the cut shapes into the red gelatin mixture, and refrigerate until fully set (ideally overnight, to allow the layers to fully bond). Don’t worry if some of the shapes sink into the gelatin - this will give your “Hawaiian print” a 3-D quality!