Help me set my jelly!

[FlubbaBubba]

DD's 3rd birthday at the weekend. Our oven is broken so no cake (sob!) but she's happy with rocky road and jelly, but my jelly's always too wobbly to put into a decent mould (I'm hoping on using a big 'castle' bucket as a mould).

I searched on t'internet and firstly got lots of jam making tips (from the US I suppose, having used the words 'jam' and setting. Changed my search to do with 'wobbly jelly' and got a lot of weird sites about managing the size of my vulva. Not quite what I was after :o .

Do I just reduce the water content? (to my jelly that is!) :o

[CogitoErgoSometimes]

Use a little less liquid than recommended on the packet and chill the jelly well.

[Northey]

Are you making the jelly from scratch, or from cubes? If from cubes you could buy and add extra gelatine to make it stronger.

[FlubbaBubba]

ooh, bonne idée northey - I have some gelatine sheets I think, so might add one...

[Northey]

Can just imagine your poor DD chewing away for hours after you get totally carried away with the gelatine ;)

[FlubbaBubba]

:o