My cousin Cherise just moved to town, and Jeff and I had dinner with her on Wednesday. On our way to her place we stopped to pick up an apartment warming gift, Pear Vodka. While at the liquor store, we picked up watermelon vodka for ourselves because it was on sale. For her dinner, Cherise ordered the Watermelon and Goat Cheese Salad. I decided to take my inspiration from that. (The Watermelon, not the Goat Cheese)
I’ve been wanting to experiment with a gelatin Shotible. It proved to be more challenging than I had expected. While at the grocery store, I was quite surprised to find that they no longer make plain watermelon gelatin, but instead a mixed melon, which is green.Since green and red are on opposite ends of the color wheel, I didn’t want the gelatin to be translucent. For the glass, I used the mixed melon gelatin and cheese cake instant pudding. After a disappointing first try, I divided the gelatin/pudding mixture into two parts and added green food coloring to one half. I poured the light half of the mixture into each mold, and then the dark half on top. I swirled the two in each mold in an attempt to emulate a watermelon rind.
For the inside, I used plain gelatin, the watermelon vodka, red food coloring and some sweetened condensed milk to add opacity. At Cherise’s suggestion, I topped each with chocolate jimmies.
