We've been 'playing' around with jello/gelatin lately, and recently brought this to an easter brunch. It made a good light dessert that had a nice eastery-colored look. I was initially going to make the top section yellow, but decided on pink when I found a good pink lemonade at the store. We'll probably post more gelatin recipes as we come up with other combinations that we like.
4 cup gelatin mold or bowl
3 packets (.25oz each) gelatin
2 cups regular or pink lemonade, filtered through a coffee filter to remove pulp
1 1/2 cups unsweetened coconut milk
1/2 cup water
4 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
pink/red or yellow food coloring, or red or yellow hard candy
Lemonade layer: Bring 1-1/2 cups lemonade to boil. Soak 1-1/2 packets of gelatin in 1/2 cup cold lemonade for a minute or two. Add boiling lemonade, mix until gelatin is completely dissolved. Depending on how strong the color is, and how colorful you want it to be, you may want to add food coloring, or dissolve hard candy in a little boiling water and add for color. Pour into gelatin mold and refrigerate. Let set for at least 2 hours before starting the coconut layer.
Coconut layer: Bring the coconut milk, sugar, and almond extract to boil. Soak 1-1/2 packets of gelatin in 1/2 cup cold water for a minute or two. Add boiling coconut milk mixture and stir until gelatin is completely dissolved. Refrigerate in a bowl separately from the mold, until it starts to set, 1-2 hours. Once it has started to set, mix in shredded coconut, and pour into mold over the lemonade layer.
Let mold set for at least 4 hours. To remove from the mold, dip mold into a bowl of hot water, getting only the outside of the mold wet, for about 5 seconds before turning onto serving plate (put plate upside down on top of mold and flip both together). Garnish with shredded coconut and lemon slices.
