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{soups-salads-and-salad-dressings} Patriotic Gelatin Salad Recipe

Patriotic Gelatin Salad Recipe

Almost as spectacular as the fireworks, this lovely salad makes quite a "bang" at our July Fourth meal. It's exciting to serve, and our guests loved the cool fruity and creamy layers. This salad really added to my patriotic theme.—Sue Gronholz, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

This recipe is:

Quick

* 16 Servings
* Prep: 20 min. + chilling

Ingredients

    * 2 packages (3 ounces each) berry blue gelatin
    * 2 packages (3 ounces each) strawberry gelatin
    * 4 cups boiling water, divided
    * 2-1/2 cups cold water, divided
    * 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
    * 2 cups milk
    * 1 cup sugar
    * 2 cups (16 ounces) sour cream
    * 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

    * In four separate bowls, dissolve each package of gelatin in 1 cup boiling water. Add 1/2 cup cold water to each and stir. Pour one bowl of blue gelatin into a 10-in. fluted tube pan coated with cooking spray; chill until almost set, about 30 minutes.
    * Set other three bowls of gelatin aside at room temperature. Soften unflavored gelatin in remaining cold water; let stand 5 minutes.
    * Heat milk in a saucepan over medium heat just below boiling. Stir in softened gelatin and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; stir in sour cream and vanilla until smooth. When blue gelatin in pan in almost set, carefully spoon 1-1/2 cups sour cream mixture over it. Chill until almost set, about 30 minutes.
    * Carefully spoon one bowl of strawberry gelatin over cream layer. Chill until almost set. Carefully spoon 1-1/2 cups cream mixture over the strawberry layer. Chill until almost set. Repeat, adding layers of blue gelatin, cream mixture and strawberry gelatin, chilling in between each. Chill several hours or overnight. Yield: 16 servings.

Editor's Note: This salad takes time to prepare since each layer must be set before the next layer is added.

Nutrition Facts: 1 piece (prepared with sugar-free gelatins, sugar substitute, fat-free milk and reduced-fat sour cream) equals 69 calories, 3 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 11 mg cholesterol, 84 mg sodium, 5 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 5 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Patriotic Gelatin Salad published in Taste of Home June/July 1994, p35

Tip

Sticky Gelatin

Gelatin always sticks to the bottom or sides of the bowl when I prepare it. So I put the dry mix in a bowl and add just enough cold water to dampen it. Then I pour in the boiling water and stir. The gelatin doesn't stick and still sets to the right consistency. —Bertha Duncum, Cameron, Texas

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